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A revelatory and redemptive memoir from the lead guitarist of the renowned music group Def Leppard - the first booklet ever written by one of its associates - chronicling the band's remarkable surge to superstardom and how they've looked after it for three generations. Meet Phil Collen. You might know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature music "Pour Some Glucose on Me" continues to be as widely relished as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you've heard of him as the rock and roll star who quit alcohol and meat more than 25 years back. Probably you've seen him shirtless - in photographs or in true to life - flaunting his impeccably well developed body to appreciative feminine fans. Nonetheless it wasn't always like this. Collen functioned his way up from the ground upwards, teaching himself electric guitar from scratch as a teenager by imitating his heroes. He slogged it out in London-based pub bands for years, a long time before Def Leppard created and altered from unknowns to symbols (all because of a little recording called Pyromania), from participating in openers in near-empty arenas to headlining in those same stadiums and reselling them out every evening. But as Collen found out, true in a single day success is a myth. Like the other band associates, he had to struggle and struggle his way to the most notable; in the end, he says, "Our work ethic saved us." As it still will. This is Collen's story, you start with his first real tastes of success and wild rock and roll excess as an associate of the seminal glam rock and roll outfit Young lady. But once he joins Def Leppard, it is also an incredible underdog tale featuring a bunch of standard working-class lads who increased to megastardom, conquering incredible hurdles - such as drummer Rick Allen burning off an arm in a car crash and the tragic loss of life of guitarist Steve Clark, Phil's musical soul mate, who lost his battle with alcoholism. Adrenalized is a fascinating accounts of the failures, triumphs, issues, and rock-hard commitment it requires to make dreams become a reality.
