It just occurred to me that musically, Azusa and Yui are basically Phil Collen and the late Steve Clark, the guitarists of Def Leppard in the '80s. Collen's a technician, a complete guitar nerd - well-trained and meticulously diligent, always sweating the small stuff. Clark was an artist, trading imperfect technique for a balls-to-the-wall flair that was driven much more by emotion than formally knowing what he was doing. Together they took the band's guitar sound to a level above that of most other bands of Leppard's ilk and era.

It's not a precise parallel - Clark's passionate approach to life eventually evolved into a level of straight-up addictive hedonism that ultimately killed him, which one rather doubts is going to happen to Yui - but in terms of musical approach and the ramifications it has for the band they're in, there are distinct similarities. It's easy to envision them eventually growing out of the strict lead guitar/rhythm guitar roles they're in on the show and developing into an alternating co-lead symbiosis like Clark and Collen had. That's why they were called the Terror Twins, after all. No other band of their day had two lead guitarists who could each play rhythm too if the situation called for it.

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