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Phil Collen is a British guitarist, songwriter, musician, and singer born Philip Kenneth Collen on 8 December 1957 in Hackney Central, London. He is a member of the hard rock band Def Leppard and has worked with Mercury Records. His musical style encompasses hard rock, traditional heavy metal, and glam metal. Collen began his work period in 1974 and plays the guitar.
He is a vegan and speaks English. Among his notable works is the album *Adrenalized*. He has been associated in business or sport with Steve Clark. His copyright representative is PRS for Music.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 December 1957
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Adrenalized
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Hackney, London, England, UK
Philip Kenneth "Phil" Collen (born 8 December 1957) is the co-lead guitarist and one of the backing vocalists for English rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 following the departure of Pete Willis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Collen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger — Self2025
- Def Leppard Radio 2 in the Park 2025 — Himself2025
- Def Leppard: Diamond Star Heroes - Live From Sheffield — Guitar / Backing Vocals2025
- Def Leppard: Pyromania 40 — Guitar2024
- Def Leppard - Live at The Leadmill2023
- Bank of Dave — Self2023
- Def Leppard: One Night Only - Live At The Leadmill — Guitar2023
- Def Leppard at The Whisky a Go Go2022
- Def Leppard: Hysteria at The O2 2018 — Himself2020
- Def Leppard 'Hits Vegas' Live At Planet Hollywood 20202020
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1957
Member of
- Girl1979–1982
- Def Leppardsince 1982
- MANRAZEsince 2004
- G32018–2018
- Stumpus Maximus & the Good Ol’ Boys
- Cybernauts
- Delta Deep
- The Hippies From Hell
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,147
- Total plays
- 8,546
Tags
Philip Kenneth Collen (born December 8, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is the lead guitarist for English rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 following the firing of Pete Willis. Not to be confused with Phil Collins from the band Genesis ollen was born in Hackney, East London, England. Because of this region, he speaks with a Cockney accent. At the age of 16, Phil got his first guitar (a red Gibson SG), taught himself how to play, and left school to pursue a career in music
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,783x
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· 2005 · cited 12,253x
- Overview of the<i>CCP</i>4 suite and current developments
· 2011 · cited 11,953x
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· 2011 · cited 5,035x
- Base-Calling of Automated Sequencer Traces Using<i>Phred.</i> I. Accuracy Assessment
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Quotes
- “Playing in shows all around the world takes tons of energy. Being a vegetarian has made a huge difference. Not only is a vegetarian lifestyle healthier, it's better for the animals and for the environment. And no matter where you find yourself on the planet, you can always find a great veggie meal.”
- “Thirty-two years ago, I became a vegetarian. I always thought it was a bit weird eating dead bodies even though my parents said it was all right. But I saw "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," and that did it. In the movie, they're doing the same thing to people that they do to animals, and so I gradually got off eating meat.... The health thing came way later. Veganism came four years ago, and it was more of a health decision.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kenneth
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hackney Central
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- glam metal
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Mercury Records
- Official website
- www.defleppard.com/member/phil-collen
- Image
- Phil Collen in Australia.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Phil Collen
- date of birth
- 1957-12-08
- birth name
- Philip Kenneth Collen
- name in native language
- Phil Collen
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- lifestyle
- veganism
- partner in business or sport
- Steve Clark
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