Phil Collen
Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth "Phil" Collenis an English musician. He is the lead guitarist and former rhythm guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 following the departure of Pete Willis...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth8 December 1957
english-musician half hour
Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.
english-musician
We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.
bigger teenagers works
It's the teenagers that really make something really special. When you've got that on your side, then it works on a bigger scale.
anyone aware fact label people reason record
The reason for doing this now is the fact that so many people aren't aware of who we are. I think the record label more than anyone else wanted to re-introduce Def Leppard to the world,
family five people rely
You take any family or any five people and that's what it's about. It's about births, deaths, marriages, divorces. The one thing that we can rely on is each other, and that makes it really special.
joe wanting
Joe has been wanting to do this for 20 or so years,
actual along follow left market
You have to follow suit. The market is more important than the actual product, as with anything. If you don't go along with that, then you just get left behind.
bunch buy perceived
If you're perceived like a bunch of old grandpas, no one will buy into that,
band english-musician forget work
But you shouldn't forget what it's about - for a musician, it is about self-expression. If you can make it work in a band format, it's incredible.
people
A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.
rocks perfect events
It's great to get insight into the era of 80's rock-n-roll via a treasure trove of photographs skillfully captured in front of Mark Weiss' camera lens. This event is the perfect time capsule for Mark's work finally being released upon the masses in 2012.
song writing thinking
The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.
thinking firsts scales
That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.