Steve Clark has never received enough credit for the incredible body of work that he created. Don't get me wrong because Phil Collen was and is a legendary lead guitarist. But Steve was the musical genius of DefLep, he was the man behind most of those signature riffs that separated the band from its contemporaries.
He was soft spoken and unassuming but a genius ,he was so talented , lacked self confidence .Dont know why, he had everything going for him. He made that band with his writing and musical riffs and talent. Gone way too soon, missed forever.RIP, missed with love and affection.
EXACTLY, Will Ritter, I TOOK GUITAR LESSONS, BECAUSE OF STEVE CLARK FROM 1986 THRU THE 1990'S, ( SEE ABOVE )... :) But also and MOST IMPOTANTLY, I SING, AND PLAY, SOME OF THEIR SONG'S SINCE 1978, :)
Phil nunca foi o guitarrista principal enquanto Steve estava vivo. Alias depois que ele faleceu, a banda decaiu muito, saindo do hard rock que encantou a todos nos anos 80 pra uma mistura de pop com nao sei o que. 😠
In interviews, Steve always behaved like a gentleman. During interviews you could see how he took the questions seriously and he always replied with intelligent and thoughtful answers. To Steve's Mum, you raised a good boy. He was poised, polite, patient, and a perfect gentleman. 💕💯🎸
I agree 100%. And I wish that I could tell the wonderful Beryl Clark that too. She is a great mum who misses her boy, I think of her often. And he was sweet, gentle, thoughtful and sensitive soul.
We met them back stage in San Diego late 80s. Joe was funny roudy, Phil was talkative. Steve was quiet, I talked to Steve about what it is like on stage and he lit up in conversation. Fun talented young folks
I really wouldn't have thought that interviews or even videos of the band would exist from the time there was the Clark and Willis duo. Really cool interview seeing that this was from around the time High 'n' Dry was released in 1981.
I really wish he was still with us, he had more talent in his two hands than many people had in their entire being, but unfortunately he had a problem he poured alcohol into.
@@Cykoid yeah, addiction is insidious and alcohol is so bad, for it's everywhere accessible, and used in most social situations. Anyway, even back in the 80's 90's there had to be some supportive professional addiction specialists? Either rehab facilities or out patient care. Saw DL when Steve Clark was with us multiple times, had an awesome time. One concert I was at in the 80's, was out doors at Compton Terrace in Arizona. They were brilliant!! 🙂
This video was recorded sometime after Joe Elliott's 22nd birthday on August 1, 1981, but before Rick Allen's 18th birthday on November 1, 1981. Joe Elliot mentions the band members ages during the interview, his being 22, but saying the Drummer Rick Allen was 17. So sometime between August 1, 1981 and October 31, 1981, in the United States.
@Bibi Perez Ah ok, I had a feeling it was during High N Dry since Joe talked about them finishing the music videos for "Let It Go," "Bringin on the Heartbreak," and "High N Dry (Saturday Night)." Thank you.
Steve wasn't wired for that life of zero accountability. Joe lived every moment and was extremely bright even back then. He stopped drinking when prudent.
@@lateramae They've said Steve was really only truly happy when he was on stage, so who knows his feelings during interviews.. He seemed shy and quiet (his ex Lorelei even said so), so he probably wasn't really fond of interviews.. Just a guess..
They all drank heavily. There was an interview with their manager had said that with the amount of drinking they did even Motley Crue couldn't even touch Def Leppard.
They are both so cute here. You can tell who the front man is. Steve was the quiet one,so sad that he was taken away at such a young age. He really could make a guitar sing. Absolutely Amazing 🤩🤩🤩
I loved Def Leppard so much growing up , so much that my mom came and got me out of school early on the day Steve passed so I wouldn't find out on TV or the radio ..I was so crushed ...
I guess my biggest take-aways from this interview are: 1) Steve Clark is a total sweetheart, and 2) Joe Elliott hasn't really changed all that much. lol
I graduated from high school in May 1977 and they were not even a group until August 1977. Joe is only a year younger than I am. Rick Allen, the drummer, was just 15 or 16yrs old when he joined them. Joe is oldest Rick Allen is youngest.
Cant take my eyes off Joe...so gorgeous I get offended....and cocky confidence as well....what a hot combination !! Pardon my shallow comment, cant help myself !
That's good shit right there. The loose-ness of youth... a beautiful thing. I could watch this for hours if it went on, grinning the whole time as I am. Both of them drinking Budweiser, Steve asking the reporter for a cigarette. Ha, love it! We're lucky to have videos like this to relate on a personal level of a different time.
I’m with you 100% on this. Now, with everyone being so WOKE, and reading their own nasty emotions & thoughts into what others do & say, makes life beige, boring, & sad.
No facade, no marketing, this is AUTHENTIC, unlike how people in their situation would behave now! They weren’t in it for the money or fame, IF they were, they would’ve put on a facade to market themselves.
Steve has a glow around him that makes him look like an angel, 😇. Yes I'm watching and commenting yet again! I can't get enough of watching this precious soul and I can hardly hear Steve's voice. Does anyone have a link to a better audio quality video of this? I'd be so grateful if you share it with me!
