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Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) [1] is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. Collen joined the band in 1982 during the recording of the Pyromania album. [2] . Before joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene.
May 12, 2023 · Def Leppard is out with a new collaborative album with the Royal Philharmonic, 'Drastic Symphonies'. Guitarist Phil Collen's in a reflective mood about their early days of hysteria — and euphoria — in the studio.
Oct 26, 2015 · In this exclusive extract from his autobiography, Adrenalized, Def Leppard's Phil Collen recalls the tragic death of Steve Clark, and reveals why he didn't go to the funeral.
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Oct 27, 2015 · Phil Collen, who has played guitar for Def Leppard since 1982, has written an autobiography with Chris Epting — Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond — that’s packed with juicy...
Dec 8, 2015 · Phil Collen might have been a top-tier rockstar for most of his life, but it’s evidently clear the London-born guitarist still has both feet firmly on the ground. In his new autobiography Adrenalized, he recalls the story of his band’s rise to the top of the charts, taking hard-hitting guitar music to new commercial peaks.
Mar 26, 2024 · Def Leppard's Phil Collen tells UCR in a March 2024 interview how Mutt Lange helped them make Pyromania an album which became a timeless classic.
Mar 21, 2014 · Three decades into a remarkably successful career, guitarist Phil Collen looks at each day as a new beginning. Best known for his work with rock band Def Leppard, Collen is also involved with a gritty blues-rock trio, Manraze, where he is joined by Paul Cook and Simon Laffy.
Sep 24, 2021 · Guitar Showcase 2021: It would be fair to say many great electric guitar players have helped build the Jackson brand into what it is today – though perhaps none more so than Phil Collen, who partnered up with the Californian company in the mid-'80s.
May 9, 2024 · Phil Collen, of London glam rock band Girl, was the perfect replacement. When Leppard began work on Pyromania in 1982, the sound of the decade was still emerging. There were benchmarks – Van Halen, Boston and AC/DC – but no one had yet made the record to define rock in the ’80s.
After Steve Clark’s tragic death in 1991 and before Vivian Campbell joined, Phil took care of all the guitar parts during the recordings of the 1992 album ADRENALIZE. Since then, Phil developed himself as one of the main songwriters of the band.
