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Don Arnold\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Elliott<\/strong> wants fans to know that what they see at a Def Leppard<\/strong> concert is all live.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou want people to hear it and go, ‘My God, they\u2019re tight,’ but you can tell there\u2019s a difference between the live and the record,\u201d he tells <\/span>Stereogum<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in a new interview.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Elliott said he doesn\u2019t \u201cnormally comment on this kind of stuff,\u201d he wanted to set the record straight after\u00a0W.A.S.P.<\/strong> guitarist Chris Holmes<\/strong> and Testament<\/strong>\u2019s Chuck Willy<\/strong>\u00a0had claimed the band used backing tracks in concert.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m flattered because their standards must be very different to ours,\u201d\u00a0Elliott says. \u201cFor anybody that thinks we use backing tracks, it must mean that when they hear us, they can\u2019t believe how good it is for real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cThe fact is that if you rehearse the way we do and you\u2019re as talented as the band are as musicians, then maybe you would believe it. I\u2019d be happy to invite any of those guys to come stand side stage with a pair of headphones on so they could actually hear what\u2019s coming out of the stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Elliott does acknowledge the use some effects, like keyboards and drum loops, the latter of which he says is used by \u201cthousands of other drummers to enhance a sound.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut backing tracks or playing along to a backing track \u2014 we\u2019ve never done that, never,\u201d he insists. \u201cWe\u2019ve never mimed to the vocals, or we\u2019ve never had multiples of stuff on tape. It\u2019s literally live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally\u00a0Elliott notes, \u201cSo, sorry Chuck and Chris Holmes, but you\u2019ve got that one completely wrong. But thanks for thinking that we need them. We don\u2019t. We\u2019re that good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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