Steve Clark's Grave - Famous Graves 

I literally wouldn't have been born if it weren't for Def Leppard. My mum and dad split up and my dad got tickets for their gig to win her back and it worked! (Too well lol) Cos then along came me.

Def Leppard hasn’t been the same since Steve Clark passed. He was a major part of their original chemistry.

Steve Clark. An unsung hero in the decade that gave us Gun's N Rose's, a resurgent Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, a mind-blowing Prince, Van Halen and so many others. Steve was the quiet hero from that era. Stop and listen to Pyromania, Hysteria, and witness the effortless cool that was just Steve. Such an amazing person and talent taken too soon. Rest in Peace Steve. Thank you.

Steve Clark is probably the most underrated guitar player in rock history. He was a true showman onstage, and his riffs and songwriting contributions helped make Def Leppard the iconic band they still are to this day. RIP Steve. You will never be forgotten. 🇬🇧💔🎸

I would have never been able to see Steve's final resting place and beautiful head stone without this, thank you. With much love and respect for Steve and his family, may you rest in peace.

Steve was the grit and the edge of Def Leppard....he took that with him when he passed. Steve was an amazing player...I think very underrated.

Steve clark was one of most amazing guitar players, met him age 17 in Antwerp Belgium after the gig we had to help push their tour bus out of the snow and get it started, following week we went to hammersmith and stood behind stage watched the lads perform, Pyromania had been released and smashed USA charts. Such a sad lose with Steves drinking issue and combination of other things taken for us too early, never forgotten truly amazing person , thank you for finding his resting place

Def leppard are still going Paul, currently on tour at the moment, what ever life has thrown at them, they have got up and got on with it, bless them, firstly Rick Allan who is the drummer lost his arm in a car accident,then the band lost Steve,then Vivian Campbell who took over from Steve,was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, after all that the band now is in the rock and roll hall of fame,and they deserve it.

It's a shame what happened to Steve. I obviously never knew him personally, but his talent with a guitar is sorely missed. I still feel to this day that Def Leppard was never the same without Steve. I still remember hearing about his passing on MTV when Kurt Loder announced it, I was totally floored by it.

Steve Clark was so damn good. His licks were so one of a kind, and the way he slung his guitar was the coolest. He looked so smooth on stage. Gone too soon for sure 😪

Absolutely beautiful headstone, loved the picture of him playing his guitar, beautiful resting place, I hope he's at peace now xx

Still remember where I was when i heard the news that Steve had passed. Was such a talent. He is still missed to this day.

RIP Steve Clark. I've been a massive Def Leppard fan since the early 80's. Such a sad loss of life. x

Looking forward to this love Def Lep from my home town a lot of top bands have come from Sheffield over the years

They lost a big part of there sound when Steve passed. so great that people are still leaving tributes. RIP Steve

Yes! I remember getting my first Def Leppard album Pyromania at age 13 in 1983 when it came out! Blown away by the sound they created! Huge vocals thanks to the amazing production of their long time producer and co-writer Robert John Mutt Lange! Steve ‘Steamin Clark was one of the greatest riff masters for sure! 🙏😎✊🤘🤘

Love your pace, your serenity, your kind words. Long live Steve the grand !!!

Def Leppard's "On Through the Night" album was and is still a favourite, growing up in the late 70's, early 80's, RIP Stevie Clark. Another good one Paul!

Rest easy Steve. Thanks for the music and being part of my inspiration to play the guitar.

My favorite band ever. Seen them live over 40 times. Steve is so missed.Thanks for this. 😊

They aren't just "knocking out the odd little tune here and there", Def Leppard are a true rock legend. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 and Steve Clark was posthumously included as a member of the band who was also inducted. They just released an amazing new album (their 12th studio album) Diamond Star Halos this past spring, 2022 all recorded separately during COVID quarantine. 4 singles have been released so far, of the 15 tracks and they are currently touring in the USA with Motley Crew and Joan Jett opening for them. They sound as good now as they did in the 80s live. Thry are the only band with a one arm drummer (Rick Allen had a horrible car accident prior to Steves death where he lost his arm but trained himself to play with his feet and that man can play drums better than any 2 armed drummer!) Viv Cambell was diagnosed with Hodgkins but played all through his treatment and is now in remission. They have had their full share of hardships but never let it keep them from doing what they love and it shows that they are a family. Def Leppard is one of the longest standing rock bands in existence. They have sold more than 100 million records worldwide and are one of only 5 bands including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Van Halen who have 2 albums with RIAA Diamond Certification. Truly legends and they never forget to honor their brother Steve Clark, they always mention him and include him. Class act, Def Leppard.

