Rick Allen (drummer)

Richard John Cyril "Rick" 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 1985 and continued to play with the band, which subsequently went on to its most commercially successful phase. He is known as "The Thunder God" by fans.

Early life

Allen started playing drums at the age of 9. He performed in bands called Smokey Blue, Rampant and the Johnny Kalendar Band. When Allen was 14, his mother replied on his behalf to an ad placed by a band called "Def Leppard" looking for a drummer to replace Tony Kenning ("Leppard loses skins" was the ad's headline). Later, on 1 November 1978, his fifteenth birthday, Allen joined the band. In 1979, he dropped out of school (other band members left their jobs around the same time) to concentrate on a career in music. In September 1979, they opened for Sammy Hagar at London's Hammersmith Odeon. Subsequently, Def Leppard played shows as a support act for AC/DC during October and November 1979. Allen celebrated his 16th birthday with a performance at the Hammersmith Odeon. On 14 March 1980, the band released their first album, On Through the Night. Since their first album, Allen still continues to record and tour with the band.

Richard Allen

Richard, Rick, or Dick Allen may refer to:

Artists

  • Dick Allen (poet) (born 1939), American poet, literary critic and academic
  • Richard Allen (abstract artist) (1933–1999), British painter
  • Richard Allen (pen name) (James Moffat, 1922–1993), British novelist
  • Richard J. Allen (born 1959), American television writer
  • Richard James Allen (born 1960), Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker
  • Athletes

  • Dick Allen (born 1942), American baseball player
  • Dick Allen (footballer) (born 1921), Australian footballer for Collingwood
  • Richard Allen (field hockey) (1902–1969), Indian field hockey player
  • Musicians

  • Richard "Pistol" Allen (1932–2002), American musician, drummer for the Funk Brothers on Motown Records
  • Richard B. Allen (1927–2007), American jazz historian and author
  • Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), British musician with the rock band Def Leppard
  • Rick Allen (keyboardist) (born 1946), American musician with The Box Tops
  • Rick Allen (organist), Grammy nominated blues, rock and R&B organist and pianist
  • Richard Allen (born 1963), American musician, conductor, composer, performer.
  • The Box Tops

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    The Box Tops' music combined elements of soul music and light pop. Their records are prime examples of the styles made popular by Moman and Penn at American Sound Studio in Memphis. Many of their lesser known Top 40 hits, including "Neon Rainbow", "I Met Her in Church", and "Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March", are considered minor classics. As rock critic Lester Bangs wrote in a review of the group's Super Hits album, "A song like 'Soul Deep' is obvious enough, a patented commercial sound, yet within these strictures it communicates with a depth and sincerity of feeling that holds the attention and brings you back often."

    List of minor characters in 24

    The following is a list of recurring and minor fictional characters from the American television drama 24. The following events are fictional and portrayed from both an in-universe and out of universe perspective. Furthermore, this list contains minor characters whose story arcs lasted anywhere from one or two episodes to two or three seasons. The list is sorted by when the character made their first appearance on the series, however many have appeared in subsequent seasons.

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    24: Season 1

  • Patricia "Patty" Brooks is David Palmer's campaign staffer played by Tanya Wright. She is sexually attracted to David through the day, but remains reticent. Sensing this, David's wife Sherry Palmer decides to utilize Patty as a spy with the incentive of giving her tacit approval for Patty to pursue an affair with David. However, when Patty begins to make sexual advances toward David he realizes what the scheme is and fires Patty.
  • Carl Webb, played by Zach Grenier, is an associate of David Palmer during his campaign for president and involved in the cover-up of the accidental death of Lyle Gibson. He is also involved in the murder of Dr. Ferragamo to further cover-up Gibson's death. He plants evidence at the scene of Ferragamo's death that incriminates Palmer's son of murder, but conceals it so it can be used as leverage to keep both cover-ups secret. Keith Palmer secretly tapes Carl admitting to the murder of Dr. Ferragamo and presents it to his father. While it will not hold up in court, Senator Palmer uses it to ruin Carl publicly while simultaneously speaking the truth about Keith's involvement in the accidental death of Lyle Gibson.
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