UK-based presenter and rock journalist Kylie Olsson has debuted a brand new episode of her AXS interview collection Life in Six Strings, that includes a dialog with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen.
In the episode, Olsson will get a tour of Collen’s guitars, noting that she may spend hours getting misplaced in his room of axes. He says, “I’m recording all the time, and I dug some other ones out.” One of the guitars was the primary he ever obtained, which he received as a 16-year-old after attending a Deep Purple live performance. Another guitar Collen showcases is one he obtained for his twenty first birthday, a black and white instrument he picked out as a result of it was the identical one Ritchie Blackmore performed.
In one other clip, the duo takes a tour by a Fender manufacturing and design plant, with Olsson noting, “This is basically Disneyland for guitar nerds.” Collen added, “Every time I’ve come here — I’ve been coming here for years—I still get really excited.” Collen shared one other story, saying, “Before I actually got a guitar, I used to go into the Fender SoundHouse in London. I would look at the guitars and just touch them. I couldn’t play them. I couldn’t play a single chord. It never ceases to be exciting.”
They additionally checked out a duplicate of the Def Leppard stage, and Olsson requested why Collen selected the guitar within the first place. He defined, “Just the sound of it. It would sing. It was a release. I was living in the East End, working in the factory. It was not cool. This was a release. It was freedom and all of those things. When we finally got to go on tour and do it all day long, it was amazing.” Collen additionally mirrored on his profession, saying, “I think it means more at 65 than it did when I was, say, 25.”
Past visitors on the collection embrace Mötley Crüe’ Mick Mars, Blues-rock legend Joe Bonamassa, Steve Vai, and extra. Check out new episodes on Mondays, 8:30/7:30c.
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