Collen, Phil Filmography

• Def Leppard Viva! Hysteria Concert
  2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
• My First Guitar
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Changing Face of Autism
  2009, role: composer
• 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Def Leppard: Rock of Ages
  2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Classic Albums: Def Leppard - Hysteria
  2002, role: composer
• Classic Albums: Def Leppard - Hysteria
  2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 100 Greatest Number One Singles
  2001, role: actor
• Def Leppard: RockWalk Induction
  2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
• MTV Video Music Awards 1992
  1992, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Brit Awards 1989
  1989, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Historia
  1988, role: actor , character name: Guitar

Collen, Phil Filmography

• Fat Girls
  2006, role: producer

Famous quotes by Phil Collen:

"It's a mix. We go from really hard rock, with obviously big guitars, to dub. I was always into the alternative stuff, a very big fan of THE POLICE . And this is edgy — a lot more aggressive than DEF LEPPARD ."

"[Def Leppard recently pushed back the release date of their all-covers set, entitled] Yeah! ... a bunch of stuff — all '70s stuff. Most of it is songs that we grew up with in England. ' No Matter What ' by Badfinger is going to be the leadoff single. We've done ' Waterloo Sunset ' by The Kinks, T. Rex, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music and Thin Lizzy. And a lot of it is obscure; it's not the standard stuff. It's not like Stones or Beatles songs."

"[DEF LEPPARD recently pushed back the release date of their all-covers set, entitled] Yeah! ... a bunch of stuff — all '70s stuff. Most of it is songs that we grew up with in England. 'No Matter What' by BADFINGER is going to be the leadoff single. We've done 'Waterloo Sunset' by THE KINKS , T. REX , MOTT THE HOOPLE , ROXY MUSIC and THIN LIZZY . And a lot of it is obscure; it's not the standard stuff. It's not like STONES or BEATLES songs."

"We wanted to do something special, not just to piss it off."

"Joe has been wanting to do this for 20 or so years,"

"It's the teenagers that really make something really special. When you've got that on your side, then it works on a bigger scale."

"The reason for doing this now is the fact that so many people aren't aware of who we are. I think the record label more than anyone else wanted to re-introduce Def Leppard to the world,"

"You take any family or any five people and that's what it's about. It's about births, deaths, marriages, divorces. The one thing that we can rely on is each other, and that makes it really special."

"You have to follow suit. The market is more important than the actual product, as with anything. If you don't go along with that, then you just get left behind."

"If you're perceived like a bunch of old grandpas, no one will buy into that,"

"The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better."

"Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun."

"We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England."

"That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale."