Joe and Phil on AOL 8/23/1999

                The following is the transcript of the chat:

NCMC Taz: We're waiting on Joe guys :)
NCMC Taz: Methinks we have Joe! :)
NCMC Raven: Welcome to Joe and Phil! ::applause::
DefLJoe: Hi guys! DefLPhil: Hi guys!
NCMC Taz: OK then.. let's get rocked! LOL ;)
NCMC Taz: First of all, you guys rock! When are you coming back to Little
Rock, AR? and how did you come to choose Vivian Campbell out of all the
guitarist choices you had to choose from?
DefLPhil: We didn't have many choices (about 3) and we will be returning in
December
DefLJoe: We're hoping..the plan is that we are going to come back to the
States towards Christmas
DefLPhil: but I don't know if Little Rock is on the schedule yet
DefLJoe: time and then go indoors, and it's very possible that Little Rock
will be on that
DefLJoe: particular leg of the venture.
NCMC Taz: CzmicDancr: Do you have any plans to come to Nashville any time
soon?
DefLJoe: If the album sustains long enough, we'll possibly get Little Rock
in, if not
DefLJoe: it'll be on stage three of the tour, if there is a stage three.
DefLPhil: We aren't sure what the schedule will be when we return to the
States in December
DefLJoe: 1. He's British, specifically from Northern Ireland.
2. He's an excllent DefLJoe: singer, 3. he could play soccer, 4. he's
relatively the same age as
DefLJoe: we are, and consequently grew up on the same humor we did, and it
goes without
DefLJoe: saying h's a wonderful guitar player, too. (done)
NCMC Taz: VIVashus1: Hi Debie here. Will you be coming to Green Bay this
arena tour? Phil, did you listen to Gary NCMC Taz: Brandon's CD yet?
DefLPhil: Not yet, I haven't received it yet
DefLJoe: We just played Green Bay, we literally just played very, very close

DefLPhil: It might be waiting for me at home in CA DefLJoe: to Green Bay,
less than a month ago. (done)
NCMC Taz: Phil, I heard that you have your own line of guitars now. Could
you tell us a bit about it? Did you actually NCMC Taz: design the guitars?
(DefLSammi)
DefLPhil: Yeah I made them so they look cool
DefLPhil: and with a couple of specifications like the sustainer and no fret
markings DefLPhil: (done)
NCMC Taz: SMcglothin: Are there any plans to make more videos from the new
album?
DefLJoe: We just made a video for the song Goodbye. It hasn't gone out to
DefLPhil: Yes if there is a demand for it, if a song becomes a single then a
video should follow DefLJoe: the public domain yet, but it will over the
next few weeks. (done)
NCMC Taz: Brendi01: Will you be playing the states to open up the new
Millenium??
DefLPhil: Hopefully DefLJoe: Yeah, we're gonna hopefully back touring
starting sometime before Christmas,
DefLJoe: so tat would include some millenium party at some stage. (done)
NCMC Taz: RobPRnRFan: Who would you like to open US tour in Dec.?
DefLPhil: Buckcherry but they can't do it til January DefLPhil: so we aren't
sure who will open in Dec
DefLJoe: Personally...we'd really love Buckcherry.
DefLJoe: (done)
NCMC Taz: SariLep: Thanks for coming guys can you play more off Slang in NY
this weekend? I love Slang its my fav Lep album!!
DefLPhil: We love Slang as well, unfortunately it didn't get played on the
radio
DefLJoe: It's nice when people say that...it goes down well in our camp.
NCMC Raven: Deffy113...please stop.
DefLJoe: Unfortuntely, we alienate a huge amount of the live audience
DefLJoe: if we play too many obscue songs. But we will be doing at least
one!! DefLJoe: (done)
NCMC Taz: CaptCool27: i just wanna say that EUPHORIA is one hellova
album....what is NCMC Taz: your responce to the fans reaction of EHPHORIA?
btw DEF LEP ROCKS!!!!
DefLPhil: Been great actually, everyone who has heard it loves it so far
NCMC Taz: RockinInPa: I am going to the soccer game in Allentown PA again,
and just wondered if the guys from Lep NCMC Taz: decided what charity the
proceeds go to or if it is the station? And will Joe wear one of his
"victory" tee NCMC Taz: tee shirts to the gig the next night...
