Friday, September 16, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
# 51st Birthday :: Steve "Steaming" Clark
"Then every time I turn around,
And you're nowhere to be found.
I know.
I gotta long, long way to go,
Before I can say goodbye to you.
Oh, I gotta long, long way I know,
Before I can say goodbye.To all I ever knew."
- Long Long Way To Go
Today Apr 23, 2011 is what would be the 51st birthday of Steve.
Happy 51st birthday to our Riffmaster. Rock In Peace, Steve.
Apr 23, 1960 -- Jan 8, 1991
Stay tune for more in here .....
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
# On The Lose
Dreamer, oh how she cast the spell
Deceiver, for her he'd live in hell
He would sell his soul and walk into the unknown
Midnight, alone in the ring of stones
Moonlight, always so bright and cold
The deal is made when the moon is full
Oh yeah
When he will change from a man into wolf again
No going back
The deal is made and now he must pay
- Victory, On The Lose
Saturday, January 8, 2011
# 20 Years :: Remembering Steve Maynard Clark
A lot of long-time Def Leppard fans said, they couldn't believe it has been 20 years .... since the passing of Steve Clark.
Time passed. People would grow old. Yet Steve is gone but never forgotten.
May he find the peace he deserves.
Prayers and thoughts go to Steve and Lorelei... may their hearts be connected for as long as it would be.
R.I.P. Steve Maynard Clark. 23 April 1960 – 8 January 1991.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
# 53rd Birthday :: Phil Collen
Today, Dec 8, 2010, marks the 53rd birthday for Phil Collen, who has been rocking with Def Leppard for the past 3 decades and being among the bandmates of the Lepps who have been inspiring the fans in many ways.
Have a very BLESSED Birthday, Phil !
More up next.. Stay tuned..
Have a very BLESSED Birthday, Phil !
More up next.. Stay tuned..
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
# Switch 625 ... COVER - Benjamin Spence
It has been a while since my last post here. Life is hard, yeah. But i have not been hit to the ground.. No, not yet. At least Def Leppard is still there being part of me that has been standing by me along.
So it's always Def Leppard's music that bring me back to my feet. And by god's grace and blessing, comes along the discovery of a Swtich 625 cover, by Benjamin.
Switch 625 COVER - by Benjamin Spence
The effort and secret behind the cover ...
"Tone for this song was HARD to get.. I recorded everything direct out from the Slave Out on my Mesa head, So it normally sounds really crappy but I used my Logic's Amp/Cab/Mic simulators and EQ to sorta make it sound a lot better."
"I've been meaning to cover it for a few years, but it was a MONSTER to try and match tones with, Not to mention it's not that easy to play either."
"I also recorded this both direct out of my amp into my computer and with a mic, So it was EQ'd in every possible way."
"... People ask me this question all the time, And by now I should actually be endorsed by BOSS.
Amp
Mesa S1 Road King Head and 4x12 Recto Cab
Effects
BOSS ME50, MXR Distortion+, MXR Dyna Comp, Slash Wah
In here I probably used a mix of everything except the wah, If you notice the effect changes, The audio for this was shot in many takes before the video, So I changed my tones around a lot."
- Benjamin
It's stunning ... from the first note & riff till the end. .. By far a 625 cover that is out of this planet. The tone, the effect, the riff are captured so right. And just waiting for Steve's soul to flow thru..
i guess Steve would be very proud of this freaking awesome job.
R.I.P. Steve.
More posts coming in. Stay tuned.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
# You're Always In Our Heart ....
.... from video: Steve Clark Remembered in post
http://guitarfans09.blogspot.com/2010/04/steve-clark-happy-golden-50th-birthday.html
"Steve was my friend, my brother, part of the family. I'll miss him like a brother."
"Ha had so much to offer, that'll never have the chance to express now. I believe if you've got it, flaunt it. And he had it."
"He'd be so quiet offstage. Then he would get up there and explode into this guitar god."
"He could really fill the stage. He used to do the Chuck Berry thing, strutting across the stage ... Where Chuck would do it 5miles an hour, Steve would do it 90in reverse. You had to get out of his way or you get knocked offstage."
- Joe Elliot
-------------------------
"We certainly remember him with a smile on our faces. Obviously there's regret.. we wish him were still here ..."
"I remember him as being a very affectionate, very funny guy. I remember him on stage as being the typical showman."
"He brought a lot of happiness to millions of people. He also brought happiness to us, that's what we want to remember him by. "
"He was very shy, very funny, and very warm person. There ware so many more happy
moments we shared with him than we shared bad ones ..."
"... he was completely unique. He was an inspired genius."
