🎸 BETRAYAL, CLASHES & The Price of FAME! 💔 The REAL Vivian Campbell Story🤘(Short Rockumentary)

[@jamesjordan-davies2704]

This is a guitarist that should have a greater amount of recognition, the playing on those first 3 Dio albums alone is incredible for a lad in his early 20s, and his CV is superb, I love Viv’s playing, and he took on the role of another legend in Steve Clark, playing those unique riffs and solos with a massive amount of respect and excellence ❤

[@robert.m4676]

I got to see Vivian on the Holy Diver tour. It was so incredible especially for a 16 year old metal head!🤘🏻

[@chrislebon5927]

Saw him on the Last in Line tour in Alaska. Jumped a fence at the radio station to meet Vivian and Dio. Two of the nicest guys a fan could ever meet....

[@DrScaryTNC]

Shadow King was one of the best records no one ever heard. Viv at his best. If you haven’t heard it please go check it out

[@EllisonLowrimore]

Saw Vivian with Dio on Last In Line and Sacred Heart tours!! He’s beyond awesome! 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@Ricky-Jones-1979]

Vivian Campbell is that special kind of guitarist that fits in wherever he is!!!! He has that kind of style that is rooted more into the D.N.A. of the late Gary Moore (rock period) than say with his now sparing partner Phil Collen who has more of a U.S.A flavour in his playing which means everything they do together has everything covered,& now Vivian has moved back too Gibson Les Paul's he is now home again as these work for him (Phil Collen is the perfect guy for the Floyd Rose super strat!!!!!) & let's not forget that Vivian can sing too which in Def Leppard is a must!!!!! But it is impossible too say which Vivian era is the best seeing as he has been around so long & although he was amazing as a young guy,now he is older he has matured & writes music which as a young man wouldn't have been in him!!!!!!!!!! I love the work of the late Steve Clark,but Vivian fits perfectly in Def Leppard even though he is closer too Phil Collen's fire power,but because of his slightly different style it blends!!!!!!

[@leeaycock8602]

Viv is the Shit!! His Dio days were epic, and Def couldn't have picked a better replacement. And while I'm still mad about Sykes' outing, he was a Fab replacement for him on the road with Whitesnake.

[@joemartucci4786]

Had the pleasure of meeting Viv & Jimmy Bain at a local club when they were on tour with Dio. They were with their body guard the flying Hawaiian Kimo all great guys gave me tickets & passes to their show the following night.

[@michaelboyle5805]

Another case of the singer's wife managing the band. AKA Sharon Osborne 😂

[@normatible9795]

Whats wrong with that? Sharon has to oversee Ozzy as he us uncontrollable and wild and crazy, he can murder someone you know so it is best for hert to just manage the band and the frontman singer after all Sharon never stole money and bankrupted the band like the manager of Badfinger , the beatles before that manager was fired, the manager of Little River Band ( correct me if im wrong please as i just read all these thru the years and my opinion might not be rifght you know). Thanks

[@Mandrahale]

1983 Vivian Campbell was mind blowing. I rewatched “A Special from the Spectrum”. His guitar work in that show was incredible. Wished they stayed together with Ronnie.

[@rcknrllfreak]

The reason Viv was fired from Dio was bcuz the band agreed to take a salary from Dio, bcuz he was broke, and they agreed w/ Ronnie on future royalties/ownership of the Dio band name w/ Ron on a handshake deal and when Ron went to Wendy after the 1st two albums to give them that, she refused. They never got a raise for Sacred Heart so he was done at that point

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

The only part you got wrong is Ronnie going to Wendy! Ronnie was lied to & it caused I separation for a while between Ronnie & Wendy!

[@kravin74]

Holy Diver is one of those albums that every single song is great! That is one of the best metal albums ever!

[@Blimpus]

You are one class act Viv, Thank you for great music my friend

[@mr.z6776]

Viv did tour for the 1987-album, he was fired when they began writing for for the Slip-of the tongue-album.

[@CraigMorris-e3u]

In my opinion nothing tops his work on holy diver with Dio what are incredible album. Straight through the heart, invisible, holy diver incredible guitar playing. Great rifts in the rock and roll community. In my opinion he's a lot greater than a lot of the other more famous guitarists than he was... I'm old and to this day I still jam holy diver album as loud as I want all the time.. Mr Campbell must realize that he has a great influence on a lot of rock and roll players more than he will ever know. Thank you for giving us your music in for sharing God bless you and your family

[@Netmover]

Last in line was phenomenal too

[@Mark-oy9lw]

Would have loved viv to record with whitesnake. He’s a fantastic guitarist. His work with the riverdogs is amazing

[@What11235]

Love Viv! Great playing and nice soul.

