We wanted to do something special, not just to piss it off.
"Philip "Phil" Kenneth Collen" is the co-lead guitarist and one of the backing vocalists for England/English rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 following the departure of Pete Willis.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous musicians! More Phil Collen on Wikipedia.The reason for doing this now is the fact that so many people aren't aware of who we are. I think the record label more than anyone else wanted to re-introduce Def Leppard to the world.
You take any family or any five people and that's what it's about. It's about births, deaths, marriages, divorces. The one thing that we can rely on is each other, and that makes it really special.
You have to follow suit. The market is more important than the actual product, as with anything. If you don't go along with that, then you just get left behind.
It's a mix. We go from really hard rock, with obviously big guitars, to dub. I was always into the alternative stuff, a very big fan of THE POLICE . And this is edgy â€' a lot more aggressive than DEF LEPPARD .
Joe has been wanting to do this for 20 or so years.
It's the teenagers that really make something really special. When you've got that on your side, then it works on a bigger scale.
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