Stephen Clark(1960-1991)
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Guitar player and one of the original members of
Def Leppard from 1977 until his death in
1991, Steve Clark was considered to be lightning in a bottle. He
auditioned for the band wearing his guitar two notches too low, playing
the guitar solo from Lynyrd Skynyrd's
"Freebird". He adored the audience interaction and was a deeply
troubled man. Steve had a severely disapproving father who never
approved of his musician ambitions. The depression that came from that
led Stephen to drink heavily. He died of complications arising from
severe alcoholism at age 30.