[@leocadena6844]

Dio and Def Leppard are the best and well known highlights to me. Great talent!

[@PickettMusic]

My favorite solo by him is on 'To Be Alive' by Def Lep.

[@Shredward-dl2gp]

There is s special place in hell for anyone who would want a person to work for free while collecting all of the glory for themselves. That said Vivian could never replace Sykes or Steve Clark

[@AaronLawson-fv7yd]

One of my favorite guitar players

[@qfiona]

Ok Viv did tour for the 87 album he didn’t play on the album

[@stuh1975]

Yeah, from what I remember, the only recorded work Vivian did with Whitesnake was a guitar solo for the remixed single version of Give Me All Your Love. He didn't do anything on the 1987 album though.

[@donaldroberts7242]

He was definitely on the 1987 tour, I saw them when Whitesnake opened for Motley Crue

[@michaelboyle5805]

He didn't play at the Monsters of Rock, at Donnington August 1987.

[@Matthias69-du7so]

Vivian is a great guitar player. But I followed his carrier for a long time, and he always ways known for knocking other musicians and persons around him, such as John Sykes, Yngwie, Dio, Coverdale, and so on. So talent not always goes along with character and humanity.

[@heavymetalhero08]

I can understand Dio and Coverdale, but Sykes and Yngwie not so much? Why ?

[@kathybullock8998]

I loved his time in Shadow King. He wrote a lot with Lou and they were great!!

[@morriganmoonglow2712]

Agree, so freaking good

[@patrickmoreau7592]

I’ve met Vivian a few times He is a real nice guy And still is a great guitar player

[@phantomf4747]

I saw Dio from row one once. Vivian is AMAZING, By far my favorite era.

[@RockinExperience]

I get hang out with him when he plays with Last in Line (the band) with Vinny Appice, Phil Sausson, and Andrew Freeman. I do some promoting for them. He's always been super cool. He autographed everything I have with him on it. Two items, he's signed twice! Hoping they'll recommit to a canceled show sometime next year after his latest tour with Def Leppard.

[@greghart4216]

Another reason to love Leppard.. they stuck with rick after arm loss and let Vivian have an influence because he's part of a true band

[@jamesdelaney3797]

It's OK if you like DL. It's not like it makes you homo

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Viv can’t play certain songs in their catalog! He has admitted on Def Leppard’s own behind the tour videos that he can’t! It’s just showing that Def Leppard doesn’t care about the music nor giving the fans an honest show by not playing those songs!

[@jamesdelaney3797]

@@greghart4216 It's nice you like DL. I don't think it makes you homo. Does it?

[@Stufftowatch21]

I saw Viv on holy diver & last in line tour, he shredded axe metal god 🤘🤘

[@GuitarsOK]

I loved Riverdogs (rob lamothe and Vivian), but all of Vivian’s stuff is great

[@louiefourie267]

Tenure with DIO, above it all. Shadowking, great yet sadly short!

[@nickmarks8304]

Apparently Dio was only paying Vivian about $100 a week,, if that’s true l wouldn’t be happy at all,

[@Michael-vb5qb]

I will always consider David Gilmore The most emotional guitar slinger on this planet

[@2DclanSnipingTeam]

RiverDogs first album is amazing!

[@koco5828]

Def Leppard definitely

[@247Therocker]

His time in Dio and when he was a member of Thin Lizzy

[@RODE2112]

5. All of the above.

[@NealVio]

IMO Vivian belongs in Dio. The folks in the Dio camp learned very early that getting rid of a great songwriter/lead guitar player is a very risky move that could hurt the entire project. Similar to getting rid of the lead singer/songwriter. Over and over again I see the same problem and it takes years, if not decades to recover.

[@bb-gc2tx]

vivian needed to realize it was ronnies band not his. dio gave him his start he should be thankful

[@algrundau9441]

Interesting to watch HEAR N AID "We Are Stars"......The LAST thing Ronnie and Viv recorded together.....And Campbell's replacement Craig Goldy sitting in the studio right next to Ronnie.

[@jonhawkins2374]

Wendy DIO was a bad self centered manager.

