"Reclaiming the Rhythm: An Interview with Rick Allen." Percussive Notes 08 2002: 54, 56. "Def Leppard's Rick Allen On The 1984 Corvette Accident That Took His Arm". "The Day Def Leppard Drummer Rick Allen Lost His Arm in Car Crash". ^ "Def Leppard Drummer Rick Allen Is Helping Wounded Veterans Through Healing Art"."40 Years Ago: Rick Allen Joins Def Leppard". ^ "The Greatest Drummers Of All Time!"."Def Leppard's Rick Allen: The Cream Interview ". The attacker, Max Hartley, was apprehended and charged with several crimes. On the weekend of March 12, 2023, while standing in the parking valet area of the Four Seasons Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was staying for a performance at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Allen was attacked by a " spring-breaker" who intentionally ran towards and collided with him, knocking him to the ground. He is married to Lauren Cuggino Monroe Monroe is also a musician and Allen has contributed to some of her albums. In 1995, Allen was arrested for spousal abuse and was sentenced to a work crew and ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Personal life Īllen was married to Stacy Lauren Gilbert from 1991 to 2000. The company primarily sells merchandise featuring "Stick Rick", an illustrated character representing Allen. Allen also formed the One Hand Drum Company to provide funding for the Raven Drum Foundation. Charitable works Īllen and his wife Lauren Monroe are the co-founders of the Raven Drum Foundation, a charity. He previously used Paiste 2002, RUDE and Sound Creation cymbals. Allen also uses Remo drumheads (usually he has coated Ambassadors on his drums and a clear Powerstroke 3 on his bass drum), Zildjian cymbals (mostly K customs, Z Customs and A customs), Ahead drumsticks and an LP rock cowbell.
Allen plays Yamaha Oak Custom drums with a matching subkick. In 2009, Yamaha announced the addition of Rick Allen to their artist roster. He uses four electronic pedals for his left foot to play the pieces he used to play with his left arm, which from left to right trigger sounds of a closing hi-hat, bass drum, snare drum, and a tom drum. Equipment Īllen has used custom-manufactured cable routing by Whirlwind. He has since re-adopted partially acoustic drum kits depending on the setting. The band took a hiatus from onstage performances until 16 August 1986, when Allen was able to return to live drumming at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington. Initially Allen felt 'defeated' but buoyed by 'family, friends and hundreds of thousands of letters from all over the planet' he decided to continue playing drums with Def Leppard, and adopted a specially designed electronic drum kit. Doctors initially re-attached the arm, but it was later amputated due to an infection. Ī car in front deliberately slowed for Allen to catch up, then sped up as he tried to pass, this went on for a few miles until in frustration, Allen accelerated to finally pass but lost control of the left-hand drive Corvette C4, which hit a dry stone wall and entered a field his left arm was entangled in the seat-belt and severed, remaining in the car while Allen was flung out. On the afternoon of 31 December 1984, Allen was involved in a car crash, with his then-girlfriend Miriam Barendsen, on the A57 road in the countryside a few miles west of Sheffield. "What I've experienced through losing my arm, I wouldn't change. Allen celebrated his 16th birthday with a performance at the Hammersmith Odeon, when Def Leppard opened for AC/DC. In 1979, he dropped out of school to concentrate on a career in music. He later joined the band on 1 November 1978, which was his 15th birthday. When Allen was 14, his mother replied on his behalf to an advertisement placed by a band called Def Leppard looking for a drummer to replace Tony Kenning ("Leppard loses skins" was the advertisement's headline). He performed in the bands Grad, Smokey Blue, Rampant, and the Johnny Kalendar Band. Rick Allen was born on 1 November 1963 in Dronfield, Derbyshire to Kathleen Moore and Geoffrey Allen, and started playing drums at the age of nine. 7 on the UK website Gigwise in The Greatest Drummers of All Time list. He is known as "The Thunder God" by fans.
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. Richard John Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978.
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