I never realized what a kind hearted person Steve came off as. Lifelong Leppard fan here. I’ll always love every era of this band. Joe’s a pretty annoying during this interview. 😂 Ah well. They’re kids. Rest In Peace Steve Clark.
AI QUE LINDOS! ATE O CORTE DE CABELO ERA IGUAL; TAO JOVENS E JA TAO FAMOSOS E QUERIDOS! E O STEVE ERA TIMIDO, DOCE E QUIETINHO! E QUE SORRISO MAIS FOFO ! INFELIZMENTE SAO TEMPOS QUE NAO VOLTAM MAIS E ELE (STEVE) SE FOI TAO JOVEM, QUE TRISTE ISSO!... 💙 👬 😻😻 😍
*Mutt Lange* helped them *a lot* with developing what’s unique about them. He seen their potential. He did the same with ACDC, Bryan Adams, Foreigner, Cars, Lady Gaga, Nickleback, etc.
Joe is so adorable, young and a beautiful, sexy man!! It's cute he's a bit drunk here but on stage a true professional all the way.Def Leppard Rocks!! I Love you Joe💋RIP Steve you sweet man💕
I wonder how much of the band's drinking was due to their success at such a young age. I saw them for the 1st time at the Oakland Auditorium in 1981 opening up for Blackfoot. During Rocks-Off, Pete Willis was leaning out into the crowd and a fan grab his guitar off of him. Steve Clark had to play both rhythm and lead until Pete finally got his guitar back from Security. After the concert, I got the chance to join the band back at their motel where there was lots of beer drinking and pizza. And someone managed to find the Benny Hill Show on TV. I don't think anyone knew how successful they would later become except maybe Joe Elliot and Mutt Lange.
Thanks to Joe telling us everyone's current age, by looking up their birthdays we can figure this interview had to be August, September, or October 1981.
VERY RARE. Thank God it's on video, sadly there's not a lot with this genius being interviewed especially in this context. This was before his girlfriend convinced "The Riffmaster" to grow out his locks. An excellent interview, love it when the chain smoking Steve bots a smoke off someone in the room. Hilarious.
0:23 So young, level headed and very ambitious about the future. Being thrown-into the deep end - well, if they only knew they'd be at it still 40 years later and the bureaucracy they would succumb to. Met them on two occasions, countless concerts, memorabilia owned... Joe was my first crush, and find myself watching this video often just to gawk at Mr. Elliot - Steve's beautiful smile and both their innocence at this point in their upward climb to stardom makes me smile. Honestly, I have to control myself. Joe is F*** GORGEOUS - THOSE EYES MAKE ME MELT STILL! ❤❤ Steve - a great loss indeed. I'll say this for the band; for all they endured they persevered for sure. They will be in AZ soon with Journey, Steve Miller Band. I'm going to sit it out. I want to retain my early memories of in the round and ballpark concerts, and the music that snagged my heart in 79'-80'. I think they changed their style too far from the original sound. My message to the guys? It's been a wild ride. You may now retire...
I wish I could have gotten one chance to see them in concert. 😢 but I never was in a really good financial situation to do much of anything in the 80s & most of the 90s. But it's just the way my life is was and has been. But I can still enjoy their music on cd or occasionally radio. ❤🥺❤
Do you have the whole interview? Just when they were talking covers it cut off. But thanks so much, that was great to watch. Steve was such a sweetie, Joe was always ballsy but Steve was so quiet. Much love, miss Steve a lot. RIP
karen glenn....I can only speak for myself but sure since this genius passed and the band has really, with the odd good song aside, they've toured off the back catalogue this genius left them. What REALLY makes me white hot with rage is both Sav and Joe have been truly factual, and honest about the incalculable input from Steve. Steve was 'the' primary songwriter, period. Sure, on many tracks up to "Adrenalize" several band members are co writers, BUT Steve was the actual member who penned the overwhelming majority of the songs that would see 'Pyro' sell 25 million records plus, and 'Hysteria' 25 million plus also. Leppard, t6hanks to Steve3's massive input are with Van Halen the only bands in this genre to have x2 records be certified Diamond twice by the RIACC.. Elliot's speech at the RRHOF induction regarding 'Steamins' input arguably is the most specific and honest he's ever been. He has said in interviews "Steve's input was enormous", so one has to be objective, facts and evidence. But Sav in multipole interviews has never to my knowledge, ears, footage been honest. Elliot has always been the 'driver', like Sixx in Crue, both are really the engine that propelled their respective bands onwards, with enormous help from 'Mutt' especially after the start. Interestingly, Joe's leadership of the band was not really relevant when the band started to actually tour, in support of AC/DC which 'Mutt' had worked with, and this ticket slot gave Leppard a massive start. But it was Steve who threatened twice to quit the band and he told them "I don't want to be in this fucking spoon factory still rehearsing". That demand saw Leppard for the first time start to push for gigs that'd help put them in the frame for success and longevity. Steve's influence, input, if one is again objective can also be assessed since he tragically passed away by the fact Leppard's career has never hit the heights that it did when Steve was writing, and also critically, his enormous, you cannot quantify the impact Steve had in creating so many of the songs. His ability to create harmonies, melodies, riffs, hooks and bends was staggering. Even the great Viv is both humble as always and honest about this, he said last year verbatim and I'm sure both Joe/Sav would not have been happy to hear this, but Viv said "90% of what we play Steve left us". And he also added, due to the enormously complex way Steve created the songs, his writing of the music [he was a classically trained guitarist], and Viv will often say today "I still can't play GoW". Steve was just unique. Extremely gifted. I've written several times my opinion is Steve's abilities and just staggering skill sets lyrically and musically, let alone oozing rock star cool strapped low, his deft use later on of his Kahler on his magnificent Gibsons now gone, as the set list changed when Viv reverted from his Charvels to a LP, Collen now has taken over significant parts that Steve made magic with with his Floyd Rose touch, always a massive part of Collen's playing. The real sadness is in his loss before he had a chance to see what the computer chip would do in terms of technology. Phil was asked "what do you think Steve would be doing today, his musical interests"? Collen answered "Steve probably I think would've ended up in the film, movie business as he always liked that area, creating music for feature films". Tragically we'll never know.