DefLJoe: Well, I probably will, if we win, I normally put the shirt on for
DefLJoe: encore. As regards to charity, we haven't strictly got involved in
DefLJoe: which one it is, because it's involved with the radio station, not
DefLJoe: DL, so we just trust them that it's a good one. (done)
NCMC Taz: LUV SAV1: Just saw you guys last Wednesday night in Columbus Ohio
and that NCMC Taz: was the best concert I have ever been to. I was wondering
if more Eurphoria songs will make it onto the NCMC Taz: setlist??
DefLJoe: Yes! Is the simple answer, but obviously, we don't want to overdo
DefLPhil: Yes, we didn't want to fill the set with a lot of the new songs,
so we will be integrated the newer songs
DefLPhil: throughout the tour
DefLJoe: it in the initial stages of the tour. When we come back around
Chiristmas time, we'll
DefLJoe: change the set round again. As it happens, we are acutally doing
DefLJoe: four from the new album anyway. (done) NCMC Taz: Lepluv: what was
the insperation for the song Allnight?
DefLPhil: James Brown/ Prince feel with a rock backbeat, its all about sex
DefLJoe: that song, and it was an all night late male bonding session
DefLJoe: which got a little over testosterone. We decided that between
DefLJoe: the five of us that were there, that if James Brown could do a sexy
song, so could we. DefLJoe: (done)
NCMC Taz: Lep4Life: Tracie here.....What is that trophy sitting on the stage
each night?
DefLPhil: Thats Doctor Doom fighting the Silver Surfer DefLPhil: and they
move throughout the concert DefLPhil: I'm amazed that someone saw that
NCMC Taz: Jormadsmom: 2 parter-any chance of an in the round show? and
you've added dates in Texas, any chance of NCMC Taz: Dallas? Thanks!
DefLJoe: No, we won't be playing in the round again, we've done that, and it
was
DefLPhil: Definitely doing Corpus Christi and Beaumont
DefLJoe: Highly unlikely that we'll be playing Dallas, if anybody's noticed,
the tour 've been playing, we're not playing any major citys at all...we're
hoping to come back and do that later on. done)
NCMC Taz: Deffy113: Are you going to come down south, specifically Georgia,
anytime soon?
DefLPhil: We really 't sure what the tour schedule will be when we return to
the States
NCMC Taz: Troi Cip: Will we ever hear anything off : on VH1??
DefLJoe: No, I doubt very much we'll...never say never, but it's highly : We
won't do a segment for Where are They Now because we are still active
DefLJoe: unlikely we'll be playing . With tounge
DefLPhil: As for OTTN we'll just see how we feel
DefLJoe: firmly placed in cheek, ! Hopefully DefLJoe: we'll never be in it
again, most people know where we are! done) NCMC Taz: Jasonteeth: Will the
song " I Am Your Child " (an awesome song) show up as a B-side on one of
your : singles??
DefLPhil: Hopefully, at the moment its a bonus track on the Japanese version
of the album : Yeah, it definately will...it already has in Europe. (done)
DefLJoe: Joe says Hello Phil.
NCMC Taz: Hysteria84: I ..great show...question is...I have noticed in last
2 cds that
DefLPhil: Howdy!
NCMC Taz: joe ..sings much lower..and no screams..but in concerts you still
do it... NCMC Taz: why not on new ...i would like to see more hard rock
DefLPhil: Go back and listen to Promises
DefLJoe: A lot of the new material 't warrant screaming, it's more to be
DefLJoe: sung...live, when I do the older stuff, off of High and Dry and
Pyromania, : that's how it goes, and we like to stick faithfully to the
songs as much as we can. DefLJoe: Good point , I'd forgotten about Promises!
(done)
NCMC Taz: DieselMx: are you guys happy with the sucess that "Euphoria has ,
and What will the next single be NCMC Taz: after Goodbye???
DefLPhil: We're happy with the initial response, but 're not completely
fulfilled yet
DefLJoe: Yeah, we're very happy...we'd be happier if I'd sold 8
milllion...but as
DefLPhil: , it usually kind of dictates itself
DefLJoe: long as it's a sucessful . (done)
NCMC Taz: LepWing13: What do you think about American soccer? Do you go to
any ?
DefLJoe: It's not as exciting as European soccer, there seems to be an
DefLJoe: abundance of individual skill,
DefLPhil: Not yet, I live in CA and I want to the Galaxy. and... GO GIRLS!
