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May 12, 2023 · Def Leppard is out with a new collaborative album with the Royal Philharmonic, 'Drastic Symphonies.'. In an interview with GRAMMY.com, guitarist Phil Collen gets in a reflective mood about their early days of hysteria — and euphoria — in the studio. Morgan Enos. | GRAMMYs / May 12, 2023 - 05:59 am.
Mar 26, 2024 · Def Leppard's Phil Collen tells UCR in a March 2024 interview how Mutt Lange helped them make Pyromania an album which became a timeless classic.
Mar 21, 2014 · Three decades into a remarkably successful career, guitarist Phil Collen looks at each day as a new beginning. Best known for his work with rock band Def Leppard, Collen is also involved with a gritty blues-rock trio, Manraze, where he is joined by Paul Cook and Simon Laffy.
Sep 24, 2021 · Guitar Showcase 2021: It would be fair to say many great electric guitar players have helped build the Jackson brand into what it is today – though perhaps none more so than Phil Collen, who partnered up with the Californian company in the mid-'80s.
Dec 9, 2015 · published 9 December 2015. How mixed martial arts helped save the guitarist's life. Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen is in better shape than most men half his age, so what’s his secret to having the physique of a Cockney Bruce Lee?
Mar 28, 2024 · Recalling the price tag for recording Def Leppard's 1987 album, Hysteria, guitarist Phil Collen is still amazed. "Four and a half million dollars!" he says, laughing slightly. "Which was ludicrous. Who knows what that would be in today’s dollars? We had to sell three million copies just to break even, and for a while, we didn't know if we would."
In the following interview, guitarist Phil Collen, who joined Def Leppard while they were in the midst of recording Pyromania, discusses the process of creating the groundbreaking album. Recalls Collen, who had previously played with British glam rockers Girl, “Mutt would say to us, ‘Yeah, you can be average, and you can be good.
