Saturday, 7th March 2015
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Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott was interviewed by Billy Kidd of 100.3 Jack FM radio and talked about the album release plans.
Joe talked about the Summer Tour 2014 with KISS, the NWOBHM tag, the band's harmonies, their 70s music influences, Vivian's health, the 2015 studio album/album title, not playing new songs live and the Down 'n' Outz.
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Billy Kidd - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes
2015 Studio Album/Vivian
"We're just finishing a new album at the moment and all the boys came over to record for two, three weeks. And he was cancer free at the time. And obviously still is, one would hope."
2015 Studio Album
"I keep wanting to say it's probably one of the most honest records we've ever made. But that makes everything sound like everything else we've done has been dishonest which obviously it's not. But it's one of the most refreshingly kind of easy album that we've made. There was no big fights or it took forever to do. It was done over a period of about by the time it's finished about 14 months. But that's only because we did a month's work last February. We did about another two weeks in May. We just did another month this February just gone - last month. And little bits in between where I'd be on the mike while the rest of the guys were back home you know. So we've not spent a massive amount of time on it. It came very naturally."
"We got together last year to write what we thought was just gonna be an EP. Having been listening probably a little too hard to the naysayers saying that the album was dead. We were kind of thinking well maybe it is you know. Let's just do an EP. But when we all played each other everything that we had. We had 12 songs that we couldn't really whittle down to three of four. We liked them all. So we looked at each other and said well maybe the album's not dead then because you know I think we've just written one."
"When we got back together last May to work more on those 12 songs, we wrote three more. So you know we had this pool of 15 songs knocking around of which you know 12, 13 or 14 will make the album no doubt. But it's a - it's got a bit of everything. It's got some stuff that will be instantly recognisable as Def Leppard and it's got some stuff that's just us stretching our wings a little further than normal. And making a record that people of our mature age should be making today you know. But it rocks. It's a real good record."
New Songs On Tour/Release Date
"No. Absolutely not - because the album will not be out until the (US) tour's finished. And we don't want inferior versions up on YouTube etc. That are circulating before the real version's available. No, we were gonna have the record out in time for the tour. That was a consideration until - basically to be honest with you. As soon as we - as soon as the world heard, that certain people in the world that we had this new album, so many people have come knocking on our door because we're free agents. We owe it to all of them and to ourselves to at least listen to the offers in front of us. And we can't rush that. That's gotta be a natural progression of things. So we wanna make sure we make a great record not a quick one."
Album Name
"At the moment in time we do not. We are always one of these bands that says well the album's coming out soon we better give it a name. It always cracks me up when somebody says yeah we're going in the studio to record our new album and it's gonna be called blah blah blah. It's like you know that already? How and why?. Now at this moment in time it's all about getting the songs right. Picking a good running order for it and then packaging it up and then thinking well what word's gonna look great on the sleeve ."
- Interview Source - jackontheweb.cbslocal.com
- Def Leppard - Billy Kidd 2015 Show Page
- Def Leppard - Radio 2015
- Def Leppard - 2015 Album News
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