Oh wow! A definite 'gone too soon'! Can't wait for this one!

Steve is my favourite guitarist. I was in London at the weekend and walked by his old house. The guy had so much more to offer to Def Leppard and a solo career later. If you read Runway Runaway it tells you about his story. The fact is drinking wasn't seen as a big issue in the 80s and a lot of people passed away from having issues with it back then. Sad story but what a musical legacy he left behind.

I think u are amazing !! each and every grave you have visited brings bk so many memories for me 👍emu was the best "BUT" I loved all of them. Keep up the good work 👍, all the best from Ireland 🇮🇪. M c

Thank you very much for this - 2 years ago I wrote an opinion piece on this sheer genius, a tortured genius who used spirits/beer to numb the deep deep pain. a once in a generation genius who really did have it all. Without Steve Leppard not be able to tour, their releases post Steve are arguably hit and miss, but they give 100% live, the band all sing, no backing vocals. I implore all to watch the Denver Colorado gig in 1988/1989. Steve was at his peak - his creme LP Custom, triple pick ups/Kahler the most beautiful guitar I will ever see. Steve oozed rock star cool, he just dazzled. **** Thank you SO very much for this. Steven Maynard "The Riffmaster" or "Steamin" Clark was a genius. He was the primary song writer for the band. There is a video posted of his brother from another mother, his best friend who really became his 'other part, Phil has said they'd both spend countless hours together talking about everything, so the video of Collen was done as a dedication, as so many Leppard fans wanted to know more about this extremely shy, gentle soul who tragically was tortured, had a father who drank hard, the great rock photographer Ross Halfin, who arguably has taken 'the' most pictures of Steve, that Steve let him in says so much, he was extremely private. But his drinking started young with his father, in one video on Steve after he passed Halfin very clearly, and very angrily slams his father, "he'd just got out of rehab and his father would say lets go down to the pub", Halfin it really does come across arguably lays most of the blame at his fathers feet. Steve was a depressed functioning alcoholic. He had anti depressants, valium, and cocaine in his system the night he went to sleep and never woke up. But Steve really just went downhill after he lost his drinking mate Collen, the 'terror twins' were no more and he then just found solace in the bottle. But, when live Steve was NEVER drunk. He was the ultimate professional. I implore all to watch the Collen videos, there are 4 of them and he takes questions from a fan named Valerie Rouso, and he provides we fans of this icon amazing insights into Steve as a person, but also 'how' he was able to gift this band a legacy they still to this day tour off, as Viv noted verbatim last year "90% of what we play Steve left us". He also added "I still cannot play GoW". The thing with Steve was he as Collen notes "had quirky tastes, he was into the Cure, Police, he was able to take things that were not commercial, and make them commercial". Steve Brown from Trixter who filled in for Collen 2 years ago said this of Steve's guitar parts "the way Steve created music, his guitar parts were like little boxes, extremely complicated". And that is so right. I'd also add there is another web site called "Steve Clark In Loving Memory", it is done by a fan and I've never seen anything like it. It breaks down Steve's rig, from the very early years through to the last tour 'In The Round In Your Face US/Canada Tour 88/89. Steve recorded in the studio a lot with Strats/Teles, but he did sign to Gibson around the time Phil signed with Grover Jackson [Jackson guitars]. The 88/89 US tour arguably saw one of the most iconic guitars in rock history, a creme LP Custom, triple pick u8p Gibson PAFS, with a Kahler tremolo, he had a white Kahler fitted to one of his 2 18 string Gibson Razors, and a bright red triple pick Firebirds, he had 2 of these. At the time of his death Steve had 70 different guitars, some have ended up stolen [his then girlfriend who he met in rehab in the US was a recovering heroin addict, and she pawned unknown guitars after he passed, and before Steve's Father was able to change the locks to Steve's home in London. But his former girlfriend who he met in Paris around 83 Lorelei Shellist has a few, and Collen and Joe also have a few, a few more, his red 'Dean' which is used in 2 early videos was placed on public display, his brother has over the years kept most of them. From my knowledge he has either sold or gifted one of his black/white triple pick up