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Def Leppard <\/strong>guitarist Phil Collen<\/strong> has fond memories of working on their Diamond-certified album <\/span>Pyromania<\/span><\/em>, which was released 40 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

The album was Collen\u2019s first with the band. He was hired during the middle of the recording process to replace original guitarist Pete Willis<\/strong>, which is why he says it wasn\u2019t too difficult of an album for him to make.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I didn’t have to do the heavy lifting,\u201d he tells ABC Audio. \u201cAll the songs had been written, all the anguish and pleasure about writing songs, I didn’t have to do any of that.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pyromania<\/span><\/em> was a huge hit for the band, peaking at #2 thanks to hit songs \u201cPhotograph,\u201d \u201cRock of Ages\u201d and \u201cFoolin.\u201d\u00a0Collen says that while those songs were being played all over the radio and on MTV, it wasn\u2019t until they toured the United States that they realized\u00a0how big a hit they had.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we got to the States, that’s when we noticed that there was something really weird going on because we were getting a teenybop girl thing, kind of like the Duran Duran<\/strong> vibe,\u201d he says. \u201cBut you’d also get rock fans, you know, guitar freaks and people who wanted to hear this other thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cSo that really worked well and worked in our favor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To celebrate the anniversary, Def Leppard just released a 40th anniversary deluxe edition of <\/span>Pyromania<\/span><\/em> featuring unheard demos from the band\u2019s archives. Front man Joe Elliott<\/strong> took a very hands-on approach\u00a0to finding these unreleased tracks, which according to Collen probably wasn\u2019t too difficult for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery band, if they’re lucky, they have a geek who collects everything, and that’s Joe … he\u2019s very meticulous,\u201d\u00a0Collen says. \u201cSo he gets the run of that and we trust him.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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