Def Leppard UK.

[ US Band Interview 2005 Page 4 ]

WED 5th Jan 2005: Indie 103.1 Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Interview Transcript :: continued...

(back after 4 songs) [Steve] "You're listening to Jonsey's Jukebox on Indie 103.1 here with Def Leppard in the studio and that was er was that you Viv?."
[Viv] "That was me. That was Clock. A little project wih myself and PJ. Smith from Dublin, Mark Schulman on drums, and Sasha Krivstov on bass and er that one also featured Manny Alvarez on guitar who wrote that song "
[Steve] "The band's called Clark?..."
[Viv] "Clock! It's like Cock but with an L."
[Steve] "Is that what it means?."
[Phil] (chuckling) "Cockle..."
[Viv] "No. no it's just Clock, Clock!. C.L.O.C.K."
[Steve] "Oh Cluck, like a chicken?."
[Viv] "No!. What are ya deaf or what?!" (laughter)
[Joe] "Like a big watch!."
[Viv] "Clock! C.L.O.C.K. yes."
[Steve] "Oh a Clock. Clock not Clark."
[Viv] "That's what I said Clock!"
[Phil] "It's the Northern Irish thing ya see..."
[Steve] "Jesus."
[Joe] "That's very good that."
[Steve] "Ere you watch it!."
[Viv] "We do a gig once a year just about, locally you know. Bit of fun."
[Steve] "So that was a bit of Clock. And er you should do that Bowie song 'Time'."
[Viv] "Oh yeah. Hey that's clever.."
[Steve] "We're getting there...that went over everyone's head..."
[Phil] "No, no..."
[Steve] "Clock - time..."
[Joe] "Yeah that's very good."
[Phil] "Falls, wanking to the floor..." (one of the song's lyrics)
[Joe] "Yeah we did that with Cybernauts we can play that."
[Phil] "Yeah we could've done."
[Steve] "And then before that we had Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers doing 'Lavender Blue' and then we had was it Fastway before that? No it was Cybernauts, you and Phil doing...and Woddy Woodmansey."
[Joe] "Woody Woddmansey and Trevor Bolder."
[Steve] "The backing band in the Spiders."
[Joe] "Yeah doing 'Moonage Daydream'."
[Steve] "That was a great version. And then before that then we had Fastway doing 'Say You Will'. And here we are."
[Joe] "Here we are again."
[Phil] "Right then."
[Steve] "Let's have a bit of Leppard."
[Phil] "Alright."
[Viv] "A bit of skiffel Leppard."
[Joe] "Skiffel Leppard actually Bo Diddley really..."
[Phil] "Yeah you need your box for this actually."
[Steve] "Am I drumming on this one?."
[Joe] "Yeah you can join in on this one. I might stand up it might be easier."
[Steve] (sings) "Lavender Blue...Dilly Dilly...Picadilly..." (Viv sings Dilly Dilly also)
[Joe] "Er..(plays note)..that would be the key right?."

(Start playing for 10secs but Joe stops them..)

[Joe] "Hang on a minute i'm not in tune...."
[Viv] "Aye! Ya can't get the staff can you?. This didn't happen at the BBC."

(All play 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' acoustic/great version with drumming again by Steve.)

[Steve] (sings) "Lavender Blue...Dilly Dilly." (laughter)
[Joe] "Great drumming Jonsey!."
[Phil] "Very cool!."
[Steve] "That was brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Very good."
[Joe] "You are Bo Diddley!."
[Viv] "Fabulous."

[Steve] "Are we gonna visit the?...and thanks for listening." (Goes into break)


