Def Leppard Aims To Be The Best Def Leppard Cover Band On Earth?

It took me a second to figure out why Def Leppard has announced they will be re-recording their back catalogue to make them "so good that fans won’t notice the difference between the new versions and the originals."

Ok, if you're aiming to make them indistinguishable from the original recordings, then what's the point? Then I kept reading to see the band decided to retrack as much of their back catalogue as possible after failing to reach an agreement with their former record label over digital releases.

Singer Joe Elliot tells NPR

Elliott tells NPR: “What we’re trying to attempt to do – and it’s down to the listeners to decide whether we achieve it or not – is give them something that sounds like the original.

“We don’t want them to say ‘It’s better’ or ‘It’s worse’. We want them to say ‘It’s the same’.

“I’ve done it myself: I’ve looked for a certain song where I accidentally bought the re-record and it’s been awful. It’s just been lousily, quickly done for a quick buck. We’re not trying to make a quick buck – we’re actually trying to maintain some kind of dignity in this.”