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Steve Clark
Stephen Maynard Clark (23 April 1960 – 8 January 1991) was an English musician. He was a guitarist and songwriter for the hard rock band Def Leppard until his death in 1991. In 2007, Clark was ranked No. 11 on ''Classic Rock Magazine's'' "100 Wildest Guitar Heroes". In 2019, Clark was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Def Leppard. Biography Childhood and adolescence Stephen Maynard Clark was born and raised in Wisewood, Sheffield, to Barrie and Beryl (nee Beckingham) Clark. From an early age, he showed an interest in music, attending his first concert featuring Cliff Richard and the Shadows at age six. At 11, he received his first guitar which was purchased by his father on the condition that he learn to play. Clark studied classical guitar for a year before he first heard the music of Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin at a friend's house. When Clark left school, his first employer was the engineering firm GEC Traction, where he worked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisewood
Wisewood is a suburb of the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England and situated north-west of the city centre. It is a residential suburb consisting almost exclusively of council housing, some of which has been bought by tenants under the right to buy scheme. It is bordered by the adjacent suburbs of Loxley, Wadsley, Malin Bridge and Hillsborough (in whose ward the suburb is situated). Location The original location of Wisewood was in the Loxley valley just before the river reached Malin Bridge and it is still shown as such on the 1:25,000 scale Ordnance Survey map. The former industrial sites of ''Wisewood Forge'' and ''Wisewood Rolling Mills'' are situated in the Loxley valley as is Wisewood Cemetery. However, the name was adopted for a new housing estate built in the early 1930s higher up the hillside and overlooking the valley. People have questioned over the years why the estate was called Wisewood when it was closer to Wadsley. The houses on the lower part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million albums and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Judas Priest have also been referred to as one of the pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) movement, and are cited as a formative influence on various metal subgenres, including speed metal, thrash metal, and power metal, as well as the hard rock/glam metal scene of the 1980s. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band had struggled with poor record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980, when their sixth studio album '' British Steel'' brought them notable mainstream attention. During the 1970s, the core of bassist Ian Hill, lead singer Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing saw a revolving cast of drummers (with Les Binks being the only one who played on more than one album), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychotic Supper
''Psychotic Supper'' is the third studio album by American hard rock band Tesla, released in 1991. It peaked at 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was certified platinum by RIAA on November 5, 1993. Music According to AllMusic, the album "mashes a few convincing pop metal hits with moderate stabs at the Black Crowes' roots rock purity". Reception The album's reception was mostly positive. Steve Huey from AllMusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars, saying it "benefits from a more stripped-down production than '' The Great Radio Controversy'', using fewer overdubs and thereby enhancing Tesla's bluesy, acoustic-tinged rock & roll". In 2005, ''Psychotic Supper'' was ranked number 475 in '' Rock Hard'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''. The album was retrospectively called Tesla's peak by ''Ultimate Classic Rock Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tesla (band)
Tesla is an American Rock music, rock band from Sacramento, California. In late 1981, bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon formed a band named City Kidd, which evolved into Tesla. By 1984, vocalist Jeff Keith, guitarist Tommy Skeoch, and drummer Troy Luccketta had joined the band, forming their classic lineup that appeared on all of the albums and live shows during their initial run. The band adopted the Tesla moniker shortly before recording their first album, as another band with a name similar to City Kidd already existed. Tesla rose to fame during the Glam metal, hair metal boom of the 1980s. Their debut album, ''Mechanical Resonance (album), Mechanical Resonance'', was released in 1986, which produced two hit singles, "Modern Day Cowboy" and their cover of "Little Suzi" (originally by Ph.D. (band), Ph.D.). The band's second album, ''The Great Radio Controversy'' (1989), peaked at 18 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and produced the top-ten singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)
"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" is a 1993 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album '' Adrenalize''. The song reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock charts, and #34 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. This was the fourth single from the ''Adrenalize'' album. Background Phil Collen, according to a statement on the ''Rock of Ages'' and ''Best Of'' compilations albums, says that this song was written at Wisseloord Studios while Def Leppard was recording the album ''Hysteria''. It was written by Collen and Steve Clark. This song was not included on ''Hysteria'', since the band thought it was very similar to the song "Hysteria". Video The music video was directed by Matt Mahurin, and features Def Leppard managers Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein as a business man and baseball player, respectively. Filming took place on 26 October 1992. The outdoors footage was captured near Central Park in New York City. A censored version blurs the naked cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Love & Hate Collide
