Guitarist Vivian Campbell - "Music Piracy Is Good For DEF LEPPARD"
August 20, 2008, 16 years ago
The following story is courtesy of Tom Porter from Musicradar.com:
DEF LEPPARD are currently touring the US and, despite the fact they've been around since 1977, are still drawing in a new generation of younger fans. The Lep's Vivian Campbell would like to thank music piracy and the file-sharing public for keeping "the kids" in tow.
"That's a by-product of music piracy more than anything else", said the guitarist. "I'm not saying that as a negative. I think it's very positive.""A lot of younger kids get turned on to classic bands because they're trading files. They have 4000 or 5000 songs on their iPod, that's $4,000 or $5,000 on their iPod, at iTunes' prices, at least. A 12-year-old can't afford that. When kids trade files, it's actually a good thing for classic bands such as us."
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