Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond

Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond

A revelatory and redemptive memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary band Def Leppardâ€”the first book ever written by one of its membersâ€”chronicling the bandâ€™s extraordinary rise to superstardom and how theyâ€™ve maintained it for three decades.

Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song â€œPour Some Sugar on Meâ€ is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe youâ€™ve heard of him as the rock star who gave up alcohol and meat more than twenty-five years ago. Most likely youâ€™ve seen him shirtlessâ€”in photos or in real lifeâ€”flaunting his impeccably toned body to appreciative female fans.

But it wasnâ€™t always like this. Collen worked his way up from nothing, teaching himself guitar from scratch as a teenager by imitating his heroes. He slogged it out in London-based pub bands for years, long before Def Leppard formed and transformed from unknowns to icons (all thanks to a little album called Pyromania), from playing openers in near-empty arenas to headlining in those same stadiums and selling them out every night. But as Collen discovered, true overnight success is a myth. Like the other band members, he had to struggle and fight his way to the top; in the end, he says, â€œour work ethic saved us.â€ Just as it still does.

This is Collenâ€™s story, starting with his first real taste of success and wild rock and roll excess as a member of the seminal glam rock outfit Girl. But once he joins Def Leppard, itâ€™s also an amazing underdog tale featuring a bunch of ordinary working-class lads who rose to mega-stardom, overcoming incredible obstaclesâ€”such as drummer Rick Allen losing an arm in a car crash and the tragic death of guitarist Steve Clark, Philâ€™s musical soul mate, who lost his fight with alcoholism. Featuring personal, never-before-seen photos of Collen and his band mates on stage and off, Adrenalized is a fascinating account of the failures, triumphs, challenges, and rock-hard dedication it takes to make dreams come true.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2024-02-13
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2024-02-13
Format	Kindle eBook

Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond

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