This was the genius of Steve Clark, he could play as fast as any of the greats, but he didn't need to. So cool and different. Rock hasn't been the same since he passed on. Song & Emotion.
I was there in 88 to see them in Hamilton at Copps Coliseum . Queensryche opened the show . Steve was even better live !!! He & Phil feed off each other & just got better & better as the show went on !!!AMAZING !!!
Steve was the best fuckin' guitarist ever!!!! He will never be gone 'cause me and,like, the rest of the world remember him!! LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL!!!!!!!!
oh my GOD!!! this is such a precious footage! there should've been more of this on youtube and official releases. 1:27 is such an adorable clarkie gesture. ;)
LOL. Actually it WAS somewhere. Hamilton Ontario, Canada to be precise. This particular concert was their largest audience up until that day on this tour. The problem was that the lighting in this video left a lot to be desired. But at least this time they captured Steve's entire mind-F#@% guitar solo, unlike the small snippet featured on In The Round In Your Face. I saw them in Vancouver on this same leg of the Hysteria tour. Phenomenal. Best concert ever.
I definitely second that, about the giving his all part. Joe summed it up best: "Chuck Berry used to shuffle across the stage at five miles an hour forward. Steve Clark ran across the stage at 90 miles per hour in reverse." Seeing is believing, folks.
watch him work that crowd...no doubt he was BORN to play LIVE! gotta love the riffmaster...miss you to pieces steamin' we need more players like you, passion, talent and genius all into an amazing artist...probably never again to be seen on a stage...rip smc...keep rockin' with the angels!
You can just tell how much Steve thrived on the live atmosphere in this video! He loved doing his best and playing music for people to enjoy. And the theatrics he did? It just showed off his glowing personality. He was just...wow.
Steve Clark was the genius of Def Leppard! There is a reason everything after Hysteria isn't near as musically sound and melodic....I love all Def Leppard albums but Hysteria is truly a masterpiece!
Whooah. That was amazing. Again, I have to agree with everyone else who commented that it was a shame it was cut down. You would almost think he was playing the same riff (or similar) over and over but there were subtle little variations that keep popping up. There was subtlety and a pretty good deal of structure in it. I love Steve's work in that you can definitely hear some of his classical influences in everything he played. On a physical note, yeesh, that man was flexible o_O!
no doubt, he's one of the few in rock who was a real good guy. I met him, got backstage passes on Hysteria, traded weed with the roadies, shook Steve's hand, it actually depressed me, he was such a sad guy when he wasn't on stage, just uncomfortable in his skin. I tried looking up Steve's brother but can't find anything about one, I always thought he was an only child. Nothing in Animal Instinct about that either. Steve was the reason I picked up a a guitar. I wish they had hired Pete after
@fehrarce It's not about being technical for Steve. Joe and Steve have said before they make music to impress themselves and the fans...not other musicians. They are basically saying they could play more complicated music but they don't feel the need to and their success proves that. And Steve is a GREAT guitarist and anybody in the music industry would be lying to say otherwise.
actually, the Adrenalize album steve wrote guitar parts. He died before they finished recording so Phil had to play his parts. So id say everytthing after adrenalize isnt the same.
I agree. I still kick myself that I did'nt get autographs when I went back stage. I had a jean jacket on, should have got steve to sign it with a sharpie or something. Wasn't thinking.
Look at this amazing man! Is this the same man that Joe said started having trouble playing during the tour towards the end because of his "addiction?" He was tired! So was Rick, Sav, and Joe even stated his voice was worn out! They ALL stated in quotes, how exhausted they were, one by one, individually. Except Phil said "I feel great!" Lol. Steve became "addicted" AFTER THE TOUR, because of multiple things. Direct quote: "My favorite thing in life is playing my guitars and TOURING. I love playing live and performing." -Steve Clark on speaking of the Hysteria Tour.
I was shaking man. He had a handshake like a dead fish and he was really short, not as short as Phil, Phil was tiny. And I'd ask him questions, which I'm sure he's been asked before, I remember asking where they were playing next and he said "I have no idea, that's up to management" I told him "Heartbreak" was my favorite song. So stupid. I wish I had thought up some intelligent questions to ask, but I was just 18.
Lucas Eaa they toured with Ozzy in 1981 and 1982 and Joe talks about having conversations with Randy so it is a great possibility they at least were acquainted with each other :)
Thanks for the info man, I had no idea! I do remember hearing Phil say he kept some of them. Too bad even the people closest to him profited. How the heck would you find out if one of those guitars was actually owned by Steve?
Phil actually kept most of them, that's what Steve would have wanted. I think his family probably have the rest, I doubt any have been sold. Imagine what they would bring at auction???
At a certain level, "better" becomes meaningless. Certainly both Steve Clark and Vivian Campbell are (or in Clark's case, were) very proficient musicians with a mastery of the instrument. At that level, the term better becomes purely subjective. To say Steve Clark or Vivian Campbell was, or is, a better guitarist than I am would be an objectively provable argument. To say either one is, or was, better than the other is not.
many guitar players are better than steve in technique and skills.. but none of them can play like him.. play with heart and soul.. every note and sound has it's own meaning.. similar to santana
ya man :P ive been showing some steve clark solos to some of my guitar mates but then they show me these fast shitty solos and say its better, he could of done any but he didnt need too !
Well, I'm just under 6 feet tall and he was noticably smaller. Joe was taller than me, I stumbled when I met him. He was walking back stage and I was all by myself, scared crapless, he walked by with a Heinekin in his right hand so I held out my hand and said "great show Joe" and he looked at my funny and used his left hand to shake my right one, it was strange. I think he was surprised a dude was backstage, it was all sluts mobbing Sav. Rick Allen is only one I didn't meet, too many reporters
If we emphasize the qualities of each, we can say that both are the best at what they do, Vivian is much better and more technical performer on guitar, and Steve was more Hard Rock from the old school, both are geniuses.
You’re comparing apples to oranges. This solo shows his abilities as a performer but if you study his work you’ll see that he was sneaky good. A lot of his solos start fast , slow down, go up and down the neck, the man had a great understanding of music theory .
Omar Valenzuela I think the dual solo on rocket, love bites solo, Armageddon it solo, hysteria dual solo, don’t shoot shot gun solo, God’s of war solo.
I agree that musically he wrote some great stuff... but this video sucked. I could pick anyone off the street, plug them in, and they'd be able to make noise like this. Not much of a solo.
I’m pretty sure it was the audio quality that didn’t make it sound as good cause if you hear is solo from the in the round in your face concert he sounded amazing but the camera used here just dosent have good audio quality
I love how free his playing was, he was so into it, he was truly one of a kind.
This was the genius of Steve Clark, he could play as fast as any of the greats, but he didn't need to. So cool and different. Rock hasn't been the same since he passed on. Song & Emotion.
Holy crap I was at this show. Easily one of the most memorable concerts that I've been lucky to witness. RIP Steve...what a loss.
lotanerve, YOU are so lucky to have been able to see him!!!
I was there in 88 to see them in Hamilton at Copps Coliseum . Queensryche opened the show . Steve was even better live !!! He & Phil feed off each other & just got better & better as the show went on !!!AMAZING !!!
I wish I could have seen him play at least once I love and miss him so much
He played the crowd like a piano and they loved him. What a legend!
Steve was the best fuckin' guitarist ever!!!!
He will never be gone 'cause me and,like, the rest of the world remember him!!
LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL!!!!!!!!
I could watch this over and over and over again....
Wow Steaming Amazing Forever.
Thanks
oh my GOD!!! this is such a precious footage! there should've been more of this on youtube and official releases.
1:27 is such an adorable clarkie gesture. ;)
He was so awesome! Miss you Steve 😢
Heart and Soul 🥰🎶🎤 He Gave us His ALL ; our Steven Maynard Clark 💖🎸💯‼️💖🔊💯‼️. EXTRODINARY and UNIQUE,. ‼️💯 And Never Ever Duplicated 🤗🥰
HOLY CRAP!!!` How amazing is he? He will live on in his music . Quite a guy I think. RIP STEAMIN' STEVE
LOL. Actually it WAS somewhere. Hamilton Ontario, Canada to be precise. This particular concert was their largest audience up until that day on this tour. The problem was that the lighting in this video left a lot to be desired. But at least this time they captured Steve's entire mind-F#@% guitar solo, unlike the small snippet featured on In The Round In Your Face. I saw them in Vancouver on this same leg of the Hysteria tour. Phenomenal. Best concert ever.
I definitely second that, about the giving his all part. Joe summed it up best: "Chuck Berry used to shuffle across the stage at five miles an hour forward. Steve Clark ran across the stage at 90 miles per hour in reverse." Seeing is believing, folks.
watch him work that crowd...no doubt he was BORN to play LIVE! gotta love the riffmaster...miss you to pieces steamin' we need more players like you, passion, talent and genius all into an amazing artist...probably never again to be seen on a stage...rip smc...keep rockin' with the angels!
Wow what else can you say. A genius so missed
Yes, I can't understand too why it cut down in 'In Round'. For me this is the best part of show. Steve was and still be only one.
You can just tell how much Steve thrived on the live atmosphere in this video! He loved doing his best and playing music for people to enjoy. And the theatrics he did? It just showed off his glowing personality. He was just...wow.
Steve Clark was the genius of Def Leppard! There is a reason everything after Hysteria isn't near as musically sound and melodic....I love all Def Leppard albums but Hysteria is truly a masterpiece!
Amazing Steve.
Det finns ingen I hela världen som är och som steve...han är unik
I was there at this concert. RIP Steve...you are definately missed!
Whooah. That was amazing. Again, I have to agree with everyone else who commented that it was a shame it was cut down. You would almost think he was playing the same riff (or similar) over and over but there were subtle little variations that keep popping up. There was subtlety and a pretty good deal of structure in it. I love Steve's work in that you can definitely hear some of his classical influences in everything he played. On a physical note, yeesh, that man was flexible o_O!
Hur underbart som helst...han hade ett hjärta av guld och finns ingen vackrare 🌹💯🤘❤️😘💥🤩
The one and only Steve 'Steamin' ' Clark
Tänker att det måste låta så där uppe i himlen änglarna blir av med sina vingar i ett ögonblick 😘🥰💯💥💖🤘
0:18. I love how he stands for a second with his hand on his hip so natural, no ego.
Thank you Tawnya, I really enjoy watching and listening to Steve, we all miss him and his contributions to rock! thanks Steve! Joe and Sav!
no doubt, he's one of the few in rock who was a real good guy. I met him, got backstage passes on Hysteria, traded weed with the roadies, shook Steve's hand, it actually depressed me, he was such a sad guy when he wasn't on stage, just uncomfortable in his skin. I tried looking up Steve's brother but can't find anything about one, I always thought he was an only child. Nothing in Animal Instinct about that either. Steve was the reason I picked up a a guitar. I wish they had hired Pete after
in the 80's he was known as Steaming Steve Clark
he was the best guitar player and rock god...i miss him RIP Steve
Steve you are the best!!! I love you!!
You are sooooo terribly missed!! RIP MY SWEETPEA!!! ❤❤❤❤ Your girl michelle🌹
this is so amzing. its good to see the whole version.
@fehrarce It's not about being technical for Steve. Joe and Steve have said before they make music to impress themselves and the fans...not other musicians. They are basically saying they could play more complicated music but they don't feel the need to and their success proves that. And Steve is a GREAT guitarist and anybody in the music industry would be lying to say otherwise.
Thank you for this..
Steve thanks you for this!
Just a few years before he "went away". RIP to him.
actually, the Adrenalize album steve wrote guitar parts. He died before they finished recording so Phil had to play his parts. So id say everytthing after adrenalize isnt the same.
Steve loved performing live more than anything in the world. (Except Lorelei!)
I miss him...
I agree. I still kick myself that I did'nt get autographs when I went back stage. I had a jean jacket on, should have got steve to sign it with a sharpie or something. Wasn't thinking.
fenomenal
Look at this amazing man! Is this the same man that Joe said started having trouble playing during the tour towards the end because of his "addiction?" He was tired!
So was Rick, Sav, and Joe even stated his voice was worn out! They ALL stated in quotes, how exhausted they were, one by one, individually. Except Phil said "I feel great!" Lol. Steve became "addicted" AFTER THE TOUR, because of multiple things. Direct quote: "My favorite thing in life is playing my guitars and TOURING. I love playing live and performing." -Steve Clark on speaking of the Hysteria Tour.
My idol
Wow! Steve "White Lightning" Clark was amazing and he looked great .
Great solo from Steve clark
YOU ROCK!
RIFTMASTER,WHITE LIGHTNING... do i have to go on...the most underrated musician of all time
Wow Steve Clark is awesome guitarist fort me ♡
white lightning giving his THUNDER..... make way...
WOW!
The Riffmaster indeed. What a great guitar player.
I was shaking man. He had a handshake like a dead fish and he was really short, not as short as Phil, Phil was tiny. And I'd ask him questions, which I'm sure he's been asked before, I remember asking where they were playing next and he said "I have no idea, that's up to management" I told him "Heartbreak" was my favorite song. So stupid. I wish I had thought up some intelligent questions to ask, but I was just 18.
NICE!
DEF LEPPARD RULES. THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE
I certainly upload something else from this gig soon.
R.I.P. sweetie, be free from this harsh world. I bet you're up in Heaven playing everyday!
1:02 epic ! Riffmaster will live forever in me!
wow
lol i know XD I'll let you know for sure if i find some! His freestyle riffs are just too hardcorely amazing
*💓🥰💯🤩
i have a question: Was randy rhoads his friend?
Def Leppard is one of the best 80s bands.Steve is an idol.
sorry for my english xD
Lucas Eaa they toured with Ozzy in 1981 and 1982 and Joe talks about having conversations with Randy so it is a great possibility they at least were acquainted with each other :)
hey i live in hamilton,too bad i couldnt see him then :')
Totally cool without havin to play 5,000 notes a minuet.
@RRbestever No. Steve and Randy were on different levels when Randy was alive. Def Leppard became big in '83 and Randy died in '82
i agree
Oh did I hit a nerve? You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Alchohol stole his life. RIP dear Steve.
1.8.2018. 27 years gone now. Where would he have been if he had lived ? If?
where in the world did u get this footage?
thanks so much for sharing this with us!!!
They did tour together though. Ozzy and Def Leppard.
Thanks for the info man, I had no idea! I do remember hearing Phil say he kept some of them. Too bad even the people closest to him profited. How the heck would you find out if one of those guitars was actually owned by Steve?
Phil actually kept most of them, that's what Steve would have wanted. I think his family probably have the rest, I doubt any have been sold. Imagine what they would bring at auction???
I read somewhere that the girlfriend Janie took some from the house right after he died and sold them…😞
please post more
At a certain level, "better" becomes meaningless. Certainly both Steve Clark and Vivian Campbell are (or in Clark's case, were) very proficient musicians with a mastery of the instrument. At that level, the term better becomes purely subjective. To say Steve Clark or Vivian Campbell was, or is, a better guitarist than I am would be an objectively provable argument. To say either one is, or was, better than the other is not.
Def Leppard opened for Ozzy Osbourne on in 1981 so they might have been friends back then. Who knows?
many guitar players are better than steve in technique and skills.. but none of them can play like him.. play with heart and soul.. every note and sound has it's own meaning.. similar to santana
steve was better than all in technigue skills
ya man :P ive been showing some steve clark solos to some of my guitar mates but then they show me these fast shitty solos and say its better, he could of done any but he didnt need too !
Is this at the Copps Colesium? Cuz im seeing DL there in July!!!!!
Watch my tribute to Terror Twins 'Immortal' and you will see what you want. And more.
cool, yeah I've never heard of him having brothers, just always assumed he was an only child. Wikipedia doesn't even say anything about siblings.
yes it is. lol.
I was there! Queensryche sucked! ;) LOL Def Lep was grrrr8!
Well, I'm just under 6 feet tall and he was noticably smaller. Joe was taller than me, I stumbled when I met him. He was walking back stage and I was all by myself, scared crapless, he walked by with a Heinekin in his right hand so I held out my hand and said "great show Joe" and he looked at my funny and used his left hand to shake my right one, it was strange. I think he was surprised a dude was backstage, it was all sluts mobbing Sav. Rick Allen is only one I didn't meet, too many reporters
Sounds like he's just banging out one chord
To everyone here: this guy lies his ass off on every video.
does anyone have tabs to this ? :P
White Lightening!!
If we emphasize the qualities of each, we can say that both are the best at what they do, Vivian is much better and more technical performer on guitar, and Steve was more Hard Rock from the old school, both are geniuses.
Lavandina Querubin fuck u those stuff u said about them was for steve not viv or him just steve vivian sucked
You’re comparing apples to oranges. This solo shows his abilities as a performer but if you study his work you’ll see that he was sneaky good. A lot of his solos start fast , slow down, go up and down the neck, the man had a great understanding of music theory .
Doesnt he have a brother called Chris too?
daviebluenose, yes he has 2 brothers.
@Neanderthalmanny I understand that the best time of Def Leppard is with Steve, but Steve was a better guitarist Vivian? I think not.
shut up your an ass steve is better
Vivian is great, but Steve just had a way about how he played…it was uninhibited and passionate…very soulful…mesmerizing is right lol ❤️🔥💯
@eldemasiado what did you say? -:(
Evangelium.
what were the solos that steve calrk made up in hysteria album?
Omar Valenzuela I think the dual solo on rocket, love bites solo, Armageddon it solo, hysteria dual solo, don’t shoot shot gun solo, God’s of war solo.
is this improvised
is this the solo he played before God's Of War?
Just google your name, Ritchie. The truth will come out eventually.
The greatest guitar solo of all time. Steve Clark is the greatest.
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I agree that musically he wrote some great stuff... but this video sucked. I could pick anyone off the street, plug them in, and they'd be able to make noise like this. Not much of a solo.
I’m pretty sure it was the audio quality that didn’t make it sound as good cause if you hear is solo from the in the round in your face concert he sounded amazing but the camera used here just dosent have good audio quality