Steve Clark Musical artist

Stephen Maynard Clark (23 April 1960 – 8 January 1991) was an English musician best known as the co-lead guitarist and a principal songwriter for the British hard rock band, Def Leppard, until his 1991 death from an overdose brought on by a combination of multiple prescription drugs and alcohol. In 2007, Clark was ranked No. 11 on Classic Rock Magazine's "100 Wildest Guitar Heroes".

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 23, 1960
Birth place
Hillsborough Sheffield , Sheffield
Date of deathJanuary 08, 1991
Place of death
London

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Musical artist

Career started1978
Career ended1991
associated musical artist
Def Leppard
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Heavy metal music
Hard rock
instrument
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul
Gibson EDS-1275
Backing vocalist
Gibson Firebird
record label
Mercury Records
Island Records

Steve Clark on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.defleppard.com/the-band/steve-clark
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=5593&page=gr
  3. http://www.geocities.com/clarky0423/index.html
  4. http://www.steveclarkguitar.com