Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 22:00:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: The Dark Knight <marshman@auracom.com>
Subject: Vivian Campbell: Clock Time

*Batman thumbs through his new Metal Edge magazine and thinks the rest of
his fellow Lep fans might like to read this*

Metal Edge October 98 p 32-33

        In his 'day job,' he plays to thousands in arenas and amphitheaters,
but on a Friday night in May, Vivian Campbell toted and set up his own gear
to play on a tiny stage in a crowded bar called St. Stephen's Green, where
he moonlights from Def Leppard in a band (at least for now) called Clock.
Actually, the Santa Monica, CA pub feels like home to Vivian, who was born
in Belfast and spends quite a bit of time in Dublin. He and fellow Irishman
PJ Smith are the co-lead vocalists in Clock, which has a sound closer to the
Beatles than Def Leppard - Viv likens it to "the Beatles with more guitars
and drums" - and has been together for about a year but only began playing
gigs a few months priot to this May 29 show at St. Stephen's, one of many there.
        Bassist Sasha Krivtsov and drummer Mark Schulman arrived late,
detained by another gig, which appbreviated Clock's set, but the upbeat and
melodic sonds were fun and well-received nevertheless. Afterward, Vivian
revealed that it was an unpaid show: "It costs is to play." Why do it? "Def
Leppard works so slow. I have to play. I lose my chops if I don't play. I
like to sing, too. We don't expect to make money," he says, adding that
Clock has "rekindled my interest in guitar. It's all good."
        While Clock recorded a demo, they're not currently making it
available. "I'd like to do a record. We have a lot of good songs," says
Vivian, adding, "Some songs I'm doing with Clock may be done by Def
Leppard." He went to Dublin in mid-June to continue working on material with
the band. "There's a lot of stuff, we've had a lot of writing sessions. I
think there'll be more cooperative songs than there were on Slang. We're
giving ourselves to the end of the year," he says, noting that Pete
Woodroffe will once again co-produce with Def lep, but it will be "nothing
like Slang, a lot like Pyromania, Hysteria, and High 'N' Dry. Slang was not
a traditional Def Leppard record," states Vivian, "But this will be. I have
full faith it will come out great." Recording will take place in Dublin, and
mixing, likely in London, with a release expected in '99.
        Vivian plans to "go back and forth to Dublin when they need me," but
will otherwise play Clock gig around L.A., largely at St. Stephen's Green.
Call the band's hotline, (213) 207 9286 for updated information.

- ---------------------The Dark Knight <marshman@auracom.com>