# Wasted guitar solo > Steve Clark's guitar solo on Wasted by Def Leppard (1980) starts at about 2:08. From the album On Through the Night. A heavy metal classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Def Leppard, 1980, from *On Through the Night*. Solo by *Steve Clark*. A NWOBHM-era scorcher with twin-guitar lead work from Clark and Willis. Wasted by Def Leppard is #15 in our ranking of the best Def Leppard guitar solos. The solo is played by Steve Clark and the song was released in 1980. ## In our lists - [The Best Def Leppard Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/def-leppard-guitar-solos/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Wasted? Steve Clark played the solo on Def Leppard's Wasted (1980). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)