Historical past will inform you that Phil Collen has been enjoying with Def Leppard since 1982, however throughout a current chat with SiriusXM, the guitarist revealed that he was by no means formally requested to hitch the band.
Recounting how his arrival occurred, the guitarist recalled, “Pete Willis wasn’t doing nice. And um, Joe says to me, ‘Do you wanna come down, play some solo, some lead guitar on the brand new album?’ I am like, ‘Yeah.’ I knew the blokes, so I used to be simply serving to a buddy out.”
He continues, “However what was actually attention-grabbing, my first gig with the band was the Marquee Membership in London, which is about the identical measurement as this, truly when Pyromania exploded, it was positively a pinch your self second. We nonetheless had that mindset, that mentality. We had been simply enjoying right here, but it surely was like throughout MTV. We’re enjoying, you understand, arenas promoting them out. And we truly by no means stopped from that second on.”
However he reiterates, “I wasn’t requested to hitch the band. We had been simply out and on tour.”
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Singer Joe Elliott says that invite did ultimately come, although a lot later than you would possibly assume. “I feel we requested him 10 years in the past, ‘Okay, do you wanna be a part of the band?’ Thank God he mentioned, ‘Sure.'”
That is labored out properly for Collen, because the band is a part of the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. In addition they stay a scorching ticket on the street, presently paired up with Motley Crue for “The World Tour” following final 12 months’s “Stadium Tour” of the U.S. Get tickets right here.
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