Talk:Rick Allen (drummer)

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[edit] Full name/Birth name?