Earlier this month, Def Leppard returned with “Just Like 73,” a rocking new single featuring Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello. For Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, the song represents several different rock eras.
Def Leppard performs with Journey and Cheap Trick on July 30 at Progressive Field.
“That was a COVID record,” says Campbell when asked about the release. “We were supposed to do our stadium tour with Mötley Crüe, but it was postponed. Rather than sit on our asses and do nothing, we decided to make a record. Joe started the ball rolling. I make a joke at Joe’s expense here, but I mean it well. I call him Elton Joe.”
“I thought was very different sounding,” says Campbell. “Maybe 10 or 15 years ago, we would have told him to save them for his solo album. At this stage in our career, we are very comfortable with acknowledging the fact that we all bring different writing styles to Def Leppard, and it’s fine to make a record that doesn’t fit a norm that might be expected. I would say in the future moving forward, that would be our MO for making albums. Anything goes.
“I remember it being a groundbreaking album,” says Campbell, who was not yet in the band when it cut the release. “A matter of fact, in 1983, Phil Lynott, who was the band leader of Thin Lizzy, was talking to me and was very seriously considering breaking up Thin Lizzy because of. I pleaded him not to. I was a huge Thin Lizzy fan and they were They were a huge influence. It would be totally ironic if he would break them up because of Def Leppard.
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