DEF LEPPARD Guitarist VIVIAN CAMPBELL In Praise Of SOUNDGARDEN Album Superunknown - “That Was A Very Influential Album For Us When We Were Making Slang”
December 8, 2016, 8 years ago
eonmusic recently spoke with guitarist Vivian Campbell, where, among other subjects, he discussed the making of Def Leppard's 1996 album Slang.
"We went into the recording and writing process for that record knowing only one thing,” says Vivian; “we could not make a classic sounding Def Leppard record. Other than that, we were clueless, so we were kind of making it up as we went along."
He continued: “We were taking on board a lot of what was going on in the current music genre. One album that we listened to more than any other when we were making that record, which I think is the best record of the grunge era was Superunknown by Soundgarden. I love the songs, I love the sound of that record, so that was a very influential record for us when we were making Slang.”
Read more at eonmusic.co.uk. The full interview where Vivian discusses Last In Line, the bitterness with Dio, Thin Lizzy, Def Leppard's Cruise From Hell and more to follow on Monday.
