In fact, Def Leppard can rest on his laurels, on songs like “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, “Let’s Get Rocked” or “Rock Of Ages”. But that’s out of the question for Sheffield’s hard rock band, who are now releasing their twelfth album. “The motive is that we are musicians. And we make music,” explains Joe Elliott, lead lead in an interview with dpa.
The singer said, “We love writing songs. If someone says it’s not necessary, it’s not in my DNA. It’s always necessary. It’s essential to me. Even if no one hears the songs.”
There is no real danger to the songs in “Diamond Star Halos”. Finally, Def Leppard’s latest studio album took number 10 on the US Billboard 200 and number 11 on the UK Albums Chart in 2015. Across the Atlantic, rock veterans fill the big stadiums these days.
“It’s no different than being a carpenter, plumber, or electrician,” says Elliott in an adjoining room at London’s famous Abbey Road studios. There, the 62-year-old is already working with his band on the next big project, which is still a secret. “If you love your job, why should you retire?”
The British not only love their job, but are avid music lovers. In “Diamond Star Halos” you can hear the influences of their charming rock archetypes here and there – a bit of Mott The Hoople (“Take What You Want”), a big part of T. Rex (“Kick”). Overall, Def Leppard remains true to its classic strong sound with the chubby guitar tones, lead drums, and distinctive choral vocals of the band. A song like “SOS Emergency” would have suited the mega-seller “Hysteria” from 1987, which finally made Def Leppard a superstar.
“I don’t agree when people say we wrote our best songs and we’ll never write our best songs,” Elliott said. “Bullshit! It’s not true. We wrote songs that couldn’t be very popular because people have been carrying them for 30 or 40 years. But that doesn’t mean we can’t write something better. At least we should try. That’s the inner drive we have.” all”. The singer says that his band will never be able to match the sales figures of his cult albums “Hysteria” and “Pyromania” (1983).
Def Leppard did a duo with country stars Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, and even Taylor Swift. The new album features Alison Krause singing “This Guitar” and “Lifeless” with Elliott. She herself is a fan of Def Leppard. Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, who has already recorded two albums with Krause, made the call. “We heard she’s looking forward to our new record,” Elliott says. “And we have two songs with a rustic touch. So why don’t you just ask her?”
The fact that David Bowie pianist Mike Garson polished his keyboard playing “Goodbye For Good This Time” and “Angels (Can’t Help You Now)” makes Elliott feel especially proud. The blond front man laughs in disbelief. “Leading Jazz Pianist on Def Leppard’s Album, What Could Go Wrong?”
Experience has shown that the two ballads, strong poems with thick strings, should be more popular with fans in the United States than with the more rural fan community in Europe. Diamond Star Halos has something for everyone. The fifteen new partially different songs of the former MTV stars harmonize surprisingly well.
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