Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott mentioned the method of recording the band’s new album Diamond Star Halos whereas observing pandemic lockdown guidelines was “joyful.”
Whereas some artists discovered it tough to work round social distancing, Elliott mentioned that, for his band, the expertise was constructive and even academic. He is based mostly in Eire, whereas bassist Rick Savage is in England. Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell and drummer Rick Allen are all based mostly in the US.
“It was joyful to do,” Elliott advised Billboard in a brand new interview. “[A]t anybody time there have been presumably 4 songs getting labored on directly. And everyone was at residence, so you did not have to work on it continually or be sitting round ready to do your bit if we have been all within the studio collectively or one thing. You might get on with doing different stuff.
“So it was a leisurely manner of recording, however we might focus wholly on the document once we have been really recording,” he continued. “What we discovered was it is not the place your physique is, it is the place your thoughts’s at. We have been in three totally different international locations, however we have been all on the identical web page.”
Collen went additional, predicting Def Leppard in all probability will not “return to no matter that customary manner was that we did earlier than.” He defined: “There was a lot extra vitality by not having to go to a studio or a scenario the place you have been ready on something. I would end one thing, ship it to Joe in Eire and he’d ship it to Sav and… we would simply be forwards and backwards, and once I’d get up within the morning there’d be one thing new in my mailbox. It was continually thrilling.”
Diamond Star Halos — an LP based mostly on the band members’ early inspirations — might be launched on Might 27, simply forward of the band’s Stadium Tour that additionally options Motley Crue, Poison and Joan Jett. Def Leppard previewed the album this week with lead single “Kick.”
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