Phil Collen

[laughs]

[laughs] You know what's funny? What's funny is, uh, Phil Collen.

Yeah, yeah.

And I, we became really good friends, and I still talk to him probably, I don't know, at least once a month or twice a month.

And I feel like this album manifests that side of his personality more than like a lot of records that he, that he's made in his life.

Like he has like Phil Collen of Def Leppard doing a guest star and playing like this face-melting solo on a song.

Like he just-

Whoa.

They just were there and like, "Hey, this dick ain't sucking itself.

You want to?" And they would because the roadies had made it clear what they had to do to stay backstage to get Phil Collen's fucking full attention or whatever.

You know, I mean, come on.

This is not rocket science here.

You wouldn't, you wouldn't imagine you're in LA.

Um, Def Leppard, uh, Phil Collen says it in the film.

He says, "You wouldn't, you wouldn't, uh, m- m- believe you're in LA apart from the sirens and the gunshots." [laughs]

[laughs] But that is true, and it's one of those things where I was even when, when I, I was about to watch it, I had to Google it to recall where it was.

I'm your host, Tyson Bryden.

Today, I happily welcome guitarist Phil Collen.

Phil, welcome to the show.

How's it going?

So, I mean, you've had some of the guests you've me- mentioned, but I'm, of course, Michael Anthony, which was a great interview as well.

Uh, Phil Collen of Def Leppard, Tommy Aldridge, Bobby Blotzer, Dana Strum, G- Zakk Wylde.

Those are, I mean, those are just a few.

How do you decide who will be next and w- about who you wanna have on the show next, or d- d- it's just kinda, they come to you? Or do you guys, like myself, you know, I cold contact, and I work with a couple publicists that send me interviews.

It's the only sort of Journey question I'm gonna ask you, a direct Journey question, and it's not really a direct Journey question, it's just kind of a picture.

Um, and I, I've, I've asked this to the few that I've had that fit into this box, and you're one of them, most recently Phil Collen from Def Leppard.

Uh-huh.

Obviously Don't Stop Believin' is one of those iconic songs.