Customs with Kahler to serious well respected Steve Clark fans, and they will not be sold to anyone, private holders. Steve's epic creme LP Custom, for me 'the' best guitar he had, was sold in London at public auction. Who bought this guitar has not been published but again it would be a private buyer who obviously paid over half a million for it. The thing with Steve was he was classically trained, his guitar work was just sublime, you can hear it on the first record ONTN, then HnD, and then when 'Mutt' joined and really pushed them all, 'Pyro/Hysteria' produced some of the most timeless, spine shivering guitar sounds in rock history. Listen to TLFL, the opening and ride out solo on Photograph, Bringin on The Heartbreak, the mind blowing 'Saturday Night', the list is endless. Steve was 'not' a shredder like Collen and they both trusted each other, well each other's playing styles SO well, they created magic. Steve 'could' play fast and does, Bringin On The Heartbreak has a staggering set of riffing and solo work, just mind blowing. That he never really received the justice, the reward for the enormously influential and brilliant guitarist he was is baffling. If one is truly objective, apart from a few handful of songs since Steve passed, Leppard's lack of serious success post Steve's passing is the real evidence of how gifted, and just massively critical song writing and his musical creativity. Collen put it this way "Steve was able to build a Japanese garden of musical wonderment". For me, as a 110% fan of this genius, that sorta nails it. And the cherry on top was live "Steamin" just owned the stage, like for example KISS, the band member most came to see was "SpaceAce", who also had an incalculable impact on generations of guitarists and kids picking up their first guitar. Steve, strapped low, VERY low just dazzled on stage, whizzing around, he just oozed rock star cool. The complete package. I could write a thesis on what I have learned about this genius, in reading, research, and just by listening to his music. Like his idol Jimmy Page, who Steve only met once, at an airport, as he and Page were both on the tarmac at the same time but with different flights, apparently Steve was SO mesmerized, shy, blown away when he finally got the chance to shake Page's hand. So thanks SO SO much for this. I only noticed this today, after watching so much on line, to come across, or stumble across your video was truly special. When "Tesla" wrote the song "Song and Emotion", it originally was predicated on another issue, but when Steve passed the band wrote and dedicated 'Song and Emotion' to Steve. Steve had given Frank Hannon a guitar when Tesla opened for Leppard in the 80's, and they became good friends. When you watch the song, EVERY time it is played Frank points to the heavens after his solo, EVERY time this song is played, Frank does this in homage to Steve. Leppard also penned, dedicated the song "White Lightening" to Steve. I look today at all the new technology available, the computer chip etc and always wonder what Steve 'might' have done? In one of the above mentioned Collen videos on Steve that question is asked, in response Collen says "I think maybe Steve would have gotten into the film soundtrack area, he was always interested in this area". Who knows. The legacy, the gift he left the world cannot be calculated. Steve's loss to music remains simply incalculable. Period. When Leppard toured in 2015/16 on their "Hysteria Tour" there is a moment before GoW when a massive montage is put up on the screen. It is an iconic picture of "The Riffmaster", sitting down at the 'Denver, Colorado' concert that is taped in 2w parts. The picture shows Steve's beaming smile that hid so much pain, the sound of the roar from the crowd, and the conflicting emotions of awe and respect, but sorrow at the loss of a person who just gifted this band, and the world a legacy that is priceless. For those that find what I have written too long, quite frankly I do not give a flying fuck. If anyone feels what I have penned is factually inaccurate, please feel free to advise, am always more than happy to be corrected. But this post is NOT about me. It is to thank the man who took the time to shine alight on a genius who has received criminally too little acknowledgement for what he gifted the world and Def Leppard. It is about a extremely complicated man who had a gift, like the crown jewels as stated above, that gift remains incalculable.

I LIVE IN SHEFFIELD, N I WENT TO SEE IT AS DAY OUT ON A TREAT FOR MY BIRTHDAY 👍👍👍👍

One of the best concerts I ever got to see was Def Lep opening for Ozzy when I was 14. Seeing Steve Clark & Randy Rhoads play in the same night. Both gone too soon!

