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Joe Elliott Says New Album Is Guitar Driven With No Power Ballads

Monday, 7th September 2015





Joe Elliott 2014.
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Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott has previewed the new album for a magazine and the full text is available.

Joe has talked about the new album for a magazine article (possibly Classic Rock magazine) previewing new 2015 album releases.

He talked about the excitement for the new songs and say although it has a couple of slow songs it does not feature any traditional power ballads and is very guitar driven.

Interestingly he slightly distances himself from Phil's comments about it being their best record in 20 years (but not too much!).

Read the full article below as posted online by hystcria.

Visit the Album News section. For more news on new music (based on band member quotes) dating back to January 2011.

Def Leppard Album Preview - Joe Elliott Interview Quotes

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With 14 songs to choose from and no label execs to appease, Def Leppard are enjoying a "purple patch", says front man Joe Elliott. "We had a ball making this record, and I think you can hear that. It's fun, serious, fast, slow, everything in between."

The record, their first as an unsigned band, will be titled simply Def Leppard, "We've never done that, in thirty-five years!" explains Elliott. "And when people have asked what it sounds like, we've said: 'Well, it sounds like Def Leppard!"

In another first for Leppard, there's one song on the record where every band member sings lead vocals: "The lines everybody sings are poignant to parts of their lives." Thematically certain songs tackle geopolitical or religious points. "We don't like to preach, but we don't mind commenting." Elliott reasons.

While guitarist Phil Collen declares it their best record in 20 years, Elliott is uneasy about making the same claim. "Artists say that every time they release an album, " he says. "But we only put one out every five years or so [laughs], so I think we have a better perspective when it comes to judging it against our past work. So I'd say yeah, it covers all our songwriting angles."

Not that they've sacrificed rocking out. "Trust me, there is some hard stuff on there. It's a guitar-driven album. There are no power ballads harking back to the eighties - there's a couple of slowies but they're more organic-sounding."

"Look, you can't judge this next to Hysteria or Pyromania," he adds. "But if it's judged as a standalone record, it's a bloody good album."

ETA: October.






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