[@getondese]

The Dio era🤘🤘

[@heavymetalhero08]

Adrian wasn't on the level of Vivian and nowhere near the same realm as Sykes, so he was totally content just being a hired gun. Coverdale apparently didn't have the musical fortitude to recognize the blessing of Sykes, so he lost out on multiple bigtime albums that they could have made until grunge hit. Vivan has always seemed to be a genuine guy. Glad he landed with Def Leppard.. he fits in great there

[@floydburney6060]

...... Dio made Cambell, but RJD was a cock to work for since he adopted way too much of the Sharon Osbourn music business style while in Black Sabbath.

[@chariotstar6775]

Love him in Def Leppard

[@fumanpoo4725]

Dio and Ozzy typically paid their slaves $250 per week and a per diem of $5 and a package of frozen sliders.

[@timwhite5562]

Sounds like those good actors that always pick bad roles. With him it's more about choosing the wrong personalities with whom to collaborate.

[@caracarter3905]

I am hearing a lot about "wives "

[@caracarter3905]

The mention of "wives" makes me think of Janine in "Spinal Tap" !

[@DrScott666]

I met Vivian, Vinny, and Vinny's wife before a show... They were all so nice! Dio and Wendy were mean to him. Dio stole his Sweet Savage riffs that became Holy Diver w no writing credit. Costing 17 year old Vivian millions of dollars!

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

So you are taking what one man said as facts while the other side has been deceased for 14 years! Fact is, Ronnie didn’t lie, some on his team didn’t tell Ronnie what THEY were doing!

[@DrScott666]

@@GNewcomb-q9v I never ever said I discussed those things w Vivian! 🤷‍♂️ It's a well known fact that established artists especially in the 80's stole writing credits. Look at Ozzy's entire solo career. Guy couldn't write a Hallmark card forget an entire song... But yet he's got all those songs writing credits. So yeah I believe guys like Jake E Lee and Vivian Campbell especially when there are demo tapes of Vivian's original band to back it up!

[@andresferbu]

What a waste of talent. After Dio he done nothing relevant. Has he? Name one great song, riff or solo in Def Leppard written by Viv.

[@RandyFricke]

Sounds like RJD had LSD. Lead Singer Disease.

[@josephrusso7069]

Dio and Viv created metal magic.

[@holgereckstein]

1. Dio

[@doctordetroit4339]

How Viv is not in the HOF for Dio alone is a disgrace.......and when money and fame comes....the mask comes off. Viv got taken like pretty much all artists have......

[@christopherviveros9740]

Era's. Dió and shadow king

[@Jm-Gonz]

Dip and Wendy learned everything they need to know from Izzy and Sharon There are ruthless greedy people in every industry that are willing to destroy any relationship or partnership to make more money

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Wanna lie some more? Ronnie did not like Sharon & him & OZZY, (not Izzy) were never close! Hell, OZZY did Speak Of The Devil as Sabbath only songs to get back at Ronnie & his former band! Best thing you can do is stop listening to other liars like this channel! They claim Viv played on an album that he in fact never played on! When Ronnie put the band Dio together, he had a deal with the members! The problem is, some people behind Ronnie were the ones doing dirty & lying to Ronnie about it! It caused an actual separation between Ronnie & Windy for a while! Get facts from the actual sources, from their own mouths instead of KZbinrs who only care about clicks & not facts!

[@davidcottone2700]

Viv was only on whitesnake 87 videos that's it a stand in as well as def leppard adrenalize video minus let's get rocked nothing viv did showed he did any music on his own

[@KingBeevr]

I love Vivian Campbell and his story is pretty awesome. But I just can't with these videos that have the AI reading a script and pausing in the most awkward spots. Sorry.

[@GrampsD63]

The only time I saw Viv was with Dio when they opened up for Aerosmith on the first tour. Left the show when they went off and bolted to Tower Records to be first in line for thier meet-n-greet. It was awesome. Always loved his style. Very original. Didn't even consider him with Whitesnake. And I HATE Leppard past Pyromania. Never listened to a single album since then. Just too sugar pop. They made alotta money though. Saw 2 Last In Line shows and it seemed like he was just getting his wheels back under him. Pretty good effort but not outstanding. Never heard the stuff with Lou Graham but wil check it out. So from an OG Metalhead the Dio era for sure was my favorite. Cheers from SoCal 🏖

[@i-guitar4722]

massively overrated player- Dio hated him

[@carlwalker1623]

I’ve never once gone to a show, hoping to see lasers, fire , dragons, chrome spiders, insane amounts of lightning. I’ve always gone to just see the band members getting into what they play. Now large screens so people can see them in the balcony, that’s the only great addition to a show. That people way far back have a chance of taking a picture of their favorite bands. Putting the bands money into a stage and not increasing your band members pay is having your priorities backwards. Sounds like something a democrat would do. Talking care of illegals over Americans.

