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Richard John Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978. He overcame the amputation of his left arm in January 1985 and continued to play with the band, which went on to its most commercially successful phase. He is known as "The Thunder God" by fans.
May 22, 2023 · Rick Allen, the iconic drummer of Def Leppard, is opening up about his recovery journey only months after he was assaulted after a show in Fort Lauderdale in March.
Nov 21, 2021 · Rick Allen has led an up-and-down life. When he was just 15, he joined the 2019 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame metal band Def Leppard as drummer. But then, on the last day of the year in 1984,...
May 22, 2023 · Two months after being attacked in Florida, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen opened up about the incident that had him drawing parallels to the traumatic 1980s car accident that severed his...
Rick Allen became the drummer for Def Leppard at age 15. At the height of worldwide fame in 1984, he had a car accident that changed his life. Rick lost an arm, but turned personal tragedy into spiritual transformation and continued his musical career.
Nov 24, 2021 · In the first two installments of this interview series with Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, we touched upon several topics, including the 1984 car accident that took his left arm, drummers he...
Aug 16, 2023 · Rick Allen became the drummer for Def Leppard at age 15. At the height of worldwide fame in 1984, he had a car accident that changed his life. Rick lost an arm, but turned personal tragedy into spiritual transformation and continued his musical career.
May 22, 2023 · From ABC. CNN — Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen is talking about his recovery after he was assaulted following a show in Florida in March. Allen had been in town with his bandmates for a...
Nov 1, 2023 · For Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, June 14, 2009 was a special day. Leppard’s headlining appearance at the Download festival on that date marked an emotional return to Donington Park – where, 23 years earlier, Allen played his first major gig with the band since losing his left arm in a car crash on New Year’s Eve 1984.
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