I am from Birmingham Alabama in the states. I had seen them in 1986 and managed to get a Steve Clark guitar pick he was using and threw in the audience. It was general admission in those days. I've always felt lucky. He was a true rock star.

Addictions are terrible. I had a friend who chose drinking over living. Such a waste! We have been robbed of so much talent due to addiction. RIP to Steve, and all the other lost talent. 💔

Steve Clark was the irreplaceable guitar soul of the band🎸👏👏🌟🌟👍👍🎉🥂🍾...., irreplaceable..😢😢😟...!!!!!!......The group never again reached the level of masterpieces, such as " Pyromania" and "Hysteria" albums.....I was lucky to see him playing live with the band, 3 times..🎸👍👍👍😎🎉🌟🌟🌟🙏🙏🙏 !!!!!!! Salut from France 😎🇫🇷

Love Def Leppard…Steve Clark was such a great guitarist. Addiction sucks. RIP xoxo thank you for sharing. My husband is a big fan of Steve ❤

Steve Clark was amazing, i have been a fan of Def leppard since the early 80s and have seen them perform live several times, they are still touring, and have been inducted into the Rock & Roll hall of fame.

Thank you for showing us this resting place for a fantastic guitarist. Yes they are still touring. Before Covid they did a residency in Los Vegas. Brilliant.

Can't wait for this one,all the best to you Paul 👍🎸

Thanks for the sad and poignant video and the background on the most talented and amazing ❤️ electric guitar player ever. Def Leppard music was on all over the French quarter in N.O. ,La. Steve Clark's legacy and legendary guitar playing will live on in God's world.

Steve Clark an absolute legend RIP. Hysteria is one of the greatest albums of all time. Thanks for this Paul.

I was born the same year as Steve. I played guitar as his band emerged upon the world stage. Steve achieved the dream I never did. I watched him grow as a guitarist and he was an inspiration. He inspired hundreds and thousands of children and adults to learn how to play guitar, even to this day... that is his legacy. Thank you Steve for your musical contribution to the world, your work is still admired and loved today, and forever more.

Steve clark was great love Def lepard thanks paul x

Thanks for the memories and all Steve done as a guitarist...Rock On My Brother\m/!!!

As a huge Def Leppard fan. Still to this day such a huge sadness about Steve. His stage presence and song writing and playing was immense. Such a skilled guitar player and genuine compassionate man taken down by the evils of alcohol. Myself and all Def Leppard fans around the world. Thank you for your music and your kind soul. Even in 2023 you are still missed. Rest assured your fellow band mates are still kicking arse!!. Rest in peace Steve😓

Thank you for the music best rock band ever ❤ wish I could visit your resting place Steve me and my kids still bang out your music now I am 38 and will bring my own kids up with your music just like my dad did rest in peace beautiful soul ❤

I just saw Def Leppard the other night. Steve Clarks songs are still the highlights!

Gifted From total submersion , of Love for Expression ; and Feeling 🎶 💓💯‼️🌎🌍

Steve Steamin' Clark was one of the most amazing and talented guitarist and great video Unusual and thanks for commemorate of of my favorite guitarist in the world Still Rest In Peace 🕊️🌹🌹1960-1991

Thank you so much for this video! Not only was Clarkie an amazing guitarist, but he was a kind man and treated his fans well. He is greatly missed.

Thank you for watching along with us. It really is a treat and you are so kind. I don’t know how you do all this with a full time job as well but I certainly appreciate it. I’ve been through a really rough break up and your videos and your community have helped me more than you’ll ever know. Thank you Paul, for all you do for the living and the deceased! 🫶🏼 xx

Looking forward to this one Paul, been a Def leppard fan since the early 90's,.

Brilliant video. I love def leppard. Here’s a little fact for you. My auntie use to go to school with Rick Allen the drummer of def leopard x

Def Leppard are still rocking ❤Steve Clark what a amazing talent ❤

Massive respect to you Paul for doing Steve's grave. This is one I want to visit soon and pay my respects to one of the greatest guitarists of such an iconic band.