DefLPhil: (Girls )
DefLJoe: of goal. ..the five second, DefLJoe: yard thing...it sucks! (done)
NCMC Taz: Snowsun62: What ?
DefLJoe: You'd have to ask Mutt. But seriously...it was obviously we
DefLPhil: I had a song (music) . DefLJoe: wanted to write a song that was in
the same vein as all classic
DefLJoe: , and one of the most used...always had been always will DefLJoe:
whole opposite sex things...boy wants girl. : (done)
NCMC Taz: Lepprdette: Hi guys..Tina here......Joe, what was your inspiration

DefLJoe: I've always liked : ::waving back::
DefLJoe: lyric writing..and also understating the . So, it's only love is
kinda sarcastic..like in DefLJoe: it's only love...it's only the biggest
thing on the planet. It's very : a sense to all I want is everything...all I
want is not a lot, but in a sense it's everything. DefLJoe: (done) :
LepDiana: Joe and Phil, I saw you on the 10th in Tulsa...it was hotter than
hell! I love the show and NCMC : waited 16 years to see you.....do you like
playing in the states....because we love seeing you!!!!!!!!!
DefLPhil: Yes, we : and is part of hte American culture
NCMC Taz: 37633: joe what do you think of "our" music scene in the uk?
DefLJoe: To be quite honest...there really isn't much of ..when it's good,
it's good, but DefLJoe: unfortunately it's not very prolific. DefLJoe: I do
like Three Colors Red, . (done)
NCMC Taz: DieselMx: phil have you used any other new guitar styles on
DefLPhil: Not really
NCMC Taz: : Lordy! Ok, I'm looking forward to meeting everyone in Pueblo. I
hear that Phil has a cappucino NCMC : fetish and wonder what his fave is?!!
I also wonder if they have plans to play BACK IN YOUR FACE, cos I'd lov :
The philosophy behind it is that it has to groove and compliment the other
instruments NCMC Taz: love to hear !!!!
DefLPhil: I love mochas!
DefLPhil: We aren't doing Back in Your Facew yet, but maybe when we come
back in :
LWill37633: phil , how do think westham are going so far?
DefLPhil: To be quite honest, since we've 've haven't been keeping up.
NCMC : Chad4Bama: Will Def Leppard be playing a longer set when they return
and I definitely think you guys should NCMC : hit the southeast
(Alabama)...we're starved for the Leps!
DefLPhil: Oh really? What would you like to hear?
DefLJoe: 'll be playing a longer set..very possibly, and hopefull Alabama
will DefLJoe: be on the list. DefLJoe: (done) NCMC Taz: Savage625: Just
wondering if there are any plans for an official 'live' lep cd any time in
the future.
DefLJoe: It's one of the , but we have no plans
DefLPhil: Not yet, although we've recorded material 80s.
DefLJoe: for a live album, if people wanna hear DL live, outside of the
concert
DefLJoe: halls, they can always , In your Face on. That's DefLJoe: pretty
much a live album. (done)
NCMC Taz: Geary99: Two-parter : If you could give up all of the fame and
live a normal life, would you? NCMC Taz: And what would be the first ?
Thanks! See ya NCMC Taz: in DuQuoin!!
DefLPhil: I , just go strolling around.
DefLJoe: Great questions...no, I wouldn't, I love my life. And to be quite
honest, : the town that we're playing that particular day, we pretty
DefLJoe: much can walk around an not be , so that doesn't DefLJoe: really
come into the equation. (done)
DefLPhil: If you dress like a "rock star" you're , DefLPhil: if you don't
then most people don't recognize you. DefLPhil: (done)
NCMC Taz: 01: Thank you Def Leppard for playing the USA right off! Paso
Robles was AWESOME! Does anyone from the : band ever get to the AOL Def
Leppard message boards? And Phil, I finally got to wear your autographed :
that were auction at the CA. Lep Convention. Thank You!
DefLPhil: I hope you washed them!
DefLJoe: , we do see the message boards. (done)
NCMC Taz: Bmshlblnd: I love the soccer jerseys!!! I was wondering if any of
!!
