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Phil Collen/Simon Laffy The Bear 102 Radio Interview Audio

Friday, 15th November 2013





Phil Collen Sheffield 2008.
Pic By DefDazz/Darren

Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen and Manraze bassist Simon Laffy were interviewed by the Queen of The Bear 102 radio on 13th November and the full audio is available.

Phil/Simon spoke to DJ The Queen about both Manraze and Def Leppard.

They talked about singing lead vocals, forgetting lyrics, the third album recording, I Surrender, working with Debbi Blackwell-Cook, Girl - a Girl reunion, their friendship, Simon's two novels, the Las Vegas residency, the VIVA! Hysteria release, Def Leppard's recording plans and the Delta Deep album.

The full interview is available to listen to below.

The Queen - Phil Collen Interview Quotes

New Manraze/Def Leppard studio albums?

"Yes. Absolutely. We're actually gonna start writing and recording in January at some point. We've got a bunch of stuff already half done. I mean this song I Surrender actually dates back from 2004. We re-recorded the whole thing but we kept Paul Cook's original drum track. He'd done in a little demo studio in London and re-wrote the song and recorded it over that but there's a lot more floating around and we're kind of anxious to get at them actually."

"I'm learning slide guitar I've got a blues album actually Simon's gonna be playing on it as well. That's gonna come out next year. Delta Deep with Debbi Blackwell-Cook singing. I'm re-learning how to play guitar so my first date if you like where I have to play guitar is when I meet Simon in January at some point and then 1st February we go into the studio with Def Leppard to do new stuff which again I'm really excited. I think it's just great to be writing and recording and making new songs all the time it's so much fun."






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