Cool Vivian Campbell footage at G.I.T. in 89.

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Soldano and Tom Anderson and Gibson. Nice combinations for sure.
 
This was his Riverdogs era...height of his playing IMO. Not to mention that first Riverdogs album is fantastic. That said he can still lay waste to Collen. He's just head and shoulders better than Collen as a player but not his role in Def Lepp.
 
Youtube screenshot from an old rundown video he did back then. Custom single channel rack SLO...

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Depends on what his talents are supposed to be, I guess, he´s been pretty open about not being the shredder he was but has also mentioned plenty of times that he is a better musician, writer and singer now than he was thirty years ago. Def Leppard is 80% of his pro career and half his life at this point, so I don´t think he regrets the compromise that much. On that note I always wonder what would have happened if Blue Murder-era John Sykes had stepped in after Steve Clark died, as was intended at the time, but I doubt he would have stuck around all these years considering what a recluse he´s been.
 
Dave L said:
Depends on what his talents are supposed to be, I guess, he´s been pretty open about not being the shredder he was but has also mentioned plenty of times that he is a better musician, writer and singer now than he was thirty years ago. Def Leppard is 80% of his pro career and half his life at this point, so I don´t think he regrets the compromise that much. On that note I always wonder what would have happened if Blue Murder-era John Sykes had stepped in after Steve Clark died, as was intended at the time, but I doubt he would have stuck around all these years considering what a recluse he´s been.
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I am pretty sure he does not regret cashing all those checks over the years being a hired hand pretty much. Def Leppard stopped making real music a long time ago. I agree - he destroys Phil Collen all day long on guitar but that is not what they pay him for really.

Sykes in Def Leppard is an intriguing thought. I doubt it would have worked though. If he felt like it I think he could have fit in but he seems to me (from interviews) that he is more of his own man and probably would not last long playing rhythm in that band.
 
jabps said:
This was his Riverdogs era...height of his playing IMO. Not to mention that first Riverdogs album is fantastic. That said he can still lay waste to Collen. He's just head and shoulders better than Collen as a player but not his role in Def Lepp.
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I loved his phrasing in particular on that first Riverdogs album, just perfect!
 
ccn said:
He had some excellent solo's when he played with Dio .
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IMO those first three Dio albums, especially Holy Diver don't work without Viv. Viv was right place, right time for RJD.

He knows his role in Def Lep and that's provided him a fine living for 30 years. Obviously though he wanted to step out and have some fun and that's what Last in Line is for. Sykes in Lep, doubt that would have lasted long. I can see Viv saying time to take a back seat considering the Whitesnake experience but not with Sykes, he would have just been too much for those guys to handle.

As for Collen is decent when he's actually playing instead of that crap little slurred speed lick he does constantly. He has some melody to his playing but for whatever reason he fancy's himself a shredder and it's just...pathetic really.
 
I love me some VC thanks for sharing very cool video!
 
paulyc said:
His talents are wasted in Def Leppard.
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I cant agree with this more. Every friggin rig rundown vid with Phil he sounds like a kid in GC on a Saturday afternoon trying to play fast but just cant. Its pretty painful. Dude needs to trade his bottle of baby oil for a Mel Bay book!
 
espquade said:
Makes me wish I could travel back in time to 89 myself. I was 18 at that time ... miss those days.
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I remember about this time.. Viv tried to pick up my best friend's sister at a club in Little Rock. She asked me the next day if I had ever heard of him because she didn't know who he was and didn't care but knew I listened to that music. He told her he was a famous guitarist and showed her his limo and gave her an album and some autographed pics but she still wouldn't go with him.
 
Dave L said:
Depends on what his talents are supposed to be, I guess, he´s been pretty open about not being the shredder he was but has also mentioned plenty of times that he is a better musician, writer and singer now than he was thirty years ago. Def Leppard is 80% of his pro career and half his life at this point, so I don´t think he regrets the compromise that much. On that note I always wonder what would have happened if Blue Murder-era John Sykes had stepped in after Steve Clark died, as was intended at the time, but I doubt he would have stuck around all these years considering what a recluse he´s been.
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He can still shred, no doubt about it. Idk wtf he’s talking about.
 
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