DefLJoe: We were involved in the design for sure. (done)
DefLPhil: Tony Diccacio from -Prime came up with the design DefLJoe: Tony
came up with the front and we came up with the back. DefLJoe: (done)
BDOUG23: I wanted to ask if you tried get the old Hysteria sound back? Some
songs sound like they should : been on Hysteria. They sound great.
DefLPhil: Yes we did, we conciously made the decision to make it : kind of
like a collage.
DefLJoe: We didn't want to copy Hysteria, but we .
DefLPhil: (done)
NCMC Taz: Deflepchic: Joe what has turning the age of 40 done to your
?granted I'm only 3
DefLJoe: We've learned a lot working with Mutt, and to make an album of this

NCMC : years behind you) Is touring harder? And is it hard to maintian a
realtionship in the music business?
DefLJoe: quality on . DefLJoe: As long as you add the feel and....it was
uplifting and DefLJoe: positive the , we were happy with the DefLJoe:
finished product. (done)
DefLJoe: I didn't turn 40 over ...literally, get old..it was one DefLJoe:
day after turing 39. It's no more difficult now than it was when I DefLJoe:
was , if anything, it's actually easier now, cause I'm better DefLJoe: at
it. Sure I get aches and pains, and obviously, , DefLJoe: a bit of a dodgy
throat, but I've had those since I was 18. DefLJoe: (done)
DefLPhil: I'm 41 and I'm 've ever been!
NCMC Taz: PhilCArch: For Phil: Why don't you use your old guitars for the
old songs. Like : the Pyro songs, and the Collen Aarchtop for the Hysteria
era. Maybe even the :) NCMC Taz: I have 7 Collen archtops and love them
all!!
DefLJoe: A foot note: My body gets : it ever does on tour!! DefLJoe: (done)
DefLPhil: I was going to bring : I've never gotten rid of them. DefLPhil:
done)
NCMC Taz: Whtsamttau: Hi guys! first I want to thank Phil for the singed pic
he sent me through his karate instructor : about 3 years ago!! NCMC Taz:
What I want to ask is- Where was Two Steps Behind taped NCMC Taz: ?? I was
at that show!
DefLPhil: Alot at Universal (a fake New York street somewhere in LA) : The
scenes of me walking, I was actually filmed walking
DefLJoe: backwards, so that it was run forwards and it : weird. DefLJoe:
(done)
NCMC Taz: LepAllNite: You , they are still talking about it on the radio!
Will fans NCMC Taz: be able to get Leppard .com any time soon?
DefLPhil: I hope : Yeah, to be quite honset, we were having a few teething
problems with
DefLJoe: one of the few website we , but we hope to get that fixed soon...
DefLJoe: the shop one, maybe as soon as the tour's over, we'll be getting :
up on there. (done)
NCMC Taz: TBlazier7: Hi Joe! We just met you in Tulsa on the 10th and we're
going to 11th....any NCMC Taz: chance of a pic this time since we didn't
bring our camera? WE LOVED THE !
DefLJoe: If you see me, you can have one!! DefLJoe: (done)
NCMC Taz: lyn1967: Hey Guys! I was wondering if & NCMC Taz: Euphoria
videos??
DefLPhil: When we've got enough videos we will put out another collection. :
I dont' know what the situation is regaring compilations at the moment, I
hope in the near future
DefLJoe: we can .
DefLPhil: But don't have enough right now to make a collection. DefLJoe:
(done) :
DefLSammi: Do you guys actually have time to check out the state fairs?
DefLPhil: Yes I went to a few of them .
NCMC Taz: Deflepchic: Joe what bands from today and yesterday influence your
music direction??
DefLJoe: 's very difficult to say which bands influenced me, because
DefLJoe: the bands I like, we don't sound anything like. Bands I , for
DefLJoe: instance, would be Mott the Hoople, Bowie, T-Rex, DefLJoe: Zepplin,
etc, etc...but influence, the nearest . DefLJoe: (done)
NCMC Taz: TinslTrash: Joe & Phil, Nicholas says hello and wants to know if
're the headliners for the Sept. 12th MN NCMC Taz: show and Phil he wants to
know if Rory is coming?
DefLPhil: Rory 't be there and as far as I know we are headlining.
NCMC Taz: SariLep: Have you ever wanted to an album of duets? and if so with
whom?
DefLPhil: I don't think so.
