Def Leppard on Creating “Photograph” and How It Launched Them to Rock Superstardom
Professor of Rock · Gamut Podcast Network
July 14, 202222m 14s
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Show Notes
The amazing story behind Def Leppard and their breakthrough hit Photograph from their 1983 smash 10 million selling album Pyromania. Joe Elliott and company had to recruit a new guitarist when their current player was coming to recordings intoxicated. They tapped Phil Collen and he ended up saving the album with killer solos. Super producer Mutt Lange set the band straight and they had their first smash hit… Was the song about a Hollywood starlet? Joe Elliott has told several different stories… Find out which one’s true next.
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