Def Leppard Wasted 1979

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[@lizarrrdbeth]

I'm going on my 4th year of learning electric guitar (I'm 54). After 41 years this song is still one of my very favorites. I am finally able to play it!!¡ I didn't say I could keep up with it (yet) but I can play it. It is one of the coolest feelings in the world! The smile on my face is huge. Thank you Steve for being such an amazing guitar player and a bad a$$ influence on rock music!! 🎸

[@jeeves251]

Priceless! I first saw Leppard open for Nugent in 1980. We all bought those black World Tour t-shirts. I don't think a day went by for the next 5 years that one of us wasn't wearing that shirt! I probably saw them 30 more times in the 80's. I've been exposed to a lot of great music in the last 25 years but I whenever I listen to On Through the Night and High N Dry it still sounds great. I'm sure we've all moved on musically but man was this wonderful music to grow up with. RIP Steve.

[@HitDog42]

I am still Astonished when Steve Clark is not mentioned among the Greatest Guitar Players of all time!! He was simply put "Awesome"!!!!!!!!!!

[@R.E._Peony]

Watchmojo.com had a top 10 underrated guitarists list, and Steve was # 7 I think.

[@IceQueenKimberly]

kenslizzard yes he was😎😍🎸

[@nadialamia6834]

+Rachel Brown he should have been #1

[@VaporwaveLover2000]

number 9 he should have been put at number 1

[@Toyota4by4shiz]

kenslizzard Fuck those stupid lists. We all know the truth. RIP Steven Clarke

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

There's a recent interview where they said they played this at a recent show. The audience was silent. With only a handful in the audience went crazy.

[@MrBeta911]

This was my favorite Def Leppard album. It is a shame they never play any of this music live.

[@bfischer2473]

Party with them all the time and they call all the time vip cast and crew bffs with all of them drummer and all and he has one arm and plays like an animal!!!!!!!! Love you rick

[@steelers1965]

Now this was Def Leppard !!!

[@kevinkidder8524]

Yes, when they were good, high and dry, on through the night were great but once pyromania hit they started their down slide, a few good goods but the next album I was bummed

[@michealgarcia2170]

The is the best old school music it's nostalgic.

[@denicefithian1328]

This is awesome!! Look at the guys... They are just babies here ☺️. Joe with brown hair just doesn't seem right lol. Love these guys so much!! Wish we had more time with Steve. I 💟 DL!!!!

[@chuckou87]

Saw them on this tour. All under the age of 21, most in their teens. DL and the Scorpians opened for Ted Nugent on the Wango Tango tour. One of the best shows of my youth!

[@Blue74gurl]

I was 4yrs old when this came out, but I still remember hearing this song on the radio..... I had my dad get this album so I could listen to it anytime I wanted..... that and my mom got tired of me repeating the same part over and over again.

[@LBCOOLB]

Awesome video, I loved it when they were a Rock band & not a Pop band, long live Pete & Steve.

[@gretchenhagenlocher5254]

Joe,and I share the same Birthday! I love how Pete Willis had Guitars that were taller then him,as well as being! I'm pretty sure they weren't sure where their Band was even going,if anywhere! Love that "Fate & Destiny"!

[@machine2747]

Sure brings back memories! Great post!

[@federberer3681]

they were realy awesome musicians back then...great songs throughout

[@cgcAWESOME84DANK]

It's amazing to believe that Rick Allen is like 15-16 in this.

[@JoseGomez-ys3zs]

@Nick Monkton They all look good for their age.

[@cindyimhoff2359]

Ya he was so young they had to sneak him in thru the back entrances of the bars to play their gigs.

[@WatchingItBurn502]

He had just turned 15 from what I understand! Amazing. Look at him now. ThunderGod 🔥

[@magnuswettermark8293]

He is born 1965 so i think he is only 14 !!

[@dubs7152]

Rick Allen has made a brilliant success of his life, considering what he's had to overcome. He's a talented artist too. I love the pure concentration on his face in this video, so young and determined. Cameraman did a good job on this video too. And I wish I had Joe 's shirt!

[@kawasakicat]

R.I.P Steve Clark. Hard to believe he's been gone nearly 22 yrs :(

[@jeanbeatle]

Thank you for posting this. It was a real treat. Rick Allen is too cute! Even then Steve was a superior musician. If you have anymore of these rareities I'd love to see them! wooooooo Do I feel old!

[@firstronfan]

They all look so young!!! I LOVE Steve's solo!

[@romancturner]

Pete Willis days. The best era

[@romancturner]

I sure miss Steve Clark too!

[@MeanrBeanr]

Great hard rock band that released 2 LP's worth listening to, first 2. Then they became MTV darlings, poured sugar all over their music and became CACA. Best tune: Wasted. Saw them open for JPriest on their 1st US tour, 79' and could relate to kids on stage rockin' their asses off. That nite after the show, met Pete while at a rock bar (The Old Buffalo- El Paso, TX), he was getting a pack of smokes from a machine, went up to him n chatted him up, very cool lad. Still have these 2 vinyls \m/

[@bigbadbamboo1]

I covered this song every night 1980 Tampa Fla. Fallen Angel

[@Baldmelon]

LOL the outfits are awseome:-P This is probably one of the greatest and most underrated songs. RIP Steve Clark.