@@williambroadstreet3353 I have to disagree with you about Elliott. As the years have passed, he has made Steve's contribution smaller and smaller with his comments. he has made remarks about Steve being a lost cause, and that having the hotel room next to Viv on tour, at least they knew that Viv would wake up the next day. Sav on the other hand, has taught his son Tyler all about Steve. Tyler is in a band called the Crossfire Eagles and has stated this his main influence is Steve. He was born after Steve died, so that has come from his dad, and at the RRHOF it was Sav who blew a kiss to the sky at the mention of his name. But I agree with you completely on everything else. Steve was the magic of that band which is why they're still touring off their old stuff.
Adrenalize was a so-so record and Slang was straight-up terrible. And this following Hysteria, which gets a non-neglible percentage of votes as the greatest hard rock album ever recorded... it tells you pretty much everything you need to know about who wrote the music in that band. Joe Elliott is a tremendous frontman with an inimitable voice, but his weakness as a lyricist was really exposed once he was no longer getting those genius riffs from Steamin Steve.
Joe Elliott is the ultimate frontman ...gosh , he was gorgeous in the 80s and quite the charmer ... he's definitely had a few prior to this interview...he was a total fox
Look how cute and innocent looking Steve looks, so sweet kind caring and humble. What a major loss it was when we lost Steamin Steve !!! He’s a legend and will always be remembered !!!!!!!! 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼. 🐆. 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼
Great band. I saw them twice in 1980. In Houston they opened up for Judas Priest (my ears rang for 2 days), and also with Ted Nugent. Def Leppard and Scorpions were opening acts! I was 14 and a half. 😊
They were both extremely insightful and wise for their age. I’m 28 and I would wave my arms for them after hearing this interview in the 80s. Their mental age was high. They did a lot of thinking.
Love The riff myster. Great upload. Need more of Steve. Looks like about midway through. Steve asks for a smoke gets up walks away for a few comes back . Sits down and rubs his nose a little bit and snorts. Like, He, Do I have White powder on my nose. I mean they are with OZZY here. And Randy was right in front of them. It don't matter we were all doing it at the same
Steve is only 21 and already showing signs of alcoholism with the black under his eyes. Great to see them at such a young age, still love their music and it always puts me in an awesome mood listening to them!!!
His eyes look fine. Pffft... He was a dedicated closet alcoholic - never drank in public ( to the point of intoxication) and that comes from every member of the band. They all say, especially speaking on the subject, he was a complete professional on tour and in the studio. It's when the band had solo down time apart, that he would go on serious, ultimately deadly benders.
В который раз ловлю себя на мысли, что Стив Кларк был очень красивым молодым человеком👍А в даном видео, он вот прям, очень-очень хорошенький( я его аж не узнала, блин). И его улыбка, это нечто👍👍👍👍
I remember seeing them for the first time, I thought ALL of the band members were gorgeous ,... Joe Elliot had dark hair like he did in this interview...( I fell in love)... So a few years later, me and my best friend went to see them... Joe Elliot came out with blonde hair... And the whole time I had been telling my friend, "OMG just wait till you see the singer.,".. Well, I was confused with the blonde hair, and I said ,": oh no, they have a new singer"... And then he started singing., and we were right on front of the stage , and I started screaming.," OMG, IT'S HIM"!!!.,; but to be honest, I thought the whole band was hot., Phil Collen, was sexy... Steve Clark was sexy, Rick Savage was sexy , and Rick Allen... You just wanted to cuddle with him... At this second time, I was in front of the stage, and Rick Allen came in front of the stage with the rest of the band... And the crowd went freaking crazy...!!!!., the other band members kind of walked away..., while the audience kept screaming, "RICK, RICK, RICK.... we didn't want him to leave, we were in such Awe, over what he had accomplished., it was very damn special.. To say the least...I fell in love the first time I saw them.,I think I was 16...I am still in love with them, and I'm 59..I thank God that these guys never gave up!!
