What is Pete Willis?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Pete Willis | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | image = | caption = | birth_name = Peter Andrew Willis | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|02|16}} | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], England | genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[hard rock]] | occupation = Musician, songwriter | instrument = Guitar, [[Backing vocalist|vocals]] | years_active = 1977–1991, 2003 | label = | associated_acts = [[Atomic Mass (band)|Atomic Mass]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Gogmagog (band)|Gogmagog]], Nightrun, [[Roadhouse (band)|Roadhouse]] | website = }} '''Peter Andrew Willis''' (born 16 February 1960) is a retired English musician and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of the band [[Def Leppard]]. He co-wrote many tracks and played guitar on the band's first three albums: ''[[On Through the Night]]'', ''[[High 'n' Dry]]'', and ''[[Pyromania (album)|Pyromania]]''.<ref>[http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/spotlight-0108-2011/ This Day in Music Spotlight: The Death of Def Leppard's Steamin' Steve Clark] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112041451/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/spotlight-0108-2011/ |date=12 January 2011 }}</ref> He was fired from Def Leppard in 1982 and replaced by [[Phil Collen]]. In 2019, Willis was added into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Def Leppard.<ref>https://www.rockhall.com/2019-inductees/def-leppard/</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Willis, Pete}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English rock guitarists]] [[Category:Heavy metal musicians]] [[Category:English songwriters]] [[Category:Musicians from Sheffield]] [[Category:Writers from Yorkshire]] [[Category:Def Leppard members]] {{bio-stub}}