DEF LEPPARD - Live Footage From Download Festival Online
September 7, 2011, 13 years ago
Video footage of DEF LEPPARD performing 'All About Believing' at Download Festival in Donington Park, UK on June 10th on the Mirror Ball tour can be seen below. The video was produced and directed by Alias Designs Ltd.
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen recently visited The Recording Academy's New York office to participate in an instalment of The Academy's 5 Questions With… series. In this video interview Collen discusses his career with Def Leppard, new album Mirror Ball (Live & More), songwriting, touring, and his side project Manraze, among other topics. Watch the chat here.
Collen recently spoke to BraveWords.com and mused over plans for the next batch of new music. First asked to respond to rumours that the band was attempting to go in a heavier direction, Collen pretty much scoffed at the idea:
“Well, we’ve been saying that for a while. It’s all fine and dandy until you go into the studio and go, ‘Well, perhaps we should change the key and slow down.’ And all of a sudden you’ve lost that momentum, and that kind of amazing first take stuff that we have on the Punkfunkrootsrock (MANRAZE) album… we did the album in two weeks. Most of the guitars are first take. Most of the solos are one or two takes, most of the lead vocals, definitely didn’t go more than four takes. Most of them are one, still. And that flow and that energy you get from responding and kind of reacting very quickly, is something that adds to the sound.”Read the entire interview here.
