![]() And I’ve actually got a Squier Tele that sounds incredible. Jackson also made me Telecaster too, which is also mind-blowing and another favourite that I’ve used to record. I bought it in Dublin when we started the Hysteria album and put in a DiMarzio Super Distortion. There’s one in particular that I just love with a really fat neck. That never went! I just love those guitars and record with them all the time. “You know, I’m still in my Telecaster phase (laughs). It would have been great if Eddie was able to sing, we would have heard even more of his genius, like we did with Hendrix.”īack to the rig, we know you’ve enjoyed playing Telecasters at various points, too… Forget about the singer ego thing, it’s not that at all. ![]() Even just to build your confidence and learn how to write songs, so you know when to play and when to not play. This is what I tell everyone – if you’re able to sing it yourself… do it. “With Eddie, it was limited to the guitar. He played with The Isley Brothers and Little Richard, he could play blues and psychedelic rock using the first distortion and wah-wah pedals while controlling all this feedback. Hendrix did too, he could express himself in so many different ways. Some nights I’m playing and it sounds so good, it doesn’t feel real – like a tape! But it’s us actually singing together. Vivian is actually the best singer in the band, technically, but there’s Joe Elliott who has this amazing rock voice – you know it’s him from one syllable. ![]() “I know I only do backing vocals but I do a lot of them. Would you say that helps with the writing side of it? You do a fair bit of singing yourself on stage with Def Leppard. Even just to build your confidence and learn how to write songs, so you know when to play and when to not play The main difference between them was that Hendrix was a singer and that meant he had a different approach to it.” Sure, the shredding was great and the tapping was unique – I’d never heard it before – but the vibrato was truly amazing. “But Eddie has to come next, he changed guitar in a similar way. I still don’t think anyone’s come close to Hendrix ever since. Everyone at the time had this sound in their head but they couldn’t really do it. I have to say he was the most important rock player after Jimi Hendrix, who was the first real guitarist. The Hershey performance was the third of the tour and the first since Collen went back home.Did you ever cross paths with Eddie again? And for the immediate future."ĭef Leppard's summer co-headlining trek with Journey launched on May 21 in Hartford, CT. ![]() has learned the bits very, very rapidly and, with Phil's blessing, will join us on stage tonight. So we are very blessed that our very good friend Steve Brown, who some of you may remember, stood in for Vivian about four years ago when Vivian couldn't make a couple of shows. He has a family emergency back in California. But, very sadly, Phil Collen cannot be with us this evening. "I have an announcement to make," Elliott told the audience, "and I'd like you to spread the word as people come in. Stepping up in Collen's place is Trixter guitarist Steve Brown, who previously filled in for Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell during a run of shows between 20 while Campbell was receiving cancer treatments.ĭef Leppard frontman Joe Elliott addressed Collen's absence during the band's Hershey, PA, performance. While the precise nature of the emergency has not been made public, Collen and his wife Helen were expecting the birth of their son sometime this spring. Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen has gone home just a few shows into his band's co-headlining tour with Journey.Ĭollen reportedly went home due to a family emergency.
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