Rick Allen – Interview Signed Media 2005

[Shawn]

Rick Allen – Interview Signed Media 2005

"Rick Allen, as known as "The Thunder God“ by fans, is an English drummer member of the hard rock band Def Leppard, with Phil Collen, Joe Elliot, Rick Savage and Vivian Campbell. After a car accident in 1985, Rick Allen lost his left arm but he decided to continue playing with the band as an example of overcoming. From May to October 2018, Def Leppard is going to be on Tour around USA and UK.

0:33 the difference between playing in a studio and playing on the road
8:40 there was any question in the band about him as continuing being the drummer?
11:47 how much time did he need to decide to come back to the drummers?
18:05 does he think that to returning to music would be possible without technology?
20:08 how does he record in a studio?
24:35 about the role of the drummer in a band
27:25 has the drummer a special character?
32:16 about African rhythms and Afro-American music
43:16 about the genre-discrimination in the role of the drummer

[andylgr]

This is a great interview. I recommend checking it out. I missed it first time around but got chance to watch it today.

Very cool to see Rick on an acoustic kit and its got a lot of interesting bits of information, from the challenges of learning to play again, his attitiude to playing before the accident, the differences between playing an acoustic and an electronic set up, how he has his IEM set up. Its not just a generic interview either, this is much more indepth than others hes done.

I also didn't actually realise how limited Ricks movement is in his right arm since the accident too, which he demonstrates in this video. I remember back in 1992 he spoke about having to have an operation on his right arm, but I don't know if he ever had this done.