We still had that 80s production, a really huge show, whereas they had just a few lights. We went to their show and they came to ours. We played two nights at the Budokan, and around the same time they played two nights there as well. To me, Guns N’ Roses were a very important band because they had a foot in both of those eras of music. I met him as the 1980s gave way to the 90s. So I gave up and we spoke about something else. “Background vocals?” Metallica don’t even use those. I told him we were working on an album of our own we were just about to add some “big-ass background vocals”. I met James while Metallica were doing their Black album. It got lots of laughs and probably annoyed a few people, but I didn’t care. I rode it to the studio each day and parked it outside, right next to the Harleys. It moved so slowly, but it got me around brilliantly. So I found this advert in the LA Times from an old lady who was selling a little yellow moped which I bought off her for $50.
#Joey tempest how to#
So I had this dilemma: how to get to the studio.Īt the time, everybody thought it was cool to ride a Harley-Davidson, including Mike Tramp and the White Lion guys, who also used the studio. We were 20 minutes away from the studio, and there were two rental cars which were always occupied by other band members. This one also took place back in those days in LA, working on Prisoners In Paradise. And very funny that he would take one second to even think of me. I’m told that he wrote ‘Who the fuck is Joey Tempest?’ on a wall at Oakwood Apartments when we stayed in LA recording the Prisoners In Paradise album in late 1989. Someone screams: “Hey! Jon Bon Jovi!” I just smile. It used to happen on the street quite a lot. And I have been mistaken for Jon Bon Jovi, but not so much these days. The press always put us on the same page. There’s a lot of mutual respect, and we grew up listening to most of the same bands people like Thin Lizzy. On one occasion in Japan we sang a song together – Get Back by The Beatles – at a Tokyo band competition.
Although the media probably perceives there to be a bit of a rivalry, we always get along great. The Final Countdown was Number One and I think Livin’ On A Prayer was in the Top 10. Jon and I have had a few encounters over the years. While most LA musicians start behaving oddly after three Coors Lites, for us downing 15 pints on a Saturday night is no problem. Joe Elliott has since said that Europe are the wildest partying band he’s ever known. Various people from various professions were in attendance… I’d better watch what I say. There was also a giant pig walking around. It was summertime, Pour Some Sugar On Me was a Number One single, everywhere was sold out, and there were some of the wildest parties in rock history.Īt one Oklahoma venue, just in order to get in, you had to remove your top – males and females. Would you please keep it down.” Very posh, very eloquent, but quite annoyed.Įurope were Def Leppard’s special guests on the American leg of their Hysteria tour. He said: “Your drums are going straight into our mixing console. All of a sudden this face, a bit red, appeared and announced: “You must be joking.”įreddie was in the room next to us, trying to record some opera music, and we hadn’t closed the door properly. We were at Townhouse Studios, sound-checking Ian Haugland’s drums with producer Ron Nevison for the Out Of This World album. In the middle of it all, Vince said: “Hey, next time let me drive you around the city and show you around.” This was one year after the car accident. They were like high-spirited schoolboys I really liked them. He did it that way in rehearsal, but during the actual filming he said: “No, I just can’t go on and follow that song.” The audience had gone so crazy.Īt a show in San Francisco on the Final Countdown tour, Tommy and Vince came to the dressing room to say hi. We were set to open the show and Billy Idol was meant to be second. We did The Final Countdown – which was absolutely massive in Germany at the time – at the soundcheck in the afternoon. It was huge 40 million viewers or something.
#Joey tempest tv#
There used to be a famous TV programme in Germany called Peter’s Pop Show. That was once again at the time of The Final Countdown. A few weeks later we got our own back when Kerrang! famously reviewed one of our gigs and said that we were “louder than Motorhead”. He just replied: “Europe’s not a rock band.” Somebody said: “Hi, we’re from the rock band Europe.” Lemmy didn’t even look up. He was playing the pinball machine, as ever. A couple of us from the band met him at his second home, the Rainbow.
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