Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond

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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
Author	Phil Collen
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781476751672
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria Books
NumberOfPages	240
PublicationDate	2015-10-27
Publisher	Atria Books
ReleaseDate	2015-10-27
Studio	Atria Books

Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond

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