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Re: DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN At NAMM - Jan. 12-13, 2011
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN Demonstrates 'Lick Of The Day' App, Talks Gear At NAMM - Jan. 13, 2011
DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen showed off some of the latest in guitar technology yesterday (Wednesday, January 12) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California to kick off the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that runs through Sunday.
Video footage of Collen demonstrating Guitar World magazine's new Lick Of The Day instructional-guitar iPhone/iPad app can be viewed below. Also available are two separate video interviews — with Vintage Rock and Guitar Asylum TV.
The 2011 NAMM show is the largest music trade show in America, with more than 80,000 attendees and more than 1,500 exhibitors traveling from more than 100 countries. The convention, which runs through Sunday, features the music industry's newest musical instruments and state-of-the-art technologies.
NAMM show is **NOT** open to the public. The only attendees are NAMM member companies and their invited guests.
Lick Of The Day demonstration: (Jam then Pour some sugar)
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Vintage Rock interview:
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Guitar Asylum TV interview:
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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Jams With Former Arkansas Gov. MIKE HUCKABEE At NAMM; Video, Photos - Jan. 12, 2011
According to The Orange County Register, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen jammed with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (on bass) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on Wednesday (January 12) to kick off the 2011 NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that runs through Sunday.
Video footage of the impromptu jam session can be viewed below. Photos are available at The Orange County Register web site.
The 2011 NAMM show is the largest music trade show in America, with more than 80,000 attendees and more than 1,500 exhibitors traveling from more than 100 countries. The convention, which runs through Sunday, features the music industry's newest musical instruments and state-of-the-art technologies.
NAMM show is **NOT** open to the public. The only attendees are NAMM member companies and their invited guests.
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Re: DEF LEPPARD Guitarist PHIL COLLEN At NAMM - Jan. 12-13, 2011
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NAMM Show 2011: Phil Collen Interview
DEF LEPPARD's COLLEN Responds To VIVIAN CAMPBELL Claim About Not Getting Good Solos - Jan. 17, 2011
By: Rob Cavuoto
In 1982, Phil Collen joined Def Leppard during the recording session for Pyromania, replacing then current guitarist, Pete Willis. In ‘87 the band released their fourth studio LP Hysteria, then in ’91, after Steve Clark’s untimely death, Phil wrote all of the guitar parts for the megahit album Adrenalize.
Since then, Phil has developed himself as one of the main songwriters for the band, and to date Def Leppard has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide and have two albums with RIAA diamond certification for Pyromania and Hysteria.
Phil was at NAMM this past week unveiling his latest guitar, the Jackson PC Supreme, and I had a chance to catch up with him at the Agile Partners booth, where he was demoing the very cool Lick of the Day and Ampkit apps for iPhone and iPad, two of the best apps we saw at this year’s show.
We talked to Phil about what’s coming down the pipe for the Leppard boys, his switch from Ibanez to Jackson guitars in the 80’s and to set the record straight about some comments made by the band’s other guitarist, Vivian Campbell.
Phil Collen AmpKit NAMM 2011
Phil Collen AmpKit NAMM 2011 Photo: Rob Cavuoto
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There was a recent interview with Vivian Campbell where he said he isn’t challenged guitar-wise in Def Leppard, and that you get all the good guitar parts. How do you respond to that statement?
Phil Collen: Because it’s all my shit. Vivian joined a band that I helped create. He’s coming into my house! It’s not all the good parts, it’s the Def Leppard sound that me and Steve created.
We got together with Mutt Lang, and there was already a sound in place. Also, we play all the hits live, which were written before Viv was in the band.
Are there hard feelings when he says something like that?
Phil: No not at all. It’s just the ways it falls. I can’t help it that all my shit sounds great! <,p>
I understand that you’re working on a new Def Leppard live CD with some studio tracks.
Phil: Yeah, it’s got three new studio tracks, we wanted five but we couldn’t finish them in time.
When will the new record be out in stores?
Phil: Mid-May
In the beginning with Def Leppard, you made the Ibanez Destroy famous, what was the catalyst for switching to Jackson guitars?
Phil: The Destroyer was great but very difficult to play unless you were on stage. It was a very showy guitar. Mutt Lang introduced me to a Charvel in the ‘80s and it was so easy to play as a studio guitar.
Then I met Grover Jackson and we started making the crazy flashy guitars. They had great playability that I love off, as well as on, stage.
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