[@deanschannel1031]

I lived this song from 83-87....no wonder I loved this band d

[@deflepemt]

Its hard to see the guys like this! Not used to them looking so young! lol

[@ericou812]

rockin young lads back then

[@RAGINGWATERS70]

Seven Witches plays this tune and it rocks!!!!!!!!

[@DavidGeorgeMusic]

@TheProgtologist Saw that same show. Irvine Meadows. They were the whole reason I ever got into playing music!!!

[@TurtleFL]

After all these years it's the On Through The Night album that I like the best.

[@EzekielPrellus]

Such a great track and they are all so young here.

[@topcatification]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER AND A DAY TO SEE THIS LIVE VIDEO PERFORMANCE....CHEERS FOR THE UPLOADER!!!

[@terishapiro488]

WOW...Talk about a trip down memory lane, thanks for putting this up I really liked it! I have always enjoyed the evolution of the band, it has been a most amazing journey that I have loved watching unfold and grow into the amazing band they were then and ARE now! Cheers boy's and to you to Archive625 !

[@destry232]

Go Pete Go! This is GREAT!!

[@ptola]

thanx for this gem!!!

[@joegaul3589]

Also, you can just tell Steve Clark wrote this song. :-) Total classic, thank you so much for uploading!

[@madometal]

YES YES WILLIS era HARDER sound & DIRTIER lyrics , what dreams are made of!!!

[@obijuano]

Wow! One of my favorite Def Leppard songs! Thanks for posting!

[@miiwii93]

@TheProgtologist my mom told me her first concert was that same Squier/Leppard tour in MA. NWOBHM is awesome. i love this sound of Def Leppard (and their later sound) and Maiden and Saxon is SOOO underrated!

[@shaunz1991]

flipping heck def leppard look like a glam rock band!

[@xblackcatx1312]

When they actually rocked...Been a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time.

[@elizabethgonzalez1482]

Love it, I think I'm going insane. How cool, live, and Wasted. Sincerely, Elizabeth G,

[@hosstito]

omg. best video of all time.

[@j_freed]

This could be an early Paul Dianno Iron Maiden song, it would fit well in a set with songs like "Prowler" and "Running Free."

[@Slicklickz]

Or Wrathchild.

[@j_freed]

Or "Killers..."

[@jackieramey5496]

Nikki Bella boyfriend's

[@jollyjakelovell4787]

both Joe and Paul's mannerisms are similar also.

[@wire-qu9ig]

Omfg..thats what i just thought...

[@TheHappipuppi13]

Def Leppard's VERY first single release in 1979. 😀

[@costarica69]

Thanks for uploading this. Def Leppard was great before Hysteria, and never the same band since, unfortunately. This really takes me back.

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

I was 17 when Hysteria came out, unfortunately my first encounter with the bad. Great music to get drunk to, though

[@MrGaryzepp]

I remember the lads playing this song to win the Radio Hallam Rocks competition, they were up against a strong line up of bands that year, what ever happened to Glenn Marples and the boys of Panzer Division,?? they were so sure they were going to walk this competition, luckily it was Def Leppard that won..

[@Ancient0fDays]

I was just 11 when my friends and I did Wasted in an air band skit for our middle school talent show! It was awesome, for being 1979 and the girls went nuts even for just an air band show. We had the guitars and drums and mike just like the vid! Just awesome for being back then.

[@Haoleplumber94]

This was the first song I learned on guitar in '81, most ppl don't know about the " ON THROUGH THE NIGHT" album, They open for squire in 83 and closed that your head lining San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. That's when they blew up; this is before Mutt Lang .. Vivian Campbell played with Dio back in those days and did for years, I think DF holds back his chops.

[@washguy9577]

steve clark is so under rated as is def leppard this early stuff great

[@MissSicBitch]

God I loved this album...then when High'n Dry came out- it was a requirement at ALL keggers!

[@jamesconrad4958]

HOLY SMOKES!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ AND THAT IS WHY STEVE IS THE BEST!!!!! MISS YOU!!!! LOVE YOUR GIRL FOREVER MICHELLE 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@gerilark]

Steve's song brilliant!

[@hysteriakiwi]

Just AMAZING!! Thank you!!!!!

[@louiebaur]

This song kicks ass!

[@Keith67L]

The 70s brought me here. Well technically, being born in the late 60s and surviving this long has. But the 70s had awesome music. If watching an episode of Snoopy bangs Hong Kong Phooey. Or playing a game brought you here, fantastic, at least ya know what great music is. Though I will say, I never heard of DL until the 80s..

[@hbecker123]

First time i hear Def Leppard, its the first song for me. Very good.

[@Hadite84]

Believe me when I say that back in 80 when this album first came out it WAS NOT a failure, all of us into metal/rock had this album. Leppard along with Maiden, Saxon, Priest etc.... were leading the charge as far as the NWOBHM went. I saw them at the Oxford Apollo back in March/April 80 and they were 'kin Brilliant.