(back after break) [Steve] (9:57) "You've been listening to Jonsey's Jukebox on Indie 103.1 with my guests Def Leppard. It's been a pleasure having you guys here."
[Joe] "It's been a lot of fun actually."
[Phil] "A blast."
[Steve] "And what you got..."
[Joe] "I make no apoliogies for the tuning of my guitar either. I did this on purpose I wanted to be a Punk today so I wore my New York Dolls t-shirt and purpously cut my A string out."
[Steve] "I know, it's funny, when you asked me last week...What was your analogy of coming on air? Something to do with that other geezer what was his name you said?."
[Joe] "What other geezer?."
[Steve] "When I said come on the show you said it's like having a..."
[Joe] "Ohh. I said are you sure it's not gonna be like having Styx on the Death Metal show!."
[Steve] "No. no what was his name. The solo guy?..."
[Joe] "Oh Yngwie Malmsteen?."
[Steve] "No. he had a couple of hits here then went away. In the 80s."
[Joe] "Oh Richard Marx."
[Steve] "Richard Marx! You said it'd be like having..."
[Joe] "..like having Richard Marx on a death metal show. Nah it's been good. See we do have a, we do come from that era..."
[Steve] "You have good peidgree mate. Good pedigree."
[Joe] "Yeah baby. Yeah we knew Gary Holton. We knew all them proper punks." (Gary was in 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' (TV show) and sang in a punk band called Heavy Metal Kids, died in 1985.)
[Steve] "Yeah that's right."
[Phil] "He sang on the first Girl album. Done some backing vocals, Gary Holton."
[Joe] "Yep, there ya go. Heavy Metal Kids there's another band you ought to be playing."
[Steve] "I do mate."
[Joe] "Oh good. Alright, just checking."
[Steve] "Shows how long you've been listening."
[Joe] "I'm new!."
[Viv] "Did you know that Free were almost called The Heavy Metal Kids?."
[Joe] "Wow."
[Viv] "They wanted them to change their name when they signed to Island Records. They wanted them to be called The Heavy Metal Kids. Bit of useless trivia there you go."
[Steve] "Thanks for that..."
[Viv] "Thanks for that..Yeah you're welcome! I'll stop by and give you more shit...(stops himself)"
[Steve] "I'll get your coats over there." (laughter)

[Steve] "Um so are we gonna ah one more song and that's it?. Is that right? We're gonna go out with the man Mick Ronson doing Thingy Number 9..'Angel No. 9'. And I'll see you all again Friday."

[Joe] "'Angel No. 9'."
[Steve] "I'm going down to Vegas hopefully..I don't know if i'm gonna be able to get back on time. It might be a stretch that, to get back here for tomorrow."
[Joe] "It only takes 4 hours. it's only 4 hours if you put your foot down."
[Steve] "I'm going there tonight..."
[Joe] "Are ya flying?."
[Steve] "...playing there "
[Joe] "Are ya driving?."
[Steve] "Flying"
[Joe] "'Scuse me! Private Jet?."
[Steve] "I think so."
[Phil] "Helicopter..."
[Joe] "Marvelous. Or one of them little what d'you call 'em things.."
[Steve] "Cessna's?."
[Joe] "No them James Bond ones."
[Steve] "Oh yeah."
[Phil] "They're great."
[Joe] "Cybercopter or something."
[Phil] "Is that real? Can you really get them? Or is that just on James Bond?."
[Joe] "Yeah, no, no they actually did work."
[Steve] "You gotta watch your arse though it catches fire."
[Joe] "Sinclair invented it. The guy that did that little car" (The C5.)
[Phil] "Okay."
[Joe] "Can't remember what they were called though. But anyway, I digress."
[Steve] "Nice bit of trivia for you there. Just watch your arse - catch fire from the butane." (laughter)
[Steve] "Anyway see you all again. Maybe tomorrow but definitely Friday with Fun With a Face and er have a great rest of your miserable Thursday. And er I'd like to thank friends my from Def Leppard for coming in once more."
[Joe] "Pleasure. Thanks."
[Phil] "It was great."
[Steve] "That was a lot of fun doing all the er..."
[Joe] "All The Young Dudes...All The Old Dudes.. he he."

(Someone plays the signature guitar part from the song and Steve/Joe start singing it..)

[Joe] (stops Phil) "It's in the wrong key. It's in D..."
[Phil] "What is it?."

(Start again from the "song about suicide" part Phil sings along this time. Lasts 30 secs or so. Joe clearly enjoying it...)

[Joe] "Etc."
[Phil] "We love it."
[Joe] "We'll come and do that again sometime, when we have our Covers album out," (Good news...)
[Steve] "Indeed! Like a Rainbow In The Dark!!!" (In loud Ronnie Dio voice)
[Viv] "Like a Shellaillagh down the pub." (looked it up "'shellaillagh' -sha-lay-lee a blunt object used to settle disputes in Irish Pubs.")
[Steve] "Argh!!! Demons! See ya bye bye" (In same Dio voice)

(Mick Ronson's 'Angel No. 9' plays out the show. Just after 10pm UK time/2pm US PT.).



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