Steve Clark was not happy. He was my favorite guitarist thru the 80s. An amazing talent with a serious problem. I still wonder today, in 2024, how good would they be with Steve and Pete still being the guitar players. I believe they'd still be one of the heaviest bands of all time.
2 boys in this vid, one with an attitude and ready to take on the world and one with depression and low self esteem. I miss you Steve ❤
Me to😭😭😭💔
Steve Clark has never received enough credit for the incredible body of work that he created. Don't get me wrong because Phil Collen was and is a legendary lead guitarist. But Steve was the musical genius of DefLep, he was the man behind most of those signature riffs that separated the band from its contemporaries.
He was soft spoken and unassuming but a genius ,he was so talented , lacked self confidence .Dont know why, he had everything going for him. He made that band with his writing and musical riffs and talent. Gone way too soon, missed forever.RIP, missed with love and affection.
EXACTLY, Will Ritter, I TOOK GUITAR LESSONS, BECAUSE OF STEVE CLARK FROM 1986 THRU THE 1990'S, ( SEE ABOVE )... :) But also and MOST IMPOTANTLY, I SING, AND PLAY, SOME OF THEIR SONG'S SINCE 1978, :)
Phil nunca foi o guitarrista principal enquanto Steve estava vivo. Alias depois que ele faleceu, a banda decaiu muito, saindo do hard rock que encantou a todos nos anos 80 pra uma mistura de pop com nao sei o que. 😠
Def Leppard wasn't the same when Steve died. Vivian Campbell was okay though.
You can’t forget Pete Willis. It’s really Steve and Pete that created the Def lep we all know and love! Not Phil
In interviews, Steve always behaved like a gentleman.
During interviews you could see how he took the questions seriously and he always replied with intelligent and thoughtful answers. To Steve's Mum, you raised a good boy. He was poised, polite, patient, and a perfect gentleman. 💕💯🎸
Well said..👍🏼Now you got me crying...😢😢
I agree 100%. And I wish that I could tell the wonderful Beryl Clark that too. She is a great mum who misses her boy, I think of her often. And he was sweet, gentle, thoughtful and sensitive soul.
Totally agree, he was a beautiful guy❤ So sad he's not with us 😭
💖😪
Rip Steve
Cannot take my eyes off Steve. Just so beautiful!!
Im a dude theyre both nice looking lads. The dark haired one has beautiful eyes. I wouldnt mind looking like either one.
Steve was my favorite member of the band
@@annetteslife Mine too! 😥🥺
Thank you
He really was a beautiful man...meant in the best way. 💜
Rip Steve you are truly missed ❤
Joe Elliott was the most gorgeous man alive back then! His eyes just make you melt.
Instablaster...
Still is a gorgeous guy, joe.
RIP steve.
@@finnleydorian2802 huh?
Bedroom eyes for sure!
Gorgeous and cute for sure 😍
Love Joe to pieces 💖💖💖💖
We met them back stage in San Diego late 80s. Joe was funny roudy, Phil was talkative. Steve was quiet, I talked to Steve about what it is like on stage and he lit up in conversation.
Fun talented young folks
I really wouldn't have thought that interviews or even videos of the band would exist from the time there was the Clark and Willis duo. Really cool interview seeing that this was from around the time High 'n' Dry was released in 1981.
9 years later Steve was gone..... Too sad 😭
My heart still beaks for Steve...Such a sweet soul and so many demons...Sad...
I know right? 😢🥺
😩😩😩
@Oakie Link..? TY....
I really wish he was still with us, he had more talent in his two hands than many people had in their entire being, but unfortunately he had a problem he poured alcohol into.
@@Cykoid yeah, addiction is insidious and alcohol is so bad, for it's everywhere accessible, and used in most social situations.
Anyway, even back in the 80's 90's there had to be some supportive professional addiction specialists? Either rehab facilities or out patient care.
Saw DL when Steve Clark was with us multiple times, had an awesome time. One concert I was at in the 80's, was out doors at Compton Terrace in Arizona. They were brilliant!! 🙂
This video was recorded sometime after Joe Elliott's 22nd birthday on August 1, 1981, but before Rick Allen's 18th birthday on November 1, 1981. Joe Elliot mentions the band members ages during the interview, his being 22, but saying the Drummer Rick Allen was 17. So sometime between August 1, 1981 and October 31, 1981, in the United States.
RIP and long live Steve Clark (April 23, 1960 - January 8, 1991), aged 30
You will always be remembered as a legend.
These two are just babies. So cute. Sad for Steve gone too soon. 💕💓💝🥰Love Def Leppard.
Yes 😢❤
I can't tell if Steve was happy or sad in this clip. Either way, he is so precious and incredibly beautiful to look at!
@Bibi Perez So if he became unhappy during the Hysteria era, this clip is from the High N Dry era right?
@Bibi Perez Ah ok, I had a feeling it was during High N Dry since Joe talked about them finishing the music videos for "Let It Go," "Bringin on the Heartbreak," and "High N Dry (Saturday Night)." Thank you.
