Audio - Interview - Vivian - KLPX Tucson - posted 21Feb2019
Feb 21, 2019 16:02:43 GMT -8
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Last in Line's origin
Vivian's cancer diagnosis, how he has handled it and how it has impacted his life
The Dio hologram
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction
Las Vegas residency
Vivian's favorite Def Leppard song to perform onstage/the setlist in general
Inspiration behind LIL's new album
Year of the Gun lyrics
Landslide lyrics
Staying current with worldwide events
Does Vivian have other side projects?
Vegas
Vivian: "I don't even know for certain how we're gonna frame this show in Vegas. I'm not sure if we're gonna frame it around one album or something else. We actually haven't even gotten as far as discussing that. I'm sure when we see each other again next, at the Hall of Fame Ceremony, that's when we'll be bringing it up. Plus we can really finesse a show. It really does take on a different aspect. There's a different sort of latitude allowed when you do a Vegas residency as opposed to a traveling rock show. I think it allows us a bit more scope to be a bit more creative about things. In 2013, the other time we did a Vegas residency, we were doing the Hysteria album and as that album was only 42 minutes or something of music, we had to obviously pad out the show. So we broke the show up into, essentially, three parts. The middle part being a video presentation. The latter part being Def Leppard playing Hysteria in sequence, but the first part of the show was, for me, the most exciting of all. We went on as Ded Flatbird. We billed ourselves as the world's greatest Def Leppard cover band. We played a different set every night and we played some really, really obscure songs from the band's very early career, and that was exciting. I mean, it was challenging. It was a lot of work to get up-to-speed on that stuff for all of us, but it was very, very rewarding and I think our really hardcore fans really appreciated that."
This is a fabulous interview. Give it a listen!
Topics:
New Last in Line albumLast in Line's origin
Vivian's cancer diagnosis, how he has handled it and how it has impacted his life
The Dio hologram
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction
Las Vegas residency
Vivian's favorite Def Leppard song to perform onstage/the setlist in general
Inspiration behind LIL's new album
Year of the Gun lyrics
Landslide lyrics
Staying current with worldwide events
Does Vivian have other side projects?
If Vivian were to write a book.....
Vegas
Vivian: "I don't even know for certain how we're gonna frame this show in Vegas. I'm not sure if we're gonna frame it around one album or something else. We actually haven't even gotten as far as discussing that. I'm sure when we see each other again next, at the Hall of Fame Ceremony, that's when we'll be bringing it up. Plus we can really finesse a show. It really does take on a different aspect. There's a different sort of latitude allowed when you do a Vegas residency as opposed to a traveling rock show. I think it allows us a bit more scope to be a bit more creative about things. In 2013, the other time we did a Vegas residency, we were doing the Hysteria album and as that album was only 42 minutes or something of music, we had to obviously pad out the show. So we broke the show up into, essentially, three parts. The middle part being a video presentation. The latter part being Def Leppard playing Hysteria in sequence, but the first part of the show was, for me, the most exciting of all. We went on as Ded Flatbird. We billed ourselves as the world's greatest Def Leppard cover band. We played a different set every night and we played some really, really obscure songs from the band's very early career, and that was exciting. I mean, it was challenging. It was a lot of work to get up-to-speed on that stuff for all of us, but it was very, very rewarding and I think our really hardcore fans really appreciated that."
