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Maddest_Hatter · 02-21-2007, 05:12 PM

On December 31, 1984, Rick Allen, aka The Thunder God, lost his left arm in a car crash on the A57 in the hills outside Sheffield when his speeding Corvette left the road on a sharp bend and went through a drystone wall. Despite the severity of the accident, Rick was committed to continuing his role as Def Leppard's drummer. He practiced drumming with pillows, and realized that he could use his legs to do some of the drumming work previously done with his arms. He then worked with Simmons to design a custom electronic drum kit.

BTW you don't sell over 9 million copies of an album because people don't dig your stuff. There are A LOT of closet Def Leppard fans out there...

02-21-2007, 05:12 PM	#163 (permalink)
Maddest_Hatter Mad in 30 States! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Eielson AFB, Alaska Posts: 187	On December 31, 1984, Rick Allen, aka The Thunder God, lost his left arm in a car crash on the A57 in the hills outside Sheffield when his speeding Corvette left the road on a sharp bend and went through a drystone wall. Despite the severity of the accident, Rick was committed to continuing his role as Def Leppard's drummer. He practiced drumming with pillows, and realized that he could use his legs to do some of the drumming work previously done with his arms. He then worked with Simmons to design a custom electronic drum kit. BTW you don't sell over 9 million copies of an album because people don't dig your stuff. There are A LOT of closet Def Leppard fans out there... __________________ I am the Maddest Hatter of them all!