Tag: def leppard
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The Def Leppard influence on my songwriting and guitar
The summer night I first heard Def Leppard, blasting from a boombox during a game of ‘Kick the Can,’ remains etched in my memory. It was Pyromania on cassette, and the sheer energy of it all blew my young mind. That experience ignited a lifelong passion for rock music. Years later, armed with a guitar…
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Def Leppard influenced writing on guitar especially
I grew up listening to Def Leppard so my guitar writing was heavily influenced by the style of Phil Collen and Steve Clark. It is most obvious in the song above when the verse changes to the chorus and there is that chunky guitar sound. Although today my influences have expanded into other genres of…