by Phil Collen
Vivian Campbell joins, 138–39
Phil Collen joins, 47, 53–55, 56–58, 68
death of Steve Clark and, 132–35, 137
debut show of, 68–70
Ded Flatbird moniker of, 194
Diamond Awards and, 156
Euphoria album, 154, 155, 157
Euphoria tour, 157–59
European festivals tour, 195–96
Far East acoustic tour, 149
finances of, 81–82, 90–91, 115, 141–42, 195
groupies and, 77–78
High ‘n’ Dry album, 53, 60
High ‘n’ Dry tour, 74
Hysteria album, 44, 59, 60, 78, 95, 97–99, 102–10, 112–15, 120–25, 127, 135, 144, 150, 156, 193, 199
Hysteria album promo in Australia, 141, 150–51
Hysteria tour, 115–25
“in the round” presentation by, 115–20, 123–24, 142, 150
KISS tour, 198–99
Lange’s influence on, 60
Las Vegas shows and, 193–95
management of, 45, 80–81, 90, 158, 172–73
Mirrorball album, 159
MTV and, 61, 62, 76, 79, 114
Pyromania album, 55, 59, 60, 62, 65–71, 73–78, 80, 85, 88, 89, 95, 97, 113, 115, 123
Pyromania tour, 70–73, 76–89, 95, 100
reviews of, 65–66, 69, 70, 113, 115
Rock of Ages album, 171
Rock of Ages tour, 187
Slang album, 147–50, 155, 199
Slang tour, 141, 150–51
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge album, 175, 178–79
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge tour, 176, 178–82
Squier tour, 66, 73–75
Taylor Swift and, 175–76, 180
touring bus rules of, 80
Union Jack insignias of, 64, 74, 82
Vault album, 149
videos by, 62–65, 74, 82, 114, 121–22
X album, 160–61
X tour, 165
Yeah! album, 173, 179
Yeah! tour, 173, 175
DeLeo, Dean, 197
DeLeo, Robert, 197–98
Delta Deep, 173, 179, 191–93, 196–98, 200, 201
Delta Deep album, 201
Dewing, Garry, 17
Di Meola, Al, 16, 35, 39
Dial MTV show, 121
Diamond Award ceremony, 156
Di’Anno, Paul, 51
DiCioccio, Tony, 122, 131
Dickinson, Bruce, 48
Dio, 138
Disco, 20
“Do You Love Me?,” 49
“Doctor Doctor,” 36
Doctor Dot, 82
Donington Festival, Ireland, 106
Dorfsman, Neil, 99
Doris (girlfriend of Ken Collen), 22, 164
Dorothy, Aunt, 2, 6
“Down in the Delta,” 196–97
Download Festival, Ireland, 180, 185
Duke, George, 39
Dumb Blondes, 28–35, 38
Duran Duran, 62, 65, 86
Dylan, Bob, 170, 171
Ekland, Britt, 36, 42, 48
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 163, 206
Elliott, Cindy, 48, 50, 63
Elliott, Joe, 34, 47–51, 53–56, 63, 64, 66–67, 69–71, 74, 86, 87, 91, 96, 104, 108–9, 114, 115, 119, 124, 129, 133–34, 138, 140, 145, 154, 161, 168, 172, 193. See also Def Leppard
Eminem, 158
Emotions in Motion (Billy Squier), 66, 73
Epting, Chris, 191, 192, 197, 198
Euphoria album (Def Leppard), 154, 155, 157
Euphoria tour, 157–59
The Eurythmics, 92
“Everybody Wants You,” 66
Faithfull, Marianne, 21
The Fixx, 98
Fleetwood Mac, 79, 159
“Foolin’,” 53, 82
Ford, Lita, 187
Foreigner, 60, 70, 113
Forks Over Knives (documentary), 188
Frampton, Peter, 43
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, 98
Franklin, Aretha, 7, 198, 201
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, 139–40
Frederiksen, Marti, 161
Fricke, David, 65–66
Frieda, Nigel, 51
Gadd, Steve, 197
Gandhi, Mahatma, 207
Gaynor, Dave, 40
Genesis, 20, 105
Gerson, Charlotte, 190–91
Gerson, Max, 190
Gerson Institute, 190–91
Gibbons, Billy, 89
Gibson SG guitar, 15, 198
Gillan, Ian, 11
Girl, 10, 16, 28, 34–45, 47–49, 51–52, 54–58, 69, 140, 169, 183
