Vivian Campbell's Solo Album Postponed
Mood:  sad
Now Playing: Def Leppard's guitarist's solo album postponed until leter this month.
Topic: Classic Rock
Vivian Campbell has a lot of things going for him. He's been both Dio's and Def Leppard's lead guitarist, and now he was supposed to release a solo-album today titled "Two Sides Of If." It's recorded with ZZ TOP's Billy Gibbons, singer Joan Osbourne, and former FRANK ZAPPA and MISSING PERSONS drummer Terry Bozzio. It will be a blues album, if it ever gets released.

Some of Vivian's fans are pretty dissapointed with the news of pushing-back the album.

"Man, Def Lep should just change thier name to "Pushback" or "Delayed". First the covers album and now this. Supposedly albums get pushed back so they don't compete with other releases so they can get max. sales. At this level though, when the glory days are gone, what's the point? Is it really gonna make that big a difference in sales? Those who are set to buy it will get it regardless of what prime release date they "drop" it," one fan saide on Blabbermouth.com.


Recently, Campbell had an interview with MondernGuitars.com:

"About twenty years ago, my wife heard me sing," Vivian said. "She said, 'You know, you sing like a blues guy. You play guitar like a blues guy, too. Maybe you should do a blues record.' I laughed, and told her to go away and stop being a silly woman. [Laughs] I didn't think much about it, but I always knew that the way I played was more akin to blues than anything else. I let my left hand do most of the work, and I'm basically a down-stroke picker. I fret pretty hard with my left hand, so that articulates the note. So, a couple of years ago I got roped into playing a blues set at my daughter's school fundraiser. You know how it is, when you have kids, you do these fundraiser events. They had a band, and they asked me to do a blues set. So I got up and did four or five songs. That's where I met Tor, the keyboard player. He had put together the little band because his daughter went to the same school as mine. We did the set, and he told me that he thought I should do a blues record. He also said that he thought I sounded like a blues singer. I said, 'Okay. We'll make it happen.' Tor went out and made a few calls and got a bit of interest, so I said, 'Why not, let’s do it.'"