[@ozzieo75]

You're right, it does suck, but at least he's still around to make the choice....My heart is still broken over Steve Clark and Freddie Mercury!!!!!

[@matthewstephens5937]

Happy 54th birthday Pete Willis!

[@TheProgtologist]

n00b comment.Vivian Campbell didn't join until after Steve Clark's death.The guitarists in this vid are Steve "Steamin" Clark(RIP) and Pete Willis.

[@JoseGomez-ys3zs]

Tremendous song!

[@sonyaroher1614]

was there when they opened up 4 ozzy!!! love them!1

[@thecharvelshredder]

Best Def Leppard song ever.

[@metalheadneji]

Rick's flying v bass is awesome; Def Leppard Rules!

[@javiergzz70]

EXCELENTE VIDEO INEDITO. QUE FELIZ ME HA HECHO. RECORDAR ES VIVIR

[@LaserDarkDX]

I didn't know there were any pre-1980 Def Leppard vedios out there! Thanks!

[@donnavarall8632]

This is very old I don't know how much of it's true but society is the way it was at that time for young people was pressuring many it's a shame

[@franciscoolguin6125]

K bueno seguir conociendo la historia gracias ala tecnología viva def leppard

[@MrGregmac]

I saw these guys open for Blackfoot in Denver at the old Rainbow. It was a double show and Blackfoot screwed them by having them open the first show at 7:00 and then close the second show at about midnight. They were royally pissed off but played an incredible second show anyway! I wish they had stayed with the harder rock of their first album but I don't think they have any regrets!

[@Jaymindrew1990]

To give you perspective. The band was the same age as One Direction, and the girls had as much of a fever over them as they did 1D later on. 🎸🇬🇧👍

[@fridayray8891]

The Best years......

[@jefesmama]

Forgot about this one! Song still rocks...

[@bigdaddyneff7822]

Man wish I could go back in time cos I'd go see these dudes back then. Very iron maiden feel.

[@ROCKDRIGOSORTINO]

excelent video

[@G2648875]

Recall seeing them around this time supporting AC/DC on the highway to hell tour in the U.K. Great memories.

[@giantsean]

It's so interesting to listen to old Def Leppard and the Di'Anno Iron Maiden and listen to how similar they were back in the day, and how differently they progressed. The biggest tragedy was Rick's arm... people blame the move toward "album-oriented rock" as what changed their sound but the accident definitely limited their sound. Def Leppard turned from your band to your sister's band in only a few short years.

[@bootsconnell719]

I don't see that as a problem or a tragedy. All bands have to adapt and reinvent as musical tastes and trends are ever changing. It would be pretty sad if a band just stuck to one formulaic sound forever.

[@rockritmos950]

Verry Good

[@bradhaenitsch1145]

This is Def Leppard anything after this is absolutely ridiculous

[@ssnmg]

History. pure History.

[@destry232]

That's what I was thinking! They were in their teens, or just past that age. Heck of an album!

[@Wifred63]

Saw them supporting AC/DC on the Highway to Hell tour at Manc Apollo in 1979. Hadn't a clue who they were. Look what happened . . .

[@Deucealive75]

I seen these guys do this song at Cleveland stadium in July of 1980. It was funny because they were a metal band when they started and were the only metal band there that day. The other bands there were Eddie Money, J Geils band, and Bob Seger as the headliner. What a contrast. Being a 70's hard rock/heavy metal 17 year old, I was lovin it.

[@andyseaview]

this is the original def leppard, the best def leppard, steve clark, pete willis joe elliot rick savage and rick allen

[@mattelrod8613]

good god Rick Allen was my age when this album came out

[@WatchingItBurn502]

RIP Steve Steamin' Clark. 🔥

[@janinefarnell8570]

Absolutely love this

[@shakobenmyerz]

Outstanding! Do we have something like It Could Be You or When The Walls Came Tumbling Down from these sessions?

[@joseluismorales7158]

the vocalist remembers me to Paul DiAnno from Iron Maiden.

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[@kkpriest2112]

I'm glad that I got to grow up with this!!!!

[@denisehedden13]

I've loved these guys for years!

[@gerberbernstein7360]

Rick's drumming pretty well, in that blouse.

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[@Ancient0fDays]

I remember when this album first came out. I was like 11 my friends and I did an air band talent show using Wasted as our first song! It was great....!

[@wanawjecy]

yeah, when rock was young.....

[@peteonthefarm521]

Unfortunately, Steve Clark's life = lyrics ( But a bottle of whiskey lies heavy obstructing my view I've got a bottle of pills to give me my thrills And I know I'm leading a life that kills)

[@R.E._Peony]

Very, very sad. This song was Steve's composition.

[@Hagarviking]

Brilliant early footage. Got this album on vinyl and often give it loads. Many thanks for posting....

[@flazjsg]

@guitarzero And Maiden and Leppard probably both got the gallop from UFO - "Lights Out" and some of those tunes.

[@floydzepplin1218]

When they rocked, nice

[@65sikkboy]

Not enough credit for being part of NWOBHM 1ST two albums are beyond solid and can hold their own with any other NWOBHM

[@moggieboy1]

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