Glencoe (crap name, crap band), 11
Glover, Roger, 11
Goldfinger (film), 176
“Good Morning Freedom,” 194, 195
The Go-Go’s, 61
Goubier, Jean-Noël, 196
Graham, Bryson, 43
Grammy Award, 156
Grandmaster Flash, 109
Green, Nigel, 99, 102
Green, Peter, 79
Green, Trudy, 172
Grundy, Bill, 19
“Guilty,” 155
Guinness World Record, 149
Guitar Album, The, 15, 198
Guns N’ Roses, 140
Halfin, Ross, 41, 188–89
Hammersmith Odeon, London, 165, 183
Harris, “Whispering” Bob, 10
Harrison, George, 6, 43
Hawkwind, 13
Hector, Wayne, 161
Help! (film), 61
Hendrix, Jimi, 7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 21, 39, 52, 171, 207
Henley, Don, 159
Hepting, Jeff, 28
Hewer, Steve, 13
High ‘n’ Dry album (Def Leppard), 53, 60
High ‘n’ Dry tour, 74
“Highway Star,” 12
Hill, Faith, 175
Hiroshima, 209
Hit Parade, 70
Hitchcock, Alfred, 61
HK Management, 172–73
Hole, 155
Holiday, Billie, 201
Holly, Buddy, 143
“Hollywood Tease,” 35, 41
Horn, Trevor, 99
Human League, 50
Humble Pie, 10, 193
Hunter, Ian, 140, 145
Hussein, Saddam, 162
“Hysteria,” 120
Hysteria album (Def Leppard), 45, 59, 60, 78, 95, 97–99, 102–10, 112–15, 120–25, 127, 135, 144, 150, 156, 193, 199
Hysteria tour, 115–25
I, Superbiker (documentary), 185
“I C U in Everything,” 183
“I Got You, Babe,” 21
“I Love Rock ‘n Roll,” 61
Idol, Billy, 34, 61, 74, 79
Iggy Pop, 19
Ilibagiza, Immaculée, 203–4
India.Arie, 197
INXS, 79, 98
Iron Maiden, 29, 37, 48, 51, 52, 65, 89, 108, 138
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 148
“Italian Shoes,” 107
“It’s Only Love,” 155
iTunes, 81
Jackson, Greg, 207
Jackson, Michael, 74, 79, 85, 97, 98, 156
Jackson guitars, 189
Jagger, Mick, 25, 106–7
Jamerson, James, 198
Japan (band), 38, 48
“Jeremy,” 136
Jet Records, 37, 45
Jett, Joan, 61
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 170
Joe Sample and the Crusaders, 197
Joel, Billy, 156
John, Elton, 112–13, 140, 156
John Paul II, Pope, 191
Jon Butcher Axis, 78
Jones, Grace, 41
Jones, Joe, 207
Jones, Quincy, 99
Journey, 110, 173, 174, 176, 179
Judas Priest, 65
Junor, George, 27
Kamilah (girlfriend of Phil Collen), 169, 171, 180
Kaufman, Howard, 172, 173
Kemp, Gary, 103
/>
Kilmister, Lemmy, 34
King, B. B., 15–16, 201
King, Robert, 186
King, Rodney, 135
The Kinks, 7, 18
KISS, 31, 49, 51, 198
Kobayashi, Mike, 172–73
Krokus, 78
Ladanyi, Greg, 159, 179
Laffy, Gerry, 34–36, 39, 40, 42
Laffy, Simon, 39–40, 167, 169–71, 183, 185, 193
Laker, Sir Freddie, 24
Lange, Robert John “Mutt,” 45, 53–55, 58–60, 63, 65, 66, 70, 95, 97–99, 102, 105, 108–10, 112, 113, 127, 131, 154–55, 175
Lashley, Nick, 138
Learn, Mike, 191
Led Zeppelin, 8, 14, 20, 37, 48, 69, 123, 124, 132, 156, 173, 198, 199, 201
Lee, Bruce, 207
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust (Ilibagiza), 204
Lennon, John, 6
Lewis, Phil, 34–36, 40, 42, 44, 48–51, 176
Liam (tour manager), 38
“Like a Rolling Stone,” 7
Ling, Dave, 69
Linkin Park, 171
Little Richard, 9
Live Nation, 180
Lord, Jon, 11
Los Angeles riots, 135, 137
Love, Courtney, 155
Love, Roger, 138
Love Supreme, A (Coltrane), 207
Loverboy, 120, 151, 160
Lucas, Huey, 138
Lucy (band), 21
“Lucille,” 12
Lucy, Joe, 29
Lynyrd Skynyrd, 143
MacInnes, Colin, 7
MacMahon, Phay, 116–18