[@What11235]

Gotta pay the band mates. There is always a happy medium.

[@terristearns4132]

DEF LEPPARD

[@raymatherne1587]

Dios Holy Diver is my favorite album of all time from any band.

[@readmore4178]

Sounds like Vivian overestimates his value a bit.

[@kikiki4592]

Vivian did not play on any official Whitesnake releases, Adrian played a solo on a song or two on 1985, otherwise it was Skyes, Dunbar and Murray along with Coverdale. He also did the whole 1985 album touring cycle. He left/was fired during the pre writing sessions of the follow up and was replaced by Steve Vai.

[@petersouthern7227]

Actually Vivian did play the solo on the single version of “Give Me All Your Love.”

[@ic_clearly]

he should have joined / formed another metal band instead of playing girly Def Leppard covers...

[@Abefroman-lq3md]

3 Salutation’s from Belfast Northern Ireland 🇬🇧

[@euandrecampos]

Wives...

[@What11235]

If you keep their nose out of your business, you are better off!

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Wendy was the head of Ronnie’s management team & that is who went behind Ronnie’s back & screwed the band over! Ronnie was lied to when the band split but he found out shortly after what really happened! It caused a personal relationship split between Ronnie & Wendy for some time! Clicks for cash KZbinrs love to leave out facts!

[@MichaelRowe-cv3oq]

It`s funny how time and a lack of success/recognition/egos can cloud minds.I remember Adrian Vandenberg-who these days appears a really friendly,affable chap-wanting to be the ONLY guitarist in any band including Whitesnake.I suppose if you think you are a shit hot guitar player-like John Sykes used to think-then why should you need another guitarist in the band ?.

[@rockhead69]

Certainly Dio...no doubt about it.

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Certainly a lie you told! It was his management team that was run by wendy! She flat out lies to Ronnie! If you knew the truth, it caused Ronnie & Wendy to separate! Many fans to this day think Wendy was his manger only & ex! They don’t realize that they got back together several years after she lied to him!

[@johnsmith-ug5tp]

Dio Holy Diver. Those riffs and solos him came up with at such a young age is impressive. Especially on Rainbow in the Dark and Dont Talk to Strangers. I Bought Holy Driver 4 times haha Album, cassette, and the CD twice. And yes, Dio did shaft Vivian. Then again, He was taught that by the nasty Brits. BLackmore and the rest do to all the people he hires. Dio and Coverdale learned it from Blackmore. "When you front your own band, then you can do it to them and keep all the money, that is how it works."

[@Purespirit777]

Dio awesome! Def Leppard no LOL haha...

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Wanna know what’s even funnier, Viv can’t play some of Steve’s parts on some of Def Leppard’s deep tracks that are fan favorites!

[@jasongregory386]

Viv will never be anywhere near Steve Clark

[@amillionworms]

Viv is a backstabber... and he hasn't done anything interesting after DIO

[@greghart4216]

Was Ronnie James Jewish???. Just saying. Rip off

[@andrewtaylor1670]

Italian American

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

Ronnie was actually spiritual not religious! Plus he was of Italian descent! He talked about where he got the “devil horns” from & it was an Italian thing for the evil eye his grandmother would do!

[@kikiki4592]

Also, he was fired from Dio by Wendy. She was the one who made promises as a manager to give them more royalties and more of a split in the band. Much like the Blizzard of Ozz turning into Ozzy the solo artist, Dio was a band before Wendy made it a Dio solo project. Also Craig Goldy was a problem also. He did not get the gig, he lost it to Jake E Lee who was Dio's first choice. Craig's bands were produced by Dio and managed by Wendy. He is also the reason Ronnie and Wendy divorced. Ronnie fired him for fucking his wife, and as we all have seen, since Ronnie died, Goldy is out there playing in Wendy's Dio tribute bands.

[@GNewcomb-q9v]

@@machupikachu1085Wendy did not make promises about the bands royalties growing! Ronnie is the one that made that handshake agreement when the band was formed that they band members would get more money with the third album! Wendy is the one that screwed the band over! It ultimately lead to her & Ronnie splitting as a couple for a while! If you noticed in interviews that Viv has done, he admits to reconciling with Ronnie & Wendy when he learned the truth! The side project Viv does, Holy Diver was put together with Wendy’s blessing & help! It started out as the original Dio band paying tribute to Ronnie!