Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 01:27:54 -0500 (EST) From: Shameles01@aol.com Subject: Phil's Chat Ok all you LepNetters out there!!! Here is AOL's Live chat with Phil Collen as it comes hot off of my printer!!! ( of course I am leaving out all the Lep Lusting that went on in my row) OneLineHost: With their new album,"Slang." Def Leppard have taken a their biggest,bravest leap forward an landed slap-bang into a brand new phase of their career, where everythingis not necessarily hard and fast,and almost anything is possible. Here tonight, to answer your questions about the new album, about the groupad of course his own career with Def Leppard, is guitarist Phil Collen. AolLive: Welcome, Phi; Collen. AolLive: How are you tonight? PhilCollen: Great! AOL: Great Phil. Ready for some questions from your fans? PC: Yep! AOL:Hi Phil.....first of all I have been a fan since I was 12, ( I am now 27)and I have loved Def Lep ever since. I want to know what you think is the hardest part to making the follow up to Slang? And how is ALL the guys doing? PC: Everyone is doing great. Rick Allen has become a parent. We're really excited about doing the new album because its straight forward rock. Every one is really excited about it. AOL : Phil, do you check out the Lep sites on the internet? If so have you heard of the webring, The Def Leppard Ring of fire? PC: I'm still online. I haven't gotten around to doing anything because I am sooo busy. Melvin our rour manager goes online and talks to alot of people on line. It rings a bell. AOL : Just wanted you to know that a few years back I won a contest on Mtv and had to list my top 100 videos.....I had all of yours on there and they specifically stated that!! Just wanted you to know that Mtv has not forgotten you!!! PC: Thats cool. Thank you. Thats really cool. AOL : How is the new Cd coming along? We on the Def Leppard boards hear Malvin is sleeping on the floor? LoL PC : Is he? Yeah actually when we were at Joe's in Dublin we stay at his house and Malvin was on the couch. The Cd is coming along great. We have a direction. We've actually got a target. AOL : Phil, have you heard of the petition that Lep Fans on Lep Net that was sent to PolyGram over the very little publicity of Slang? PC : I have now! AOL : Hi Phil. JR here. Will you or anyother members of the band be attending the LA convention? Thanks!! PC : I think Rick was talking about it. It depends on when it is. AOL : Will you guys ever do in the round concerts again? PC: Maybe. If there is a demand for it. It's alot of fun. It is important to change all the time. Maybe we'll go back to that. AOL : Will there be a video for sale of the SLANG tour? PC : Not really. What we intend to do when we get enough videos we will do it. It depends when we have enough material. i think we will wait till we have enough quantity. AOL : Phil is there any truth to the future title of the next album to be named Dementia? And what are your views on this title? PC: That was to be the title for Adrenalize. News to me about the new one. Ya never know. The older we get the more relevant. AOL : Phil you answered the first half of this question earlier but the second part is good........ What direction have you all gone in on the new album? And will therea longer U. S. tour this time? I only got to see you guys once on 96 compared to the 6 times in 93... PC: The new album more guitars and more guitars. Hopefully we will have a longer US tour. I love the US. Pop culture is an American thing and it get appreciated in the US more than anywere else. It's really a part of America, the movies just everyday part of life. AOL : Do you all have a producer in mind for the next CD? PC: Got a bunch of guys but haven't finalized anything quite yet. AOL : Any plans to re release the Animal Instinct Biography? PC : Ya know we should update it or do a part 2. Again, if there is enough interest we'd love to do it. AOL : Phil in this months Metal Edge there was an interview with Rick Allen. He mentioned that he wasn't sure of there would be a Def Leppard in the future. Are there any conflictsin your writing and recording sections? PC : Good idea. No not at all. Now we have a direction for the album and everyone is excited. After the last tour you always think of stuff like that. What are we doing here ect. But not at all. AOL : Whats your opinion of the spice girls? PC: The Spice Girls. Power to them , Hansons , anyone. In the late 90's it s very had to get a career going. I think its great when anyone gets success. It's very short lived. AOL : From Fiana (on Lep Net) Could anyone that is planning on going online with Phil ask him if they are planning to come to Malaysia during their next tour? If its possible tell him I said Hi. PC : hi! We had a great time last time. It was really cool. Hopefully next tour we can go back. AOL : Phil, are you planning to sing some more maybe on an official album track this time?? PC : I haven't even thought about it yet. AOL : Will the next album have more indian instruments on it like on " Turn To Dust"? PC : I think we are going to keep it more straight rock album like Hysteria/ Just tons and tons of rock material. Each album should be different that the one before it. It's good to keep changing even if it's going back. AOL : Hi Phil who came up the solo at the end of Love Bites live??: Hysteria34 PC : we used to do it like that wjem Steve was alive. Ot natrurally progressed, In 1987 we started doing it live and it got longer during the end, a jamming thing. Part 3 (last) coming soon.