Every guitarist has been told that rhythm guitar is the most important skill, because no one gets a gig playing only solos. But when Phil Collen got the call to play on Def Leppard’s third album ...

Throughout his time with Def Leppard, Phil Collen has most commonly been associated with Stratocaster-style electric guitars.

Same with guitar playing.” Not that Lange's virtuoso ... it was always for the good of the song.” You can check out Phil Collen’s conversation with Chris Shiflett in the latest episode ...

8, 1991, Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen received a phone ... “We quickly became best friends,” Collen wrote. “It wasn’t just the guitar playing or extreme boozing.