Steve wasn't wired for that life of zero accountability. Joe lived every moment and was extremely bright even back then. He stopped drinking when prudent.
@@lateramae yep. 1983 or 82.
@@lateramae They've said Steve was really only truly happy when he was on stage, so who knows his feelings during interviews.. He seemed shy and quiet (his ex Lorelei even said so), so he probably wasn't really fond of interviews.. Just a guess..
Rest in peace sweet angel Steve. Such a lovely and wonderful person.
Joe on hotel rooms: *“We don’t wreck hotels, it’s BORING, everybody wrecks hotels. We go ‘round cleanin’ ‘em, yah, that’s what we do.”* 😂😂😂
LOL 😂 Love 😍 it. ❤
Ironically Joe is the one who appears drunk. Dear sweet Steve. Hard to get a word in.
IKR? 🥺😢
Wasn't as if poor Steve needed the encouragement.. 🥺😢
They all drank heavily. There was an interview with their manager had said that with the amount of drinking they did even Motley Crue couldn't even touch Def Leppard.
Steve Clark is a legend. Enough said! ( His fave song was Bringing on the heardbreak) 👏
That’s my favorite song from them.
They are both so cute here. You
can tell who the front man is.
Steve was the quiet one,so sad
that he was taken away at such
a young age. He really could
make a guitar sing.
Absolutely Amazing 🤩🤩🤩
Joe's always been so chatty. Libra rising.
My gosh Joe Elliott was gorgeous ..I had the biggest crush on him growing up ....
Can't get enough of watching precious Steve... His eyes looked sad even when he laughed. Makes me so sad, 🥺😥
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I think he might have just never found someone to accept him and love him the way he was. Don't know if that makes any sense.
Randy Rhoads and Steve Clark. Probably my two favorite guitarists. Both gone too soon. Both featured in this video
The most eerie thing is seeing someone who has passed on looking as real & alive as ever 🙏
Joe Elliott the most beautiful man on earth.
I loved Def Leppard so much growing up , so much that my mom came and got me out of school early on the day Steve passed so I wouldn't find out on TV or the radio ..I was so crushed ...
Steve was absolutely gorgeous, he will always be my perfect guy ❤❤❤❤
I guess my biggest take-aways from this interview are: 1) Steve Clark is a total sweetheart, and 2) Joe Elliott hasn't really changed all that much. lol
I've been dying to see this whole interview..thanks so much for posting💗💗 love Joe to pieces🤣😂
OMG, they were just babies here!
So beautiful, both of them. Especially Steve. What an angel. 😍🖤
I graduated from high school in May 1977 and they were not even a group until August 1977. Joe is only a year younger than I am. Rick Allen, the drummer, was just 15 or 16yrs old when he joined them. Joe is oldest Rick Allen is youngest.
Joe has GOT to be a bit drunk here- can't sit still, can't keep his hands to himself, giggly and smiley, ADORABLE!!
joeee hehehe
Cocaine.
He's a disgusting moron. Rude, ignorant and insecure
Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
"Were not huge anywhere, but were doing ok" Im taking this is the High and Dry Tour. My favorite era
Steve Clark was so beautiful and full of light.
I've never seen this interview but it was good and i just love Joe Elliot he is so cute
steve's little giggles ✨ precious boy ✨
Thank you for this. LOVE and MISS Steve! Love and still love Joe's attitude!
Cant take my eyes off Joe...so gorgeous I get offended....and cocky confidence as well....what a hot combination !! Pardon my shallow comment, cant help myself !
Bien chiquitos 🤗. Qué hermosos!!! Gracias por compartir 🙌🏻
That's good shit right there. The loose-ness of youth... a beautiful thing. I could watch this for hours if it went on, grinning the whole time as I am. Both of them drinking Budweiser, Steve asking the reporter for a cigarette. Ha, love it! We're lucky to have videos like this to relate on a personal level of a different time.
I’m with you 100% on this. Now, with everyone being so WOKE, and reading their own nasty emotions & thoughts into what others do & say, makes life beige, boring, & sad.
Joe is so perfect!!! ♥
My Lord, there just kids here! So young! I forgot how young they were when they hit it big
Steamin’ and Joe, what else could you ask for? Those were the times. With passion and hard work, a legend was born. Awe inspiring band indeed!
No facade, no marketing, this is AUTHENTIC, unlike how people in their situation would behave now! They weren’t in it for the money or fame, IF they were, they would’ve put on a facade to market themselves.
holy shit the full one. this is high n dry era man this is a gem
Steve has a glow around him that makes him look like an angel, 😇. Yes I'm watching and commenting yet again! I can't get enough of watching this precious soul and I can hardly hear Steve's voice. Does anyone have a link to a better audio quality video of this? I'd be so grateful if you share it with me!
Holy shit you are right he does appear to glow. Wow!!!
hey i'm trying to find a full version but here's a small clip w much better audio/video quality th-cam.com/video/QutYCbrmfYM/w-d-xo.html
@@musicmedicne Thank you so much!
