STEVE CLARK
Glowing text created at ProfileTweaks.comSTEVE CLARK WAS BORN ON APRIL 24,1960 IN HILLSBOROUGH(NORTHEN SHEFFIELD,UK),THE FIRST SON OF BARRY AND BERYL CLARK.HE CAUGHT BY
MUSIC AT A VERY YOUNG AGE,STEVE GETS HIS FIRST GUITAR AT THE AGE
OF 11,AND LEARNS TO PLAY CLASSICAL GUITAR--UNTIL HE HEARS LED ZEPPELINS JIMMY PAGE CAN DO WITH HIS LES PAUL.FROM THAT MOMENT,
STEVE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS;TO PLAY ROCK N ROLL.IN 1978,STEVE IS AT JUDAS PRIEST SHOW IN SHEFFIELD,WHERE HE BUMBS INTO PETE WILLIS AND JOE ELLIOTT.THEY BOTH INVITE HIM TO COME DOWN
TO THE BRAMALL LANE SPOON FACTORY,WHERE THE YOUNG MUSICIANS, ALONG WITH TONY KENNING AND RICK SAV SAVAGE,REHEARSE WITH THERE BAND.AFTER STEVE PLAYS SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE GUITAR PARTS, THE REST OF THE BAND AGREE THAT STEVE IS THE GUITARIST THEYRE LOOKING FOR TO WRITE AND PLAY THEIR OWN MATERIAL WITH.ONE MEMORABLE SITUATION OCCURED IN 1978,WHEN STEVE WAS SICK OF REHEARSING AND NOT PLAYING ANY SHOWS.HE TOLD HIS BANDMATES THAT HE WOULD LEAVE THE BAND UNLESS THEY WOULDNTDO A GIG VERY SOON..PUT UNDER PRESSURE BY STEVE,JOE ARANGED THE BANDS FIRST GIG AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL,WHICH WAS ONLY THE FIRST IN A LONG LINE.THE FIRST DEF LEPPARD RELEASE, SIMPLY CALLED (THE DEF LEPPARD EP), BECAME SUCCESSFUL PARTLY DUE TO STEVES STRONG RIFFS IN (GETCHA ROCKS OFF) AND(RIDE INTO THE SUN),AND EARNED THE BAND A RECORD DEAL.ON THE FIRST ALBUM, (ON THROUGH THE NIGHT), HIS RIFFS PLAYED ANOTHER IMPORTANT ROLE, ESPECIALLY IN SONGS(WASTED),(ROCK BRIGADE) AND (IT COULD BE U). ON THE BANDS SECOND RELEASE (HIGH N DRY), STEVES MASTERPIECE CAN BE HEARD.(SWITCH 625), AN INTRUMENTAL UP TEMPO ROCK SONG,ALL BASED ON ONE RECUYYING THREE NOTE THEME.THE THIRD DL RELEASE,(PYROMANIA), SHOWED WHY STEVE DESERVED HIS NICKNAMES STEAMIN AND RIFFMASTER. (TOO LATE FOR LOVE),(FOOLIN) AND (PHOTOGRAPH) ARE SONGS ARE SONGS THAT ARE STILL POPULAR AMONG THE FANS,ENOUGH TO BE PART OF A CURRENT DEF LEPPARD SET LIST.DURING THE RECORDINGS OF THAT ALBUM PETE WILLIS WAS REPLACED BY PHIL COLLEN. THE COMBINATION STEVE/PHIL PROVED TO BE A PERFECT ONE. BOTH GUITARISTS KNEW HOW TO CHALLENGE, COMPLETEMENT AND INSPIRE EACH OTHER,BOTH ON STAGE,OFF STAGE, AND IN THE STUDIO;ON (HYSTERIA) THE BAND SOUNDS TIGHTER THAN EVER,WITH STEVE AND PHIL BEING THE PERFECT GUITAR TANDEM.THE LONG TOUR TO PROMOTE(HYSTERIA) GOT THE BAND INTO THE WORLD OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL EVEN MORE THAN THEY WERE AT THE TIME.WHILE STEVE WAS A HEAVY DRINKER ALREADY,LIFE ON THE ROAD DIDNT MAKE IT EASIER FOR HIM.ON STAGE,STEVE WAS THE GUITAR GOD.OFF STAGE,HE WAS UNHAPPY AND DEPRESSED, REACHING FOR THE BOTTLE FAR TO OFTEN.AFTER THE TOUR,STEVES ALCOHOLISM GOT WORSE.HE CHECKED INTO REHAP SEVERAL TIMES TO GET RID OF THE BOTTLE,WHICH SEEMED TO CONTROL HIS LIFE MORE AND MORE.DURING THE RECORDING OF THE BANDS NEXT ALBUM,THINGS DID NOT GET BETTER.TOWARDS THE END OF 1990,THE FOUR OTHER BAND MEMBERS GAVE STEVE A 6 MONTH LEAVE OF ABSENCE,TO GET ROCK STAR PRESSURE OFF HIS CHEST AND GET HIMSELF TOGETHER.ON JANUARY 8,1991,EVEN BEFORE THOSE 6 MONTHS WERE OVER,STEVE CLARK DIED ALONE IN HIS LONDON HOME AT THE AGE OF 30.AFTER TAKING
A FATAL COMBINATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ALCHOL,STEVES BATTLE WITH ALCHOL CAME TO AN END.UNFORTUNATELY,STEVE CLARK LOST.WE MISS HIM.Def Leppard ~ Pour Some Sugar On Me
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