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    British guitarist

    Phil Collen is an English musician best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 and has also been involved in various side projects, including the trio Man Raze, where he is the lead singer and sole guitarist.

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    Occupation

    guitarist

    musician

    songwriter

    About the Phil Collen

    Philip Kenneth Collenis an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. Collen joined the band in 1982 during the recording of the Pyromania album. Before joining Def Leppard, Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene. Outside of Def Leppard, he has been involved in a number of side projects; those projects include the trio Man Raze, with which he is the lead singer and sole guitarist.

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    Phil Collen is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 during the recording of their album Pyromania.

    Before joining Def Leppard, Phil Collen had performed with a number of bands in the burgeoning British glam metal scene. Outside of Def Leppard, he has also been involved in a number of side projects, including the trio Man Raze, where he is the lead singer and sole guitarist.

    Phil Collen was born on December 8, 1957.

    Phil Collen is the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 during the recording of their album Pyromania.

    Outside of Def Leppard, Phil Collen has been involved in a number of side projects, including the trio Man Raze, where he is the lead singer and sole guitarist.

    4 Quotes by Phil Collen

    1. 1.

      Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It’s a lot of fun.

      Phil Collen

      British guitarist

    2. 2.

      The big thing that everyone forgets, you’re famous and on TV and everything, but I think there’s something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

      Phil Collen

      British guitarist

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      That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.

      Phil Collen

      British guitarist

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      We’d played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

      Phil Collen

      British guitarist