They are both masterpiece humans!! Awesome interview :)
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I never realized what a kind hearted person Steve came off as. Lifelong Leppard fan here. I’ll always love every era of this band. Joe’s a pretty annoying during this interview. 😂 Ah well. They’re kids. Rest In Peace Steve Clark.
I’m pretty sure Joe was a little drunk here!
What? Joe's funny as Hell!
Got to see Steve in concert,on Aug.22 1988!
Steve was a stone cold fox, and such a great musician!
Well said. It makes me mad when Joe says he was a sloppy player! 🥺
@@cindyleej2350....
I have NEVER heard Joe say that about Steve. Or any of them !
"We've got a few tricks up the old sleeve"
*looks up his sleeve*
"AAAARGH!! I'VE LOST 'EM!"
Joe is so adorkable when he's drunk
High N Dry is an absolute masterpiece of hard rock lead guitar playing. It's like the Rosetta Stone of hard rock guitar.
WOW !! I don't think it can get more genuinely better than this ! Pretty diamond interview for Joe Elliot ! This is pretty grounded !! 😘🎁🎉
@@RealJoeelliottofficial 😀 You're the greatest ! Wish you a perfect life and future ! 😀🙏💖🍧🍔😘🌹🎂💐❤
@@dianewlochowski all love, and thanks for the sincere love over the years. Hopefully you stay a consistent fan forever.
@@RealJoeelliottofficial 😀👍❤😘🌹
@@dianewlochowski so how long have you actually been a consistent fan, and where are you writing from now?
@@RealJoeelliottofficial Since you were born and I'm writing from Chicago 😀🌹
Joe Elliot was my crush!!
Yours and every other woman in the world... 🙄
Def Leppard with Judas Priest would have been an absolute dream concert to see.
AI QUE LINDOS! ATE O CORTE DE CABELO ERA IGUAL; TAO JOVENS E JA TAO FAMOSOS E QUERIDOS! E O STEVE ERA TIMIDO, DOCE E QUIETINHO! E QUE SORRISO MAIS FOFO ! INFELIZMENTE SAO TEMPOS QUE NAO VOLTAM MAIS E ELE (STEVE) SE FOI TAO JOVEM, QUE TRISTE ISSO!... 💙 👬 😻😻 😍
Acho ele maravilhoso, talentoso enfim amo ele demais e a banda ❣️
RIP STEVE 🖤
eles estavam uma graça 🥺💞
*Mutt Lange* helped them *a lot* with developing what’s unique about them. He seen their potential. He did the same with ACDC, Bryan Adams, Foreigner, Cars, Lady Gaga, Nickleback, etc.
Steve Clark, may he Rest In Peace. Gone too soon.
Joe is so adorable, young and a beautiful, sexy man!! It's cute he's a bit drunk here but on stage a true professional all the way.Def Leppard Rocks!! I Love you Joe💋RIP Steve you sweet man💕
@🤟🏼🤟🏼🎤🎤💖
I wonder how much of the band's drinking was due to their success at such a young age.
I saw them for the 1st time at the Oakland Auditorium in 1981 opening up for Blackfoot. During Rocks-Off, Pete Willis was leaning out into the crowd and a fan grab his guitar off of him.
Steve Clark had to play both rhythm and lead until Pete finally got his guitar back from Security.
After the concert, I got the chance to join the band back at their motel where there was lots of beer drinking and pizza. And someone managed to find the Benny Hill Show on TV.
I don't think anyone knew how successful they would later become except maybe Joe Elliot and Mutt Lange.
I miss Steve ... he was shy but so talented!!! Miss Him much n ❤ him more
Joe realized at an early stage that you always give your all no matter how many people are there. That's why they are house hold names!
Very bitter sweet now - Good times that will never be forgotten :) x
I love Joe with dark hair imo he looked better than the blonde hair
I agree!
He was pretty hot 🔥 with any color hair.
Get a video of 1981 with the entire Def Leppard band. One with Pete Willis 1981
my uncle interviewed them in 1981. ive got some v old video tapes
1981? Is Pete in these videos?
Well get them uploaded to youtube here then, hubba hubba, let's go!
I love you so much, Steve! RIP!
Love this!! Two great guys right there, R.I.P. Steve man wonder what it would be like if he was still here with them
I love these guys 🎸🎵
I can't with Joe omg bruh stopp with the noises 😂😂😂
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@Claudia Romero yes he is 😍😍
@Claudia Romero well he's one but I adore Sav that's my baby
@Claudia Romero Joe too real for me 😂😂
@Claudia Romero yes girl! leeleethaqween
Brown haired joe> blonde haired joe
Totally agree 👍
Yes I also agree
Thanks to Joe telling us everyone's current age, by looking up their birthdays we can figure this interview had to be August, September, or October 1981.
Joes so cute!!! Drunk for sure
Both so young ❤
VERY RARE. Thank God it's on video, sadly there's not a lot with this genius being interviewed especially in this context. This was before his girlfriend convinced "The Riffmaster" to grow out his locks. An excellent interview, love it when the chain smoking Steve bots a smoke off someone in the room. Hilarious.
