When people ask me, Stephen, what music do you listen to? They are often stunned by the answer. I listen to mainly 80s rock, particularly Def Leppard. In my opinion, remember I said OPINION, they are the most talented group of singers/ songwriters ever to hit the music stage, I mean come on, the drummer has one hand!!! I first heard them I don't even know how long ago, probably about ten years ago. The first song I heard was Photograph, and from there on my liking for the group has drastically increased.
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The band Members are(currently): Joe Elliot(singer), Phil Collen( Lead Guitar), Vivian Campbell (Co-Lead Guitar), Rick Savage( Bassist), and Rick Allen(Famous one handed Drummer). There is one member, who passed away due to a mix of pain medication and alcohol, Steve Clark, who happens to be my favorite member. Steve wrote all of the major riffs, including the famous Photograph, giving the song the iconic sound it has. He was widely regarded as the Riffmaster, for giving all of the 'Lepps songs their iconic sound. He was also known as White lightning, he was always running around stage, and he had a great stage presense, making him my favorite. He passed away on January 8th 1991 at age 30, due to a very long lasting battle with alcohol. He drank too much and to relive the pain he was in, took pain medication, which killed him due to a mixture of the substances. He really does not get the notoriety he deserves, I encourage everyone who sees this too at least hear his story and the music that he created, you will actually be surprised on how much you may like it.
People always tell me that they hate 80s rock and that I am abnormal for listening to Def Leppard, all I say to them is listen to Hysteria, then tell me if I am weird. Basically everyone who's ever told me this has said that this music isn't that bad, everyone just has to try it before jumping to conclusions.
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