DEF LEPPARD - 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' (Official) One of the most beautiful stories... when do humanoids smelling of money, fame, and success ever risk "ruining" everything for a friend?
Rick Allen joins Def Leppard at 15... yes, fifteen... not that the others are much older...
He celebrates his 16th, yes 16th, at Hammersmith Odeon when they open for AC/DC...
In '83, the band hits the big sales success with their third album "Pyromania"... I loved the first two so much... already mentioned in the previous story...
On December 31, 1984, the accident: “I think my arm is still in the car”... a nearby doctor wraps the limb in ice, they rush to the hospital but attempts to reattach it fail...
Neither Allen nor his bandmates give up the idea that he can't play anymore. He puts everything into it, encouraged by all the bandmates, and realizes he can make up for the missing arm's work with his legs.
Rick is in a studio alone with the new “hybrid” drum set practicing every day...
The Friends will never even try to find another drummer... they'll have to soften the sound... but, rightly, who the hell cares...
After several months, Allen reunites the band and plays the intro to Bonham’s “When The Levee Breaks”... there are tears of happiness...
His live return is sealed at the Monster of Rock festival in 1986 in England with an ovation that every time... breaks your heart...
The following year "Hysteria" arrives and the success is global...
I have faded but wonderful memories tied to "Hysteria"...
Oh, I almost forgot... Rick still plays and is still with Def Leppard, savansadir...
A nice cheesy 80s video as it should be, for heaven's sake.
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