My home city. Sheffield has a rich history in producing super groups, Def Leppard is one of the best. They had the world at their feet in 80's & 90's. Just a total waste of life & so young. RIP Steve, legend. ❤

Thanks for sharing! Steve Clark was awesome! I got to see him play in Arizona in the 1980s with the band!! Your right he was taken way too soon!! The guys still talk about Steve Def Leppard and how much he meant to them and his contribution to the songs! The band went on to great success and they are still doing it in 2023!! ❤❤

Steve would of just turned 64 we as fans wonder how many more hits he would of wrote and performed with the band. Thank you Stephen Maynard Clark for the incredible music and thank you Paul for showing it to us fans.

Fantastic tribute Paul to a great guitarist god bless Steve Clark

One of my favorite bands,and favorite guitar players of all time.

LOVE U STEVE CLARK, ... RIP. BROTHER

RIP Steve . Def has never been the same without you . We hardly knew ye .

Looking forward to seeing this as a huge fan of Def Leopard. Will be sad to great guitar player died way to young

Looking forward to this one paul. Steve was an amazing guitarist but also helped to write alot of the early tracks which went on to become some of their biggest hits. I have never seen his grave but my elder brother went many years and i recall him mentioning a guitar but i not sure if he meant flowers or headstone in shape of a guitar at the time.

Met Steve at the Brit awards back in 1989, is last ever British performance in the UK before he died

It's real sad. Def Leppard seemed to lose their edge after Steve "Steamin" Clark passed away, as they could no longer create albums like: On through the Night, High n Dry, Pyromania, and Hysteria. Real Sad

He was my reason for picking up the guitar. I remember coming home one evening to see a copy of The Sun on the kitchen table. My jaw dropped and heart sank when I saw a sidebar on the front page saying he'd passed away. Def Leppard were never the same again. He wasn't known as "The Riffmaster" for nothing. Those beautiful riffs were something they rarely managed to put together again.

I first saw Def Leppard at Loughborough town hall before they became the huge band as they are still to this day. At the time they were so completely different to any other band I'd seen, all the guys were just a bunch of great lads. So tragic when Steve died he was such an incredible talent. I have great admiration for all of them they have stuck together through all the tribulations. Great video, thank you.

I’ve met and talked to more people in my life who saw Def Leppard on the Hysteria tour than any other band back then! They were just massively popular! Strangers become instant acquaintances and fast friends to reminisce with about that great time! Rest In Peace Steve Clark. I’ll never forget the night you guys were Sold Out in Rapid City, South Dakota!

I'm glad I got to see the boys back in 84 . I remember how blown away I was watching Steve shred. He had a special style of playing. Can't put my finger on it but it was different than all the other players back in the day. Refreshing! RIP Steve Clark.......

Jag älskar dig steve för alltid du kommer alltid att föraltid att finnas I mitt hjärta du var och är det underbaraste människa som någonsin har gått på denna jord 💯😘❤️🤟💐

"On the road to rock and roll, there's a lot of wreckage in the ravine." - Joe Strummer. So good to see the logo. It signifies brotherhood.

Im a massive 80,s..and 90's rock fan.Def leopard are one of my favourite bands.i was only in my teens when he died.

Loved n Never forgotten...Ur fans Love u soo much..we haven't forgotten"White Lightning"...Best of the Best!

Thanks for the grave viewing mate. I saw him play 4 times. He was definitely rock n roll that was last century, the best century for music

I love Steve so much, I’m 15 but when I was 12 I was in London and I was near his house so I went and saw it, he’s just so fucking cool and I’m sad he isn’t talked about more

Had the pleasure to meet Steve, a very sweet. Kind, wonderful man.

Def Leppard was the first concert I ever went to. The band Tesla opened up for them back in 1987. I was fortunate enough to see Steve Clark perform during the Hysteria tour. Most recently, I saw them again September 9th 2022 in Las Vegas at the Stadium tour with Joan Jett, Poison and Motley Crue. Amazing band!

My kids are brought up on rock metal and my 28 yr old he loves Def Leppard. He has the band logo tattooed on his arm. Awesome to content about Steve Clark. Well done.

What an astonishingly beautiful grave. R.I.P Steve Clark. Those first three Def Leppard albums still stand the test of time.

