1 Year Ago DEF LEPPARD Release DRASTIC SYMPHONIES Album W/ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday, 19th May 2024

Def Leppard 2023

Def Leppard released the Drastic Symphonies album recorded with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on this day in 2023.

The 'Drastic Symphonies' album was released on Friday 19th May 2023.

It featured 16 classic Def Leppard songs reworked and reimagined with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.

The first single 'Animal' was released to digital and streaming services on the same day as the announcement followed by both 'Hysteria' on 5th May and 'When Love & Hate Collide' on 17th May.

Drastic Symphonies Release

'Drastic Symphonies' was released one year after the 'Diamond Star Halos' album.

Containing dramatic new versions and reworks of classic singles and deep cuts.

Listen to the album again below via Spotify and some of Joe's quotes from the BBC Radio 2 interview in March 2023.

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Joe Elliott - Interview Quotes 16th March 2023 - (Transcribed by dltourhistory)

Zoe Ball - "You and the band had a new album last year. We talked about it on the show, but now you've done Drastic Symphonies. With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rock with an orchestra. I'm loving the sound of this. How did that work Joe?."

Joe Elliott - "Well we first discussed this, or it was put on our plate by some grown ups about four years ago. And obviously because we're touring it just got side - we were side tracked."

"And then during COVID we did the new record. But while we were actually talking - you know when you were so gracefully supporting our last record which is only nine months ago now."

"We were actually under the radar. We were in Abbey Road recording this record without telling anybody."

"So we had it ready to go the following year. Which is like now, you know."

"So 19th May it comes out. And what we've done is we've reworked 16 of our most symphonic songs."

"And done them with the Royal Philharmonic. Which we wanted to make sure that everybody knows this is not just the records from the past with an orchestra, you know, chucked on the top like icing on a cake."

"We've took these songs all the way back to the beginning."

"I re sang some of them 'cause the original vocals were out of place once you've put an orchestra on it."

Drastic Symphonies (With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Tracklisting