Maddock, Peter, 45
Made in Japan (Deep Purple), 12
Mallet, David, 62–63, 82
Manraze, 169–71, 173, 180, 182–86, 193
Marley, Bob, 10
Marquee Club, London, 21, 34, 37, 44, 67, 68
Marriott, Steve, 10, 29, 193
May, Brian, 72, 83–84, 139, 140
Mazzonelli, Valerie, 91, 94–95
McCartney, Paul, 6
McDonnell, Ger, 171, 185, 186
McGraw, Tim, 175
McHugh, Ronan, 179, 182
Meader, Brian, 183
Meat Loaf, 99
Melody Maker, 34, 35
Mensch, Peter, 45, 53, 55, 80–81, 91, 100, 115, 116, 131, 155–56, 158, 194
Mercury, Freddie, 66, 139–40
Mercury Phoenix Trust AIDS charity organization, 139
Mercury Records, 149
Metal Hammer magazine, 113
Metallica, 140, 156
Michele (girlfriend of Phil Collen), 164, 166, 168–69, 183
Miles, Tony, 27
Mink DeVille, 107–8
Miriam (girlfriend of Phil Collen), 100
Mirrorball album (Def Leppard), 159
“Miss Me,” 192, 197
Mogg, Phil, 40
Moncrief, Scott, 196
Money, Eddie, 84
Monique (girlfriend of Phil Collen), 91
Monkberry’s, London, 36, 41
Moore, Gary, 78–79
Moosejaw, 18
Morissette, Alanis, 138
Mork & Mindy (television show), 205
Mortimer, Malvin, 58–59, 66–68, 104, 106, 114
Mötley Crüe, 84, 186
Motörhead, 34, 65, 89
Mott the Hoople, 14
MTV, 61, 62, 71, 74, 76, 79, 82, 113, 114, 120, 122
Music Machine, London, 34, 38, 47, 48
“My Generation,” 7
“My Number,” 35, 39, 42
Nagasaki, 209
Nelson, Bill, 145
Nelson, Willie, 171
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 19–20
New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), 37
New York Dolls, 19, 38, 50
“Nine Lives,” 175, 179
1984 (Orwell), 20
Nirvana, 136, 171
Norris, Cliff Sr., 28
NSYNC, 155
Old Grey Whistle Test, The (television show), 9–10, 42, 48, 76
Omagh, Northern Ireland, 155
Orwell, George, 20
Osbourne, Ozzy, 50, 73
Osbourne, Sharon, 37
Ozzy Osbourne and the Scorpions, 73
Page, Jimmy, 16, 59, 72–73, 156
Paice, Ian, 11
“Paper Sun,” 155
Pearl Jam, 136
Peel, John, 41
Phillips, Simon, 107
“Photograph,” 52, 61–63, 66, 73, 82, 85
Pickett, Wilson, 192
“Pigs on the Wing,” 61
Pilger, John, 162
Pink Floyd, 7, 20, 21, 61
Pirate radio, 6–7
Plant, Robert, 123–24
Poison, 187
The Police, 34, 39, 74, 98, 170, 171
“Pour Some Sugar on Me,” 109–10, 114, 121, 187
The Pretenders, 92
Priest, Steve, 168
Primitive Cool (Mick Jagger), 106–7
Prince, 75, 98, 156
“Private Number,” 179
Profile Typesetting, 21, 26
“Promises,” 153, 155, 157
Pruess, Craig, 147
Public Enemy, 109
punkfunkrootsrock (Manraze), 183, 185–86
Pyromania (Def Leppard), 55, 59, 60, 62, 65–71, 73, 75–78, 80, 85, 88, 89, 95, 97, 113, 115, 123
Pyromania tour, 70–73, 76–89, 95, 100
Q Prime Management, 122, 158, 171, 172, 187
Queen, 14, 44, 60, 66, 83, 110, 139, 140, 145, 173
“Queen Bitch,” 10
Queensrÿche, 117
Radio Luxembourg, 7
Radiohead, 185
“Rainbow in the Dark,” 138
The Ramones, 19
Real IRA, 155
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 156
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 147
Remains of the Day, The (Ishiguro), 148
Reno, Mike, 160
Rich, Jeff, 105–6
Richards, Keith, 25
Riviere, Rudi, 17, 29–30, 167, 197, 203
Robertson, Brian, 69
Robinson, Forrest, 197–98
“Rock and Roll,” 14, 69
“Rock of Ages,” 53, 61, 63, 64, 69, 82, 85, 187
Rock of Ages album (Def Leppard), 171
Rock of Ages (movie), 187
“Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop),” 53
“Rocket,” 124
Rogers, Mike, 104
The Rolling Stones, 7, 8, 18, 20, 21, 90, 134, 173, 199, 201
Rolling Stone magazine, 65–66, 137, 175
Ronson, Mick, 9, 10, 14, 16, 140, 145
Rosie, Aunt, 2
Ross, Diana, 51
Rotten, Johnny, 20
Run-D.M.C., 98, 109
Rundgren, Todd, 99
Rwanda, 203–4
Sabotage (film), 61
Saint, Gary, 5, 27
Sample, Joe, 197
Samson, 48
Sant Mat, 210
“Satisfaction,” 7
Savage, Ken, 148
Savage, Rick, 47, 61, 67, 71, 74, 84, 91, 96, 103, 124, 138, 143, 148. See also Def Leppard
Saxon, 37
Schenker, Michael, 28
Schon, Neal, 173
The Scorpions, 73
Scott, Bon, 34, 102
Seagoat, 27
Secunda, Danny, 45
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 161–63
The Sex Pistols, 19–20, 34, 64, 136, 169, 171, 183, 185
Shankman, Adam, 187
Shaq (dog), 178
Shawyana (girlfriend of Phil Collen), 178, 180–82
Sheer Greed (Girl), 16, 39, 42
Shellist, Lorelei, 91, 94–95
Shipley, Mike, 110, 112, 127, 147
Shorts, Liz, 41, 56–58, 94–95, 111–12, 126, 152–54, 161, 166, 169
Shrimpton, Jean, 7
“Silver Machine,” 13
Simmon
s, Gene, 51, 198
Simmons, Hattie, 184
Simple Minds, 92
Sinatra, Frank, 115
Singer, Eric, 198
Sklar, Leland, 105
“Sky Show VIII,” 84
Slade, 13, 31
Slang album (Def Leppard), 147–50, 155, 199–200
Slang tour, 141, 150–51
Sledgehammer, 49
Sloper, Mark, 185, 186
Sly and the Family Stone, 201
The Small Faces, 7, 18, 29
Smith, Adrian, 52, 138
Smith, Brandon, 152
Smith, Donna, 151–52, 160
Smith, Scott, 120, 151–52, 160
Smith, Spencer, 152
“Smoke on the Water,” 12
Sollas, Vernon, 28
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge album (Def Leppard), 175, 178–79
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge tour, 176, 178–82
Sotloff, Steven, 205
Soul Train (television show), 25
Soundgarden, 147
Sounds, 69
“Space Truckin’,” 12
Spandau Ballet, 72, 103, 140
Spears, Britney, 155
Spiders from Mars, 8, 13, 145
“Spiders Web,” 35
Spooky Tooth, 43
Sportin’ Life (Mink DeVille), 107
Squier, Billy, 66, 73, 74, 78, 84
“Stagefright,” 53, 55, 117
Stanley, Paul, 198
Starr, Ringo, 6
Status Quo, 29, 105, 106
Steinman, Jim, 99, 108
Stern, Howard, 157
Steve Marriott and Humble Pie, 10, 193
Stewart, Rod, 48, 90
Sting, 126
“Stone Fox Chase,” 9
The Stone Temple Pilots, 147, 197–98
Strange, Steve, 91
Stratton, Dennis, 51
“Stroke, The,” 73
Styx, 60, 180
Surreal album (Manraze), 171, 184–85
Sweet, 31
“Sweet Sixteen,” 15
The Sweet, 168
Swift, Taylor, 175–76, 180
Sykes, John, 138
T. Rex, 9, 13, 30, 37, 173
“Take on the World,” 186
Talking Heads, 92
Taylor, John, 86
Taylor, Kim, 8
Taylor, Pat, 8
Taylor, Roger Meddows, 66, 145
Taylor Roger Andrew, 86
Thayer, Tommy, 198
Thin Lizzy, 44, 69, 72, 78
This Is Spinal Tap (film), 64, 72
Thoener, Dave, 99
Thompson, Chester, 105
Thompson Twins, 50
Thriller (Michael Jackson), 74–75, 85, 97, 98
Tickton, Mickey, 27
“Too Late,” 53
“Too Rolling Stoned,” 27
Top of the Pops, 8, 41–42
Torres, Tony, 17
“Travelin’ Band,” 69, 83
Travers, Pat, 48
Tree, Penelope, 7
Trixter, 198
Trower, Robin, 28
“Turn It Up,” 185
“Turn to Dust,” 147
Turner, Tina, 193
Tush, 27–28
Twain, Shania, 175
Twiggy, 7
Tyler, Doris, 42
U2, 79
UFO, 39, 41, 42, 49
Urban Bush Women, 207
Uriah Heep, 32, 78, 84