Def Leppard News - Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Have No Plans For 40th Anniversary In 2017

Phil Collen Says Def Leppard Have No Plans For 40th Anniversary In 2017

Thursday, 13th July 2016

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Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen has been interviewed by Andrea Seastrand and mentioned the band's 40th anniversary.

Phil talked about the current 2016 US tour, producing Tesla, making their latest videos including Man Enough, keeping busy, Delta Deep, longevity of the band, Steve Clark's 1991 death and if they have any plans for a 40th anniversary celebration (November 2017).

According to Joe and Sav they met in September 1977, with no specific date ever given, and formed the band in November 1977.

Although in one interview Joe did say - "Sav says it was August, I say it was September".

This interview was conducted for The Aquarian Weekly who also posted a photo of the band on the cover of their magazine.

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The Aquarian Weekly - Phil Collen Interview Quotes

Is there talk of doing something to mark the band’s 40th anniversary?

"I’m sure, but nothing as yet. Honestly, it’s really a celebration every day. Getting out there with the tours and the albums, an anniversary yeah, it’s alright and everything, but nothing as of yet."

Producing Tesla

"It’s amazing. Everyone who’s heard it, including the band, they’re freaked out. It just sounds like a bunch of 20-year-olds. It has a real kind of energy and vicious excitement. The stuff I learned from our Mutt Lange years was that a song has to have great melody and groove."

Steve Clark's Death In 1991

"Awful, awful. He was my best friend and it was truly awful when he died, but that’s life. You’re born and you also die. It’s part of life."

A photo posted by The Aquarian Weekly (@theaquarianweekly) on Jul 12, 2016 at 10:36am PDT