"When Love & Hate Collide" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard from their 1995 greatest hits album '' Vault'', written by Joe Elliott and Rick Savage. The power ballad was originally written and demoed for '' Adrenalize'', but not finalized until 1995 for its inclusion on ''Vault''. The demo version is much more heavily produced in the signature style of ''Hysteria'' and '' Adrenalize'', and the final version is more stripped down, supposedly toward the style of the following studio album ''Slang''. The original demo version contains the final recorded guitar solo by late original guitarist Steve Clark. "When Love & Hate Collide" became one of their most successful singles in the band's homeland, where it reached number two in the UK Singles Charts, but it failed to make a significant impact in the United States, reaching number 58 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It did become a top-10 hit in Canada, climbing to number six on the ''RPM'' 100 Hit Tracks chart. The song a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonight (Def Leppard Song)
"Tonight" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their fifth album, '' Adrenalize'' (1992). It was released as the sixth international single from ''Adrenalize'' and the fifth single in both the US and UK, released by Bludgeon Riffola and Mercury. In the US, the song reached number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks charts and number 62 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart. Song information The song was first written and recorded in 1984/85 during the ''Hysteria'' sessions, but lost out to " Love Bites" in the end as it wasn't finished. "Tonight" was subsequently re-recorded in February 1987 as a potential B-side and once again in May 1988 during the ''Hysteria'' tour, but neither version seemed to work so both were shelved. It was re-recorded once again during the ''Adrenalize'' sessions with a few minor changes in the arrangement. Music video The accompanying music video for "Tonight" was directed by American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrenalize
''Adrenalize'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 30 March 1992 through Mercury Records. It is the first album by the band recorded without guitarist Steve Clark, who died in 1991, although most songs were written and partially demoed before his death, they were re-recorded solo by Phil Collen in 1991-1992. It is the only album recorded by Def Leppard as a four-member band. Spawning seven singles, four of them – " Let's Get Rocked", " Make Love Like a Man", " Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad", and " Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" – were major hits. "Tear It Down" is a re-recording of a song written during a recording session following the completion of the ''Hysteria'' album, and released as B-side for that album's single "Women" in 1987. The song received radio airplay and was performed by the band live at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. "White Lightning" is dedicated to the memory of Clark, who has writing credits on six of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fender Stratocaster
The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of double- cutaway electric guitar designed between 1952 and 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously manufactured the Stratocaster since 1954. The guitar's distinctive body shape was revolutionary when introduced in the mid-1950s, and the first time a mass-market electric guitar did not resemble earlier acoustic models. The double cutaway, elongated horns, and heavily contoured back were all designed for better balance and comfort to play while standing up and slung off the shoulder with a strap. The three- pickup design was a step up from earlier one- and two-pickup guitars, and a responsive and simplified vibrato arm integrated into the bridge plate, which marked a significant design improvement over other vibrato systems, such as those manufactured by Bigsby. However, Stratocasters without the vibrato system (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibson (guitar Company)
Gibson, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corporation and Gibson Brands Inc.) is an American manufacturer of Guitar manufacturing, guitars, other musical instruments, and professional audio equipment from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Orville Gibson started making instruments in 1894 and founded the company in 1902 as the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to make mandolin-family instruments. Gibson invented archtop guitars by constructing the same type of carved, arched tops used on violins. By the 1930s, the company was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one of the first commercially available semi-acoustic guitar, hollow-body electric guitars, used and popularized by Charlie Christian. In 1944, Gibson was bought by Chicago Musical Instruments (CMI), which was acquired in 1969 by Panama-based conglomerate Ecuadorian Company Limited (ECL), that changed its name in the same year to Norlin Corporation. Gibson was ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Di Meola
Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his work in jazz fusion and world music, his breakthrough came after joining Chick Corea's Return to Forever group in 1974. He launched, from 1976 afterwards, a successful and critically acclaimed solo career, noted for his technical mastery, complex compositions and explorations of Latin music. Highlights of his work are '' Elegant Gypsy'', his '' Friday Night in San Francisco'' collaboration and the ''World Sinfonia'' trilogy. An alumnus of Berklee College of Music and a Grammy Award winner, Di Meola's successful career includes high-profile collaborations such as Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Larry Coryell, Steve Winwood, Jaco Pastorius, Paco de Lucía, Bill Bruford, John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Jean-Luc Ponty, Steve Vai and others. Early life Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, into an Italian family with roots in Cerreto Sannita, a small town northeast of Benevento, Di Meola grew up in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) 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. Before joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene. Outside of Def Leppard, he has been involved in a number of side projects; those projects include the trio Man Raze, with which he is the lead singer and sole guitarist. Collen has been noted for his shred guitar playing style. Early life Collen was born in Hackney, London. He got his first guitar, a red Gibson SG, on his 16th birthday, and taught himself how to play. He played with several bands including Lucy, Tush, and Dumb Blondes. He left school to work as a motorcycle dispatch rider for a typesetter until his band Girl got their first record contract. During his tenure with Girl, Collen's career began rising, spurred by the relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
