During a June 16th press conference at Hellfest 2023 in Clissono, France, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen told eonmusic that, following the death of guitarist Steve Clark in 1991, that Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith was one of the guitarists invited to audition as Clark's replacement.
Collen: "We invited five people we knew, five friends, and Vivian (Campbell) just fitted in straight away. It was like it was meant to be. Adrian's great, he's a great singer, and that was one of the other things (we were looking for); if you can sing. There were some other people. We played with John Sykes (Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Blue Murder), also an amazing player, amazing singer, but Vivian's voice was just unbelievable, but more than that, he just fit in the style of what we do.
There was only five people; we didn't do casting calls or anything like that. It was still a bit painful after losing Steve, to be totally honest, so we wanted someone who emotionally, we could work with as a family member, and Viv did, straight off the bat."
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