JOE ELLIOTT On DEF LEPPARD's PYROMANIA Album For Radio 2 ROCK SHOW (Transcript)
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Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott appeared as a guest on The Rock Show on BBC Radio 2 last night with audio now available.
The 40th anniversary 'Pyromania 40 Super Deluxe Edition' is released on Friday 26th April 2024 via Universal Music Recordings.
The release follows a year of band celebrations on social media using the #pyromania40 hashtag and recent video teasers.
Joe Elliott On BBC Radio 2 Rock Show
Joe is scheduled to appear as a guest on the BBC Radio 2 Rock Show on Friday 26th April.
Joe was on the show to promote the 'Pyromania 40' Super Deluxe Edition box set on its release day.
The show was broadcast from 11pm to 12am.
Joe Elliott On Pyromania
Read Joe's quotes below about the album and listen via the link.
Joe is correct that one of the singles got to Number 41 but it was 'Rock Of Ages'.
The 1983 'Photograph' release actually peaked at Number 66.
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The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker - 26th April 2024 Show Quotes
Johnnie Walker
"And Ozzy Osbourne opens up this week's edition of the Radio 2 Rock Show."
"Johnnie Walker here. Great to be with you."
"And on the show, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott will explain why it's an important This Week in Rock for his band."
"Ian Hunter and a new single from his latest album release that was called Precious."
"Defiance Part 2 came out last week, and the album contains loads of guest appearances, including the late Jeff Beck."
"On that track, we just played the late Taylor Hawkins on drums, Brian May on guitar, and Def Leppard's Joe Elliott on backing vocals."
"And that won't be the last of Joe that you hear on this show."
Johnnie Walker/This Week In Rock
"We're going to focus on this week in 2024. Def Leppard have reissued a 40th anniversary edition of their classic Pyromania album."
"Produced by Mutt Lange, it was the first to feature guitarist Phil Collen and propelled the band into the big time in America."
"The deluxe reissue features a whole load of demo versions and outtakes, one of which you'll hear in a moment."
"First though, frontman Joe Elliott has been in touch, and he sent me this, his thoughts on the album, and why it was such a landmark release for him and the band."
Joe Elliott
"Pyromania was such a massively important album for us, because back in early 1982 when we entered the studio, we'd made a collective and conscious effort to try and make an album that no traditional rock band had ever made before."
"In other words, we wanted to meld together the traditional sounds of a rock band with some of the newer sounds that had been coming out of the early 80s bands like The Human League and New Order."
"We really believed that we achieved this, and in January of 1983,when the album was released, it was a massive success in North America and Japan."
"But sadly, at the time, not so much in the UK."
"The lead single Photograph only peaked at number 41, which means it missed out on that all-important BBC Top 40 chart that may have just pushed it to being a bigger hit."
"That would come three and a half years later when Animal charted, and the Hysteria album went to number one."
"But however, no matter which way you look at it, the Pyromania album remains to this day a very important part of the Def Leppard catalogue."
Johnnie Walker
"That's the demo version of Def Leppard's Photograph, a big song for the band, but as Joe said, it actually never made the UK Top 40."
"The band are currently celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Pyromania album with a deluxe reissue."
"And as well as the original album, the new release also has three CDs containing previously unreleased live tracks, demo versions and outtakes."
Listen to the show here which is available for 29 more days.
The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker - 26th April 2024 Playlist
- 01 - Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Know
- 02 - The Cult - Sweet Soul Sister
- 03 - Ian Hunter - Precious (Ft. Joe Elliott)
- 04 - Def Leppard - Photograph (Rough Mix Version)
- 05 - The Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
- 06 - Duff McKagan - Holy Water
- 07 - Kris Barras Band - Hourglass
- 08 - Bon Jovi - Breakout (Live 1985)
- 09 - Motley Crue - Dogs Of War
- 10 - The Rolling Stones - You Got Me Rocking
- 11 - Gillan - Living For The City
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