- Rick Savage
-------------------------
"I miss him, I think about Steve every single day. It's been 13 years but i still do, I always will."
"It was really frustrating seeing your best friend dying basically, you know, not being able to help him ..."
"It was a complete hoot! I loved it! Me & Steve got into a lot of trouble usually involve drinking, girls, the usual stuff."
"I was in a group called GIRL before this, but me and Steve knew each other and we used to have this silly jams in the clubs."
"It all started because we were sharing rooms on tour. We had a real laugh. Joe & Sav roomed together, Rick shared a room with his brother Robert, and that left me and Steve. We had such a laugh we would just hang out all the time!"
- Phil Collen
-------------------------
"We realized that Steve would've wanted us to go on. We made Adrenelize for him."
"He was a really nice guy, but had major problems. It got worse and worse, and there was nothing we could do."
- Rick Allen
-------------------------
"There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of him, speak of him, or miss him."
"He did not get a lot of support for his dreams, especially from his father."
"He played a mean Les Paul and with every note he bent, with every shape he threw, and with every toothy grin, he won a heart."
"Thanks to those people,(you know who you are), for helping to keep Steve's memory alive. I'm sure he is grateful and so am I."
- Lorelei Shellist (Steve's fiance)
-------------------------
"When Steve played soccer with us, you could never tell what he would do or where he would go next ..."
"He was real fan though and could actually play pretty good(if he could manage to stop laughing for a few seconds)."
"My daughter's first steps, a trip of around 5 feet, which she made between pillars formed by Clark and Collen ... They both spent a few minutes on their knees encouraging her to let go and take the walking plunge."
"Helping him to pack his suitcase, at my insistence, whenever we were in a hurry..."
"...Steve, you can't check that bag with a cowboy boot hanging out of the zipper.. "
"I remember lighting a cigarette for him before God of War .... Something he really looked forward to .... 'cos he thought it looked cool (it DID!). "
"I shall always remember his smile. I shall never forget his kindness."
- Malvin, Steve's guitar tech
-------------------------
"Some say he died because of his dad, some say he was haunted. Those things could of contributed to his death, but the truth is, we will never know and fully understand unless we hear him tell us himself. But that won't happen anytime soon.
He was such a lost soul, searching for his path in this world. And it was right in front of him. He was searching, but he just ran out of time. His guitar shown though his spirit like sun shines through crystal glass windows. He played with such fire, and such passion, everyday out on tour. It was his way of escaping just like we have ours.
The world can be very dark. So dark, we can't find our way. Steve was looking in so hard, searching, but yet he was haunted by his lost soul."
- WhiteLightningSMC
Original text : http://www.youtube.com/user/WhiteLightningSMC#p/u
-------------------------
"As Steve would say, Martha(Lorelei), I love you!! Someday you two will be reunited in pure peace and harmony without any demons eating away at Steve and it will be the most blissful thing to ever happen to you. Reminds me of the night you two met in '83 I believe was the year. God bless Steve! May you always rock on in the big blue sky and the heavens above!!"
"I personally wish I had been old enough to seen him and Phil play live. I think they were so truly amazing together and the way they read each other and played together and they will always be brothers beyond this lifetime as well. Steve played with his HUGE heart and he loved every single minute of his playing live. Playing to his fan was so important... See More to him and he cherished EVERY SINGLE SECOND and never took it for granted.
I wish his demons never got the best of him but at least his heart, body and most importantly, his soul are at peace now."
"He is my favorite member ever of Def Leppard. The riffs that he came up with, you could ALWAYS tell that Steve played them, because he played so much with his heart out there and it was so amazing and the songs that he would write and help write. That sound will never ever be the same with Def Leppard. He was such a live performer and that was his favorite thing to do, play live for all of us, the Leppard fans.
It's too bad that family problems lead to his demise in the long run. I don't think he intended to kill himself at all. I think that he was in so much pain, mentally, emotionally and physically because of the broken ribs, that he just wanted to be in peace.
I hope that he finally found peace up in heaven, where his mind and soul are at ease. God bless "Steamin" Steve Clark, the one and only, "Riff Master"
- Andrew McGinnis
http://guitarfans09.blogspot.com/2010/04/steve-clark-happy-golden-50th-birthday.html
"Steve was my friend, my brother, part of the family. I'll miss him like a brother."
"Ha had so much to offer, that'll never have the chance to express now. I believe if you've got it, flaunt it. And he had it."
"He'd be so quiet offstage. Then he would get up there and explode into this guitar god."
"He could really fill the stage. He used to do the Chuck Berry thing, strutting across the stage ... Where Chuck would do it 5miles an hour, Steve would do it 90in reverse. You had to get out of his way or you get knocked offstage."