Over Whelming Talent 🎶🎸🎸 Steven Maynard Clark 🍯🎤💿 , If *IT* wasn't for STEVEN ! There wouldn't of been Def Leppard ! Whom SHALL Forever Be in My 💖
0:23 So young, level headed and very ambitious about the future. Being thrown-into the deep end - well, if they only knew they'd be at it still 40 years later and the bureaucracy they would succumb to. Met them on two occasions, countless concerts, memorabilia owned... Joe was my first crush, and find myself watching this video often just to gawk at Mr. Elliot - Steve's beautiful smile and both their innocence at this point in their upward climb to stardom makes me smile. Honestly, I have to control myself. Joe is F*** GORGEOUS - THOSE EYES MAKE ME MELT STILL! ❤❤ Steve - a great loss indeed. I'll say this for the band; for all they endured they persevered for sure. They will be in AZ soon with Journey, Steve Miller Band. I'm going to sit it out. I want to retain my early memories of in the round and ballpark concerts, and the music that snagged my heart in 79'-80'. I think they changed their style too far from the original sound. My message to the guys? It's been a wild ride. You may now retire...
I wish I could have gotten one chance to see them in concert. 😢 but I never was in a really good financial situation to do much of anything in the 80s & most of the 90s. But it's just the way my life is was and has been. But I can still enjoy their music on cd or occasionally radio.
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Do you have the whole interview? Just when they were talking covers it cut off. But thanks so much, that was great to watch. Steve was such a sweetie, Joe was always ballsy but Steve was so quiet. Much love, miss Steve a lot. RIP
Rip Steve. 🙏
Awww they were so sweet
14.05 Steve wrote the music!!
Yeah.... yet another piece of original evidence from the band themselves.
@@ClarkOVision His musical contribution seems to have been forgotten over the years by some of the band who should just shut up.
karen glenn....I can only speak for myself but sure since this genius passed and the band has really, with the odd good song aside, they've toured off the back catalogue this genius left them.
What REALLY makes me white hot with rage is both Sav and Joe have been truly factual, and honest about the incalculable input from Steve.
Steve was 'the' primary songwriter, period. Sure, on many tracks up to "Adrenalize" several band members are co writers, BUT Steve was the actual member who penned the overwhelming majority of the songs that would see 'Pyro' sell 25 million records plus, and 'Hysteria' 25 million plus also. Leppard, t6hanks to Steve3's massive input are with Van Halen the only bands in this genre to have x2 records be certified Diamond twice by the RIACC..
Elliot's speech at the RRHOF induction regarding 'Steamins' input arguably is the most specific and honest he's ever been. He has said in interviews "Steve's input was enormous", so one has to be objective, facts and evidence.
But Sav in multipole interviews has never to my knowledge, ears, footage been honest. Elliot has always been the 'driver', like Sixx in Crue, both are really the engine that propelled their respective bands onwards, with enormous help from 'Mutt' especially after the start. Interestingly, Joe's leadership of the band was not really relevant when the band started to actually tour, in support of AC/DC which 'Mutt' had worked with, and this ticket slot gave Leppard a massive start.
But it was Steve who threatened twice to quit the band and he told them "I don't want to be in this fucking spoon factory still rehearsing". That demand saw Leppard for the first time start to push for gigs that'd help put them in the frame for success and longevity.
Steve's influence, input, if one is again objective can also be assessed since he tragically passed away by the fact Leppard's career has never hit the heights that it did when Steve was writing, and also critically, his enormous, you cannot quantify the impact Steve had in creating so many of the songs. His ability to create harmonies, melodies, riffs, hooks and bends was staggering.
Even the great Viv is both humble as always and honest about this, he said last year verbatim and I'm sure both Joe/Sav would not have been happy to hear this, but Viv said "90% of what we play Steve left us". And he also added, due to the enormously complex way Steve created the songs, his writing of the music [he was a classically trained guitarist], and Viv will often say today "I still can't play GoW".
Steve was just unique. Extremely gifted. I've written several times my opinion is Steve's abilities and just staggering skill sets lyrically and musically, let alone oozing rock star cool strapped low, his deft use later on of his Kahler on his magnificent Gibsons now gone, as the set list changed when Viv reverted from his Charvels to a LP, Collen now has taken over significant parts that Steve made magic with with his Floyd Rose touch, always a massive part of Collen's playing.
The real sadness is in his loss before he had a chance to see what the computer chip would do in terms of technology. Phil was asked "what do you think Steve would be doing today, his musical interests"? Collen answered "Steve probably I think would've ended up in the film, movie business as he always liked that area, creating music for feature films". Tragically we'll never know.
@@williambroadstreet3353 I have to disagree with you about Elliott. As the years have passed, he has made Steve's contribution smaller and smaller with his comments. he has made remarks about Steve being a lost cause, and that having the hotel room next to Viv on tour, at least they knew that Viv would wake up the next day. Sav on the other hand, has taught his son Tyler all about Steve. Tyler is in a band called the Crossfire Eagles and has stated this his main influence is Steve. He was born after Steve died, so that has come from his dad, and at the RRHOF it was Sav who blew a kiss to the sky at the mention of his name. But I agree with you completely on everything else. Steve was the magic of that band which is why they're still touring off their old stuff.
