Def Leppard released a new short video about their new song ‘Just Like 73.’ In the video, all members of the band shared their thoughts about the track. The frontman Joe Elliott and the guitarist Phil Collen also talked about the ‘glam rock vibe’ of it. The guitarist said:
“It’s got a real glam rock feel and a vibe to it. We went for the [1970s producer] Mike Leander drum sound, which was really cool in the very early ’70s and kind of mixed it with Slade-type backing vocal, which is kind of really shouty, loud and aggressive, almost like football-hooligan kind of chant.”
Joe Elliott explained why it was titled ‘Just Like 73’:
“Because of it being based around that whole kind of ’73 vibe — it was glammy, very British glam — I wanted to write a lyric that kind of reflected that.”
The new track is a collaboration with the Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello.
Morello’s Thoughts On The Song
The song is the band’s first-ever collaboration with Morello.
Def Leppard hinted at the song recently on Instagram with a picture of an old rotary phone and two hotline numbers—one for the UK and one for the US—where fans could call to hear a snippet of the song before it came out.
In a press release, Morello talked about being a fan of the band for a long time. He said:
“I had a blast rocking a solo on ‘Just Like 73’. I played ‘Rock Of Ages’ in my college cover band almost 40 years ago and here Def Leppard are still killing it in stadiums with a brand new tune that’s one of their best.”
You can hear the new song down below.