DefLJoe: Not really! (done)
NCMC Taz: Sam79antha: I 'all since I was 6 and finally after fourteen long
years, I get to see you in NCMC Taz: Allentown...have you been ? Do we need
to get louder and NCMC Taz: rowdier??
DefLJoe: They can ! And the audiences so far on this tour have
DefLPhil: The audiences have been great but you can !
DefLJoe: been fantastic. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! listening to the Indigo Girls
: (done)
NCMC Taz: DoDefLep: Hello Joe and Phil. Cheryl here.Nice chatting with you.
NCMC Taz: What is the one thing you liked to do but havent...within reason,
of course.
DefLPhil: I've done a lot of things 've wanted to do. I'm open to
suggestions.
DefLJoe: I'd like to have sex jumping out of an aeroplane. DefLJoe: (done) :

SMCKixHay: Are you going to play 21st Century and All Night in concert, we
want to hear them!!! and also, : are you going to play the NJ area because
we've travelled over 2000 miles to see you guys around the !!
DefLPhil: I'd love to play those songs!
DefLJoe: Again, it goes back to the major markets down the road. (done) :
We've got so much to play that we can't just play the new stuff. DefLPhil:
(done)
NCMC Taz: LoyalLady1: If you ; how about an album of cover songs of Your
favorite artists. NCMC Taz: More in the line of Ziggy Stardust; which was
great btw. DefLPhil: We got a collection of B-sides so be on the look out
for other peoples songs on the B-sides.
DefLJoe: *I*, personally have a problem if Def Leppard did it's own Pinups,
Pinups being a Bowie DefLJoe: album where he did his own cover versions,
(DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, DefLJoe: ERROR) DefLJoe: but it's not something we've
planned to do. (done)
NCMC Taz: ShugaNHuny: Just saw you in Columbus after a 18 yr wait! I cried,
it was awesome!! Excluding the $ factor NCMC Taz: do you prefer a small or
large venue? Kisses*
DefLPhil: We prefer large venues and massive stages.
DefLJoe: Much prefer the larger venues, and it's got nothing to do with the
DefLJoe: some of us just like playing in front of a massive crowd...it
DefLJoe: just makes you feel good! (done)
DefLPhil: Its to satisfy our massive egos (laughs)
NCMC Taz: ILoveLeps2: Hi guys.. I have been a fan since 83 and follow
everything you do.. Just wanted to ask...Are you NCMC Taz: going to do
another album following Euphoria with Mutt? He seems to have a great
influence on your music, and NCMC Taz: popularity.
DefLJoe: We'ev never ruled out working with Mutt again, but it would
probably
DefLPhil: We love Mutt, hes the best there is! DefLJoe: be more in the vein
of his contribution to Euphoria, a song here and a song there.
DefLJoe: (done)
NCMC Taz: Snowsun62: Does Malvin ever cook on the road for you guys? If so
what is your fav dish he makes?
DefLJoe: No, he doesn't. Frenchie cooks on tour. Malvin organizes the chaos
DefLPhil: We've got a cook named Frenchie so Malvin gets to take the night
off from cooking.
DefLJoe: (done) DefLJoe: (PLEASE DON'T IM ME. I AM ONLY TYPING FOR JOE)
NCMC Taz: CaptCool27: what do you guys see def lep in the next 15 years? and
what do you think about the cd TRIBUTIZED NCMC Taz: being devoted to the
BEST BAND IN THE WORLD?
DefLPhil: I didn't even know there was such a CD.
DefLJoe: Who knows? We'd love to still be doing it in 15 years. What is
DefLJoe: the CD Tributized, I don't know it...I know there was being one
DefLJoe: made, because I met the producer, so this must be it..I haven't
DefLJoe: seen it. (done)
NCMC Taz: TRN2DUST: to both joe and phil: if you two could change one thing
from the 20+ years of def leppards carreer, NCMC Taz: what would that be?
and thanks for putting on an awesome show in paso robles. did you see my
DEFLPRD license
DefLPhil: Rick wouldn't have lost his arm and Steve wouldn't have died.
guitars, i'm me
NCMC Taz: and do you guys by any chance do weddings? lol
DefLJoe: I'd give Rick his arm back, and Steve his life back. (done)
DefLPhil: Saw the plate and how much do you pay for playing a wedding?
DefLJoe: Depends on how much they paid us! (for the wedding) (done)
DefLJoe: Just kidding.

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