- Joe Elliot
-------------------------
"We certainly remember him with a smile on our faces. Obviously there's regret.. we wish him were still here ..."
"I remember him as being a very affectionate, very funny guy. I remember him on stage as being the typical showman."
"He brought a lot of happiness to millions of people. He also brought happiness to us, that's what we want to remember him by. "
"He was very shy, very funny, and very warm person. There ware so many more happy
moments we shared with him than we shared bad ones ..."
"... he was completely unique. He was an inspired genius."
- Rick Savage
-------------------------
"I miss him, I think about Steve every single day. It's been 13 years but i still do, I always will."
"It was really frustrating seeing your best friend dying basically, you know, not being able to help him ..."
"It was a complete hoot! I loved it! Me & Steve got into a lot of trouble usually involve drinking, girls, the usual stuff."
"I was in a group called GIRL before this, but me and Steve knew each other and we used to have this silly jams in the clubs."
"It all started because we were sharing rooms on tour. We had a real laugh. Joe & Sav roomed together, Rick shared a room with his brother Robert, and that left me and Steve. We had such a laugh we would just hang out all the time!"
- Phil Collen
-------------------------
"We realized that Steve would've wanted us to go on. We made Adrenelize for him."
"He was a really nice guy, but had major problems. It got worse and worse, and there was nothing we could do."
- Rick Allen
-------------------------
"There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of him, speak of him, or miss him."
"He did not get a lot of support for his dreams, especially from his father."
"He played a mean Les Paul and with every note he bent, with every shape he threw, and with every toothy grin, he won a heart."
"Thanks to those people,(you know who you are), for helping to keep Steve's memory alive. I'm sure he is grateful and so am I."
- Lorelei Shellist (Steve's fiance)
-------------------------
"When Steve played soccer with us, you could never tell what he would do or where he would go next ..."
"He was real fan though and could actually play pretty good(if he could manage to stop laughing for a few seconds)."
"My daughter's first steps, a trip of around 5 feet, which she made between pillars formed by Clark and Collen ... They both spent a few minutes on their knees encouraging her to let go and take the walking plunge."
"Helping him to pack his suitcase, at my insistence, whenever we were in a hurry..."
"...Steve, you can't check that bag with a cowboy boot hanging out of the zipper.. "
"I remember lighting a cigarette for him before God of War .... Something he really looked forward to .... 'cos he thought it looked cool (it DID!). "
"I shall always remember his smile. I shall never forget his kindness."
- Malvin, Steve's guitar tech
-------------------------
"Some say he died because of his dad, some say he was haunted. Those things could of contributed to his death, but the truth is, we will never know and fully understand unless we hear him tell us himself. But that won't happen anytime soon.
He was such a lost soul, searching for his path in this world. And it was right in front of him. He was searching, but he just ran out of time. His guitar shown though his spirit like sun shines through crystal glass windows. He played with such fire, and such passion, everyday out on tour. It was his way of escaping just like we have ours.
The world can be very dark. So dark, we can't find our way. Steve was looking in so hard, searching, but yet he was haunted by his lost soul."
- WhiteLightningSMC
Original text : http://www.youtube.com/user/WhiteLightningSMC#p/u
-------------------------
"As Steve would say, Martha(Lorelei), I love you!! Someday you two will be reunited in pure peace and harmony without any demons eating away at Steve and it will be the most blissful thing to ever happen to you. Reminds me of the night you two met in '83 I believe was the year. God bless Steve! May you always rock on in the big blue sky and the heavens above!!"
"I personally wish I had been old enough to seen him and Phil play live. I think they were so truly amazing together and the way they read each other and played together and they will always be brothers beyond this lifetime as well. Steve played with his HUGE heart and he loved every single minute of his playing live. Playing to his fan was so important... See More to him and he cherished EVERY SINGLE SECOND and never took it for granted.
I wish his demons never got the best of him but at least his heart, body and most importantly, his soul are at peace now."
"He is my favorite member ever of Def Leppard. The riffs that he came up with, you could ALWAYS tell that Steve played them, because he played so much with his heart out there and it was so amazing and the songs that he would write and help write. That sound will never ever be the same with Def Leppard. He was such a live performer and that was his favorite thing to do, play live for all of us, the Leppard fans.
It's too bad that family problems lead to his demise in the long run. I don't think he intended to kill himself at all. I think that he was in so much pain, mentally, emotionally and physically because of the broken ribs, that he just wanted to be in peace.
I hope that he finally found peace up in heaven, where his mind and soul are at ease. God bless "Steamin" Steve Clark, the one and only, "Riff Master"
- Andrew McGinnis
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