Some of you may know me from my past associations, or indeed from my current 'day job' as a member of Def Leppard, but up until now there's only ever been Vivian Campbell the guitarist. With the release of "Two Sides Of If", I wish to introduce to you Vivian Campbell the singer.

    To those of you who know nothing of my checkered past and wish to know more, let me bring you up to date with a brief bio.

    The question has been raised as to why, when known as a rock player, I choose to make a blues record. What's more, the record is a collection of blues standards with the only 'new' track being a Billy Gibbons original, "Willin' For Satisfaction" (so new, in fact, that Billy just finished writing the lyrics 5 minutes before we tracked it!) I wrote a brief explanation as to 'why blues' that is printed on the CD booklet.

    Why standards? Well, I believe in the reverence of the blues, and I don't subscribe to the misconception that just because you can play guitar you can play the blues. It can be especially woeful to hear rock guitar players play blues with bags full of technique but hearts devoid of soul. I also believe that as simple as the blues can seem, there's a certain intangible that can't simply be written into the 3 chord formula, and as such I wish to bide my time and take the path to learning more about that intangible and hopefully, in due course, I'll write within the genre myself. Still, there's always been plenty of room for interpretation of roots music, and that is all I attempted to offer with this record.

    I'll be updating this website regularly leading up to the release of "Two Sides Of If" on September 27th, and thereafter, too. So please be sure to check back in from time to time to see what's new.