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- Peter Andrew Willis (born 16 February 1960) is an English guitarist, best known as a founder member of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He was with Def Leppard from 1977 to 1982, when he was fired from the band and replaced by Phil Collen due to drinking problems.
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Peter Andrew Willis (born 16 February 1960) is an English guitarist, best known as a founder member of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He was with Def Leppard from 1977 to 1982, when he was fired from the band and replaced by Phil Collen due to drinking problems.
Oct 10, 2018 · DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott has told Billboard that he was pleased to learn that original guitarist Pete Willis, who was fired after the band's second album, was included in the list of...
Jun 27, 2017 · Everything seemed hopeful for Pete Willis at the end of the 70s. The future was open and bright as Def Leppard, the band that he formed together with Rick Savage and Joe Elliott, had inked a deal with Phonogram/Vertigo and the way to the top laid down ahead of him.
Jul 16, 2020 · Namely the band’s two wildfire guitarists: co-founder Pete Willis, and Steve Clark. The former was a super-solid rhythm player whose essentially shy character – happy to hide on stage behind curtains of dark hair – and diminutive stature belied an equally short temper, especially when he’d been drinking, something that was already ...
Original Def Leppard guitarist Pete Willis was fired from the band in London, England on this day in 1982. Pete had been drinking way too much during the making of the Pyromania album.
Sep 24, 2023 · Guitarist Pete Wills had remarked that ‘bludgeon riffola’ sounded like canned Italian food. The joke stuck. The Def Leppard E.P. was released in January 1979, and within a week, all one thousand copies sold out.
Def Leppard's original guitarist Pete Willis is celebrating his 60th birthday today in Sheffield, England. Pete formed local Sheffield band Atomic Mass with Rick Savage and drummer Tony Kenning which went on to become Def Leppard in 1977.
