Gwinnett Daily with Vivian Campbell

Do you guys like playing festivals like Music Midtown?

If you'd asked that question in the '90s I would've said it was horrible because it was very uncool to admit to liking Def Leppard. But that's changed. We noticed the change the last time we were on tour, '99, 2000, 2001, and we did a couple of festival shows with younger bands.

Do you find you're influenced by the bands you see?

We're very influenced by the bands we play with. You could say we're shameless plagiarists. We'll steal anything from anyone. Not exactly steal, but we'll allow ourselves to be influenced by anyone, particularly modern music.

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