Steve seemed like a genuine kind soul, should have still been with us closing in on the 'golden years'

Hi Paul, I'm surprised you didn't know about the fallen/pushed headstones. A few years ago here in Nottinghamshire the councils tested every standing stone (health and safety reasons) to make sure it was firmly set in the ground and not moving.Those that failed the council's test, and there was quite a few, were given temporary support with wooden stakes. Any living family were contacted and given a deadline to get the stones reset and made firm again. If family couldn't be found or contacted or couldn't afford to have the stones reset the headstones were laid flat by the council. . . . . . . . . Another lovely video👍

I have a collection of Steve Clark’s autographs. He was a super shy guy and compared to other members of the band didn’t sign as any autographs. A Steve Clark autograph is expensive and just going up in value every year. And yeah he was a brilliant song writer and guitarist.

I've listened to other narrators of shows like this, and nobody delivers it better than you Paul. You're not only handsome, but, compassionate, a gr8 heart. Sensitive. Very informative. And with every sad scenario you us through, you manage to make us smile through our loss of ingenious and gr8 musicians.... Thank you 🙏❤️

I loved listening to Def Leppard when Steve Clark played with them. Such a young age to die. Another brilliant video Paul x

I miss Steve Clark I was a huge fan Steve will always be in my heart and with

I really enjoyed this video. Steve Clark was an icon when I was growing up in the US. I remover Joe calling called him ‘steaming Steve Clark ‘ and explained the reason why. I was 15 at the time listening to the interview on a local radio station. Def Leppard Rocks!!!

Thanks for this! Deff Leppard rocks always has and they've never forgotten Steve!

My first ever rock concert that I ever went to was Def Leppard's Hysteria tour. The band Tesla opened for them in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Leppard is one of my favorite bands! It was an amazing experience and such a good time. I was on the floor, 15th row back from the stage. During the concert I was swinging a Def Lepp concert tshirt that I just bought and while swinging this tshirt in the air I accidentally hit the guy's head that was in front of me. He was a big bloke so I thought right there and then that I'm about to get creamed. But thankfully he accepted my apology and we continued on watching the concert lol.

Really looking forward to this one Paul, absolutely love Def Leo. Keep up the good work mate.

Thanks so much for this,Steve Clark was one of my favorite Musicians growing up.🌹🌹🌹 Rest In Peace Steve Clark

Bless Steve Clark All his greatest hits Songs and Albums. Though years , God bless him Up in heaven Now. Fans Shouldn’t never Forget him . Songs Fans Love his song written

Your so so respectfull. We need to remember this people & because of you we can. Thank you so much . Much respect

Great vidéo job👍👍👍😎🌟🌟🌟👏👏👏🎉🥂🍾 !!!!!!!... ..., nice memory vidéo of Steve Clark... 🎸🌟🌟🌟🙏 !!!!!!!!

Excellent heart felt video. Thank you👍

Lovely video…thank you! Steve Steamin’ Clark was such a talent…sorely missed but never forgotten.

What a beautiful head stone what a waste of a young life and artist good too see you looking so fit and well take care xx❤️

Wow🎸《☆》RIP Clarkie🕶Many wonderful memories on Video with Your Bandmates🖖😎☮

Thank you so much for posting this! I am Def Leppards biggest fan and one day hope to make the trip across the pond to Sheffield to pay my respects at his grave!!

Seeing that cassette really brought it back listening to it whilst studying. Great video again ❤️

Awww Steve, such a legend! I grew up listening to Def Leopard and saw them afew years back with my mum as they were supporting whitesnake 🙌🏻 fantastic memories. Steve left this earth way too soon 🙏🏻

I got to meet him in 1983....he even gave me a kiss on my cheek! I was 17 and in love! He was so nice.

Great musician and song writer so sad, one of the very best bands to come out of Sheffield, RIP Steve Clarke..

Thanks for video. I loved Def Leppard back in the 1980s Hysteria is a such a great album. I always remember reading about Steve Clarks passing all those years ago and how shocking it seemed at the time. No one can really replace him. He had a unique sound. In recent years from what I have noticed on social media Def Leppard seem to be touring the USA they have always been very popular in the states.

Thankyou another brilliant video xxx