RICHARD JOHN CYRIL ALLEN JOINED DEF LEPPARD AT THE AGE OF 15,RIGHT BEFORE THE BAND SIGHNED THEIR RECORD CONTRACT.HE LOST HIS LEFT ARM IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON NEW YEARS EVE DEMEMBER 31,1984,BUT THAT DIDNT STOP THE THUNDER GOD FROM BEING A DRUMMER,WITH THE HELP FROM A SEMI ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT,RICK BECAME A BETTER DRUMMER THAN HE WAS WHEN HE HAD TWO ARMS(AS SAID BY BAND MEMBER JOE ELLIOTT).IN 1986,THE DRUMKIT WAS COMPLETLEY ELECTRONIC,BUT SINCE 1995,SOME PARTS ARE ACOUSTIC AGAIN,DEPENDING ON HIS STUDIO OR LIVE SETTING... width="425" height="350" ..FULL NAME:RICHARD JOHN CYRIL ALLEN BIRTHDATE:NOVEMBER 1, 1963 BIRTHPLACE:DERBYSHIRE,UK MARITAL STATUS:MARRIED TO LAUREN CHILDREN:LAUREN SHANE BY EX WIFE STACEY CURRENT LOCATION:LOS ANGELES INTRUMENT:THE SKINS (DRUMS)
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