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 troublesome 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 america.
“It was joyful to do,” Elliott instructed Billboard in a brand new interview. “[A]t anybody time there have been probably 4 songs getting labored on without delay. And everyone was at house, so you did not have to work on it continually or be sitting round ready to do your bit if we had been all within the studio collectively or one thing. You can get on with doing different stuff.
“So it was a leisurely method of recording, however we might focus wholly on the document once we had been really recording,” he continued. “What we realized was it is not the place your physique is, it is the place your thoughts’s at. We had been in three completely different international locations, however we had been all on the identical web page.”
Collen went additional, predicting Def Leppard in all probability will not “return to no matter that normal method was that we did earlier than.” He defined: “There was a lot extra vitality by not having to go to a studio or a state of affairs the place you had been ready on something. I might end one thing, ship it to Joe in Eire and he’d ship it to Sav and… we would simply be backwards and forwards, 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 — will likely be launched on Could 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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