Rare Def Leppard Live WHITE LIGHTNING 1992 Archival Footage

[@Lou_Mavs]

How in the hell did they keep from choking up when playing this epic tribute to their fallen brother? I’ll never know, and I’ll always be grateful to Steve for the riffs, and Def Leppard for keeping his memory alive. My 2nd fave DL track. 🤘🤘

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Honestly I think it might be harder to play some of the other songs that he had a larger hand in writing. Stand up, for instance, is largely a song based on his licks. Tonight, stand up kick love into motion, have you ever come a heaven is, tear it... Co wrote every single one of those on those album. In that sense I think stand up probably is the song that makes me think of Steve the most even though he doesn't play on the album. Because we now have access to all the demos of him playing it.

[@MikeWatson-qj8ew]

Rip steve my brother, and thank you viv for keeping it going😢

[@Beth-l4i]

Because they lived and loved him trying to help him constantly postponing yours and the band to help him. It was evident it was going to happen they all knew it.

[@ilovesteveclark6084]

Awe Steve... there's an empty spot on that stage in this video...your special spot on the left side.

[@superman31172]

great song, it should have been a single

[@liquidSpin]

It's a great song written about Steve and addiction but unfortunately, the song is too long for radio and at the time it would have flopped as a single. When this album was released the music scene was rapidly changing. Almost any band associated with the 80's hardrock/metal scene was quickly becoming uncool. Should this have been released as a single? No. I do believe "Heaven Is" should have been released here in the US as well as in England instead of "Make love like a man". It doesn't matter, the album still did well albeit not as good as their 2 previous mega albums but it did great for its time.

[@joebarrett2746]

Totally agree it should have been a single.

[@24theMoney]

Radio edit would not do justice to this epic song. Its like trying to release Gods of War as a single.

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

Lets Get rocked was bullshit. THIS was the song to lead with. NO DOUBT

[@christieperry4361]

After being a fan for 30+ years, I'm convinced Joe can spin to any song...

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

The male version of Stevie Nicks

[@kathymartin7724]

Rest in peace Steve Clark.

[@garrapaterorulez5017]

No promises, no guarantees When you come down here You're already on your knees You want to ride White Lightnin' Then sign your name If you want to dance with the devil You gotta play his way, play the game You gotta taste that sweetness Cause you can't say no But are you ready for the nightmare When you can't let go Like a soldier of fortune When the money runs dry You got rivers of bitter tears, in your eyes You want to leave but you can't let go You want to stop but you can't say no You'll never laugh about it You just can't live without it You had enough but you just want more You never get what you're lookin' for You'll never laugh about it, never You got both ends burning You're like a moth to a flame You're going off the rails Like a runaway train It's a no-win situation And there's no way out And no one will ever hear you, scream and shout You want to leave but you can't let go You want to stop but you can't say no You'll never laugh about it You just can't live without it You had enough but you just want more You never get what you're lookin' for You'll never laugh about it, never Run, he's coming to claim you Run, nowhere to hide away Run, oh, you dance with danger Run, oh, you gotta ride the White Lightnin' On a dead end street White Lightnin' Where the deadbeats meet White Lightnin' It's a one-way ride White Lightnin' Oh, there's nowhere to hide Such a lonely road you ride It's not easy when you don't know why Such a heavy load you hide You never leave no matter how you try Run, he's coming to claim you Run, nowhere to hide away Run, you dance with danger Run, oh, you gotta ride the White Lightnin' On a dead end street White Lightnin' Where the deadbeats meet White Lightnin' It's a one-way ride White Lightnin' Oh, there's nowhere to hide Such a lonely road you ride It's not easy when you don't know why Such a heavy load you hide You never leave no matter how you try White Lightning Can you feel it, can you feel it? White Lightning It's so dangerous White Lightning No promises, no guarantees White Lightning When you come down here You're already on your knees

[@Cpk86]

This song was about Steve alcohol and drug problem. RIP Steve Clark. He was Def Leppard. He contributed the most doing 90 percent of the song writing’s and guitar solos from when the band got together till he passed away 1991. Gone but never forgotten. We love you.

[@kennethkunz2449]

Hey thanks! That's what I thought the song was about!

