After 13 years, Campbell still the 'new guy'
It's not that Def Leppard, which performs at the Chevrolet Amphitheatre tonight, wants to dwell in its illustrious past. The members would like to be perceived as a band that is still artistically viable, not a relic of an age gone by.
But during a 2002 tour promoting its last studio album, "X," the band learned that a catalog of hit songs sometimes overwhelms new material.
"We went out on tour playing 22 songs a night, seven of which were from the new album," says guitarist Viv Campbell. "That seven became six, became five, became four, became three. By the end of the tour we were playing one song from the album, and basically just for our own well-being."