Adrenalize was a so-so record and Slang was straight-up terrible. And this following Hysteria, which gets a non-neglible percentage of votes as the greatest hard rock album ever recorded... it tells you pretty much everything you need to know about who wrote the music in that band. Joe Elliott is a tremendous frontman with an inimitable voice, but his weakness as a lyricist was really exposed once he was no longer getting those genius riffs from Steamin Steve.
Steve Clark. What a cutie.
"Ow! I just banged me funny bone! Ow, I just banged me head!" LOL! So cute!
Joe Elliott is the ultimate frontman ...gosh , he was gorgeous in the 80s and quite the charmer ... he's definitely had a few prior to this interview...he was a total fox
Joe Elliott is/was GORGEOUS❤
Look how cute and innocent looking Steve looks, so sweet kind caring and humble. What a major loss it was when we lost Steamin Steve !!!
He’s a legend and will always be remembered !!!!!!!!
🤘🏼💀🤘🏼. 🐆. 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼
so funny, they must be absolute fun to hang with
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There's Steve! We're gonna miss you White Lightning
Great band. I saw them twice in 1980. In Houston they opened up for Judas Priest (my ears rang for 2 days), and also with Ted Nugent. Def Leppard and Scorpions were opening acts!
I was 14 and a half. 😊
They were both extremely insightful and wise for their age. I’m 28 and I would wave my arms for them after hearing this interview in the 80s. Their mental age was high. They did a lot of thinking.
Joe is a right lad but then most men from Sheffield are like that. I’m married to one - so I definitely know. ❤
THE HIGH N DRY ALBUM IS THEIR BEST. BY FAR. KILLER RECORD.
Love The riff myster. Great upload. Need more of Steve. Looks like about midway through. Steve asks for a smoke gets up walks away for a few comes back . Sits down and rubs his nose a little bit and snorts. Like, He, Do I have White powder on my nose. I mean they are with OZZY here. And Randy was right in front of them. It don't matter we were all doing it at the same
Steve is only 21 and already showing signs of alcoholism with the black under his eyes. Great to see them at such a young age, still love their music and it always puts me in an awesome mood listening to them!!!
His eyes look fine. Pffft... He was a dedicated closet alcoholic - never drank in public ( to the point of intoxication) and that comes from every member of the band. They all say, especially speaking on the subject, he was a complete professional on tour and in the studio. It's when the band had solo down time apart, that he would go on serious, ultimately deadly benders.
I blame his father. That part of the movie was correct. His dad was an ass.
@@BethWondrely....
He must have. 😢
В который раз ловлю себя на мысли, что Стив Кларк был очень красивым молодым человеком👍А в даном видео, он вот прям, очень-очень хорошенький( я его аж не узнала, блин). И его улыбка, это нечто👍👍👍👍
Right at the end is ehat got me about them mentioning travelin band by credence. And they infact did cover that on the pyromania tour
Joe is such a Shovenist 🥴 But ; Steven is Def Leppard 🎶🎼😇💓❤️🔥
Not sure I agree with you about Joe.
Listen closely around 8:00 you can hear Randy Rhoads in background "Crazy Train!"
Sexy eyes on Joe. But I think Steve Clark is gorgeous.most beautiful smile in the world
I seen them when they “supported” as Joe said 😂 ACDC. And, I seen them with Ozzy.
I remember seeing them for the first time, I thought ALL of the band members were gorgeous ,... Joe Elliot had dark hair like he did in this interview...( I fell in love)... So a few years later, me and my best friend went to see them... Joe Elliot came out with blonde hair... And the whole time I had been telling my friend, "OMG just wait till you see the singer.,".. Well, I was confused with the blonde hair, and I said ,": oh no, they have a new singer"... And then he started singing., and we were right on front of the stage , and I started screaming.," OMG, IT'S HIM"!!!.,; but to be honest, I thought the whole band was hot., Phil Collen, was sexy... Steve Clark was sexy, Rick Savage was sexy , and Rick Allen... You just wanted to cuddle with him...
At this second time, I was in front of the stage, and Rick Allen came in front of the stage with the rest of the band... And the crowd went freaking crazy...!!!!., the other band members kind of walked away..., while the audience kept screaming, "RICK, RICK, RICK.... we didn't want him to leave, we were in such Awe, over what he had accomplished., it was very damn special.. To say the least...I fell in love the first time I saw them.,I think I was 16...I am still in love with them, and I'm 59..I thank God that these guys never gave up!!
I agree about Rick Allen. His natural curly hair and baby face 😊❤. But the whole band in general were gorgeous.
Steve Clark was not happy. He was my favorite guitarist thru the 80s. An amazing talent with a serious problem. I still wonder today, in 2024, how good would they be with Steve and Pete still being the guitar players. I believe they'd still be one of the heaviest bands of all time.
Love you steve and joe!!