[@raindeerprojekt4119]

90% ? Really? C'mon Man..... So the rest of the fellas were like Extras? Steve Would not Agree lol

[@Jaymindrew1990]

I’m a guitarist. This is an epic song about an epic guitarist with a mortally epic struggle with alcohol. Very haunting without being scary, but just a rhetorical call to get off that path before it’s too late. I feel sad for Steve Clark’s girlfriend who found him on the couch that terrible morning and just knew he couldn’t wake up. Read the account and I just choked up 😭 💔

[@Fabian-ix7gm]

Dude that “girlfriend” of his was a heroin addict who enabled him.

[@Fabian-ix7gm]

Still sad tho.

[@paddycoombes9455]

@@Fabian-ix7gm exactly and she died a few years later from it she basically killed both of them

[@mikeanonymous669]

@@Fabian-ix7gm She didnt enable anything. He was a grown a$$ man that made alot of stupid choices. He paid the ultimate price.

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

She was found dead two yrs later.

[@Wolfgang19675150]

I saw on this tour two nights in a row houston show was kick ass!! Drove to San Antonio the next night totally delivered again! This was a era when concerts ruled!!❤

[@jantzenallen3077]

My goodness those guitar tones are heaven to my ears nothing beats real amplifiers and vintage rack delay units 🤘😎🍺

[@w7class]

Solo on this is among the ones being conceived and written once in a lifetime!!..

[@KingsFanForever]

I saw Def Leppard for the first time on this tour. Saw them at the San Diego Sports Arena on 09/19/1992. No opening act. Just an evening with Def Leppard. They played for 2 1/2 hours. One of the best concerts I ever saw! Thank you so much for posting this! :)

[@openmindist]

I was there too....

[@fabriciovai]

Out of all the song I wanted to see them play this is the only one I haven't seen live.

[@TheHighwinder]

Kudos to whoever filmed this - the video is all over the place, but the captured audio is actually fantastic. No clipping or distortion whatsoever very clean. A treasure of a bootleg.

[@jasonhoffman480]

No one does it like Phil. Steve would love it

[@EEM1978]

Adrenalize, while not as classic as Pyromania and Hysteria, is still a solid album, but this is easily the best song, and a fitting and fiery tribute to their fallen band mate, Steve Clark (1960-1991).🔥🤘👍🎸🎶❤️

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Honestly I think pretty much all the songs Steve wrote or had a hand in writing on adrenalized are excellent. I just think the ones that he had no hand in writing tend to be a little weaker. Make love like a man, let's get rocked, personal property and white lightning and I want to touch you are the five songs he didn't have any hand in writing. Of course he was the subject of white lightning. But those other four songs to me are definitely a tear or two below. This weekend I would argue there probably the worst four songs on the record.

[@billysheppard6091]

I saw Leppard at the Miami civic center 1992. I just got out of the corp., hurricane Andrew had just came..and. they where on adrenalize tour..they rocked this tune...

[@adrenalinejunkie126]

My absolute favorite song of theirs...still today

[@nicolekoch1332]

Great video from a great tour. I wish they could get the best clips of this tour and edit it into a concert Blu-ray. Anyone that plays live will tell you that not every show is perfect, but if they taped enough of those shows, I'm sure a concert movie would be a totally cool must have.✌

[@agentaxl6377]

Agreed, I’d love to see the full show of this proshot It’ll be like an in the round in ur face adrenalize tour edition

[@uniasky9317]

They have a professional TV recording from Sheffield (1993).

[@ianferguson8367]

amazing song love it to bits, Mr Clark was amazing person on and of the stage, Mr Campbell has done an a job that was hard to do for anyone with the respect and locality the band members have for each other, Vivian been great for the band not steve but 30 years now so he doing great.. RIP Steve

[@domr5976]

Most underrated Def Lep song. Excellent

[@OscarGonzalez-gv3ww]

The Best Adrenalize song.

[@sebastiansandoval.3176]

And you got a lot of good songs to choose amazing record the last great Leppard album

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

White Lightening! ❤️

[@karenfriedfeld6339]

This is probably my favorite DL song and I ❤ the shirt Joe is wearing I've seen him live in it 2xs and I wonder what he does with the clothes that don't fit him anymore I would kill to have that shirt ❤❤🎶🎶🎶🎸💟🌱

[@dianasazueta7274]

The Best song beatiful

[@tanner_uncut]

honestly... their best song.

