Greece’s Rockpages talked exclusively to DEF LEPPARD’s Joe Elliott about the new live album Mirrorball, the new book, the upcoming box-set and a number of other topics. Here’s an excerpt where Joe Elliott talks about the prospect of working again with legendary producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange (AC/DC):

Rockpages.gr: The big question is: will you work with Mutt Lange once again?

Joe Elliott: "I have no idea. Mutt is working on different types of music these days. He didn’t do rock music for the longest time. He’s recently done MAROON 5 and NICKELBACK. Before that, it was SHANIA TWAIN, BILLY OCEAN. He lives a lot of the time in New Zealand…we never say 'no.' We would like to work again with Mutt; it’s just a case of right timing."

Rockpages.gr: I know that you are a big THIN LIZZY fan. Describe to us your feelings when you were given the task to handle the Thin Lizzy reissues?

Joe Elliott: "Actually, I worked with Scott Gorham on some of the remixes. It was a fantastic feeling. I was a huge Thin Lizzy fan as a kid…I still am! I’ve been friends with Scott for almost 30 years and I really wanted an opportunity to work on some Lizzy songs. Scott thought that the production of some of the songs on the original version was not that good…he didn’t like them, he couldn’t listen to them anymore. He always preferred the versions on Live And Dangerous. So, I said to him: 'We can fix this.' Scott was very excited of the prospect of updating the sound of those songs and since Def Leppard was off the road in 2010, it was a good opportunity to work on the tunes."

Read the entire interview here.