Joe Elliott, do Def Leppard, ri das afirmações de que eles usam faixas de apoio em shows / Def Leppard's Joe Elliott laughs off claims they use backing tracks at gigs
- 12/04/2024
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Ele explicou: "Usamos teclados. Usamos alguns loops de bateria porque, para ser justo, bateristas de dois braços usam loops de bateria, mas Rick Allen, para tocar uma música como 'Rocket', é uma cacofonia de tons que um braço poderia ' para tocar. Então, sim, usamos um loop acionado, que faz parte de sua bateria, mas [o baterista do U2] Larry Mullen faz isso há anos. Assim como milhares de outros bateristas para melhorar o som. Mas fazendo backing track ou tocando junto para uma faixa de apoio – nunca fizemos isso, nunca. Nunca fizemos mímica dos vocais, ou nunca tivemos múltiplas coisas em fita. É literalmente ao vivo.”
Ele continuou: "Se estamos com cerca de 90 por cento [ao vivo], é mais do que os 100 por cento da maioria das pessoas. Como tocamos e cantamos, isso tem um preço. Você pode, digamos, tocar em Denver, onde está uma milha acima do nível do mar, e se você tiver um show no dia seguinte, sua voz vai estar bem forte. Temos que chegar a um nível em que, se estiver um pouco abaixo da noite passada, ainda seja aceitável para o público por causa da adrenalina e do fato de que é ao vivo e você pode ouvir talvez um pouco de rouquidão ou os dedos de alguém escorregando porque está tão frio que eles não conseguem manter os dedos nas cordas. Coisas assim acontecem com todas as bandas, e é isso que traz humanidade a isso. Mas estamos muito orgulhosos do fato de tocarmos ao vivo, cantarmos ao vivo e não usarmos fitas.”
Fonte: https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/172667/Def-Lepp...
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Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott has reacted after the band was accused of using tapes and backing tracks for their concerts.
The 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' hitmaker insists he is not fazed by the musicians who made the claims because it shows that they think their performances are too good to be true.
In a lengthy discussion with Stereogum, he said: “I don’t normally comment on this kind of stuff, but a friend of mine just sent me some link to something on YouTube, a recent posting by, forgive me, I don’t know his name, Chuck something from Testament [singer Chuck Billy], I think it is, and [ex-W.A.S.P. guitarist] Chris Holmes accusing us of using backing tracks.
“I don’t get angry at this. I’m flattered because their standards must be very different to ours. For anybody that thinks we use backing tracks, it must mean that when they hear us, they can’t believe how good it is for real.
"We don’t use backing tracks. We use effects.
“God, who wouldn’t? When there’s four people singing, we use effects. There’s no tapes of backing vocals."
They do have some tricks that they use, such as a triggered loop for the drums and keyboards, but he insists everything is played live and he's never mimed.
He explained: "We use keyboards. We use a few drum loops because, in fairness, two-armed drummers use drum loops, but Rick Allen, to play a song like 'Rocket', it’s a cacophony of toms that one arm couldn’t play. So yeah, we use a triggered loop, which is part of his drum kit, but [U2 drummer] Larry Mullen’s been doing that for years. So have thousands of other drummers to enhance a sound. But backing tracks or playing along to a backing track — we’ve never done that, never. We’ve never mimed to the vocals, or we’ve never had multiples of stuff on tape. It’s literally live.”
In fact, the 64-year-old rocker admits their high-octane performances often take a "toll" on them.
He went on: "If we’re running at about 90 per cent [live], it’s more than most people’s 100 per cent. Because we do play and sing, it does take a toll. You can, say, play Denver, where it’s a mile above sea level, and if you’ve got a gig the next day, your voice is going to be pretty shot. We have to get to a level where if it’s a little under last night, it’s still acceptable to the audience because of the adrenaline and the fact that it is live and you can hear maybe a bit of hoarseness or somebody’s fingers slip because it’s so cold, they can’t keep their fingers on the strings. Things like that happens to every single band, and that’s what brings the humanity to it. But we’re very proud of the fact that we play live, and we sing live, and we don’t use tapes.”