[@WalkingDead2024]

My favorite song on the album. Awesome live! ❤

[@MrPercussionPete]

Their finest song ever.

[@judithjohns4534]

Met Def Leppard in 1983 at a hotel bar after their concert in Syracuse, NY. Steve seemed very shy and quiet. Really miss him😢

[@declanoshaughnessy7733]

Great live version of the track to celebrate the life of one brilliant guitarist Steve Maynard Clark (rest in peace)🙏🙏🙏🤟🤟🤟

[@maryanncornelio2673]

Such an awesome song! God rest Steve’s soul❤️

[@jachandler3232]

This is incredible, never have seen a live version. Thanks for posting!

[@dogfever]

Vivian was the only one who can replace Steve and do an excellent job

[@w7class]

Who wrote the guitar solo on this? Was it Clark or Collen/Campbell?

[@dogfever]

@@w7class Clark

[@grandadmiralmanatee]

Really? I thought Phil wrote the whole song?

[@dogfever]

@@grandadmiralmanatee that's a riff of Steve.

[@adamwood7597]

Steve and Phil started writing the song. But no way like it sounds here. Phil put it all together and the solo is Phil’s.This solo imo is Phil’s masterpiece. It’s so stunningly brilliant. It’s not just a solo it’s still telling the story of the song. Not just shredding for the hell of it. Steve would of loved this I’m sure

[@Ghosthound_X]

Just some good ol fashion powerful rock n roll.

[@tammylewis4193]

The Best

[@donnahoward6593]

RIP Steve. Miss you terribly 😢

[@lambd5578]

My favourite Leppard track by miles. Love that solo!

[@paulg6268]

I wish they would release more live material from this tour...and others.

[@NizNaj10]

Love the guitar solo!!

[@tammylewis4193]

Bless STEVE AND THIS BAND

[@private_c]

Steve would’ve loved this song for sure

[@agentaxl6377]

I wish I was 16 here instead of now, I can see why my mom was a die hard Leppard fan, well I mean she didn’t like adrenalize and still doesn’t (she doesn’t like anything after hysteria) I really think they should add this song back in the set, I’ve noticed that once they stopped playing the tour in the round in April 1993 that white lightning then disappeared from the set, i then also read the band were trying to close the door on the Steve Clark era of the band, made sense but still I think it’s about time its brought back for a revival

[@diegopichaco9384]

tears...

[@chrishogan8125]

When I saw this tour at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Vivian wasn't in the band yet, ...it was just Phil on guitar......I don't recall if Joe had to play as well...!?

[@RockBrigadeCommunityForum]

They've never played a show with just Phil. It's always been Viv since 1992, before that it was Steve Clark and before that Pete Willis. Def Leppard has always been a 2 Guitar band.

[@randygray8273]

I never knew they did do white lightning live once

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Oh they definitely did it a lot on the adrenalized tour. 7-day weekend tour I guess they called it. They would announce a little tribute to him. And then afterwards they would give a little speech about how they lost the great friend but they gained a new friend and they would introduce Vivian solo.

[@franciscoolguin6125]

Adrenalina yea

[@MrDevilman67]

fucking awesome leppard4life!

[@MikeWatson-qj8ew]

Miss ya steve

[@toolman_7372]

Is this freedom hall in Johnson city Tennessee? If so I was there! 😁 can't remember I was a little high 🥴

[@a.brooks7656]

Those were the days

[@jamiethornton1518]

Phill being Phill. 👊

[@charliehustle1540]

Where was this particular show ? I saw them in Hartford CT & Groton CT on this tour !

[@matthewlococo1645]

Easily the best song on Adrenalize

[@sharonwilliamson807]

💛💛

[@eduferreno7011]

🔥🔥🔥❗

[@billysheppard6091]

Rock on...

[@tylerbensdad]

Good Lord Phil's solo. Viv gets a pass cause he was so new and they hardly ever played this song live and probably didn't practice it much.

[@thunderstorms2571]

Terrible rendition.

[@2728muzikmann]

It was fine negative guy.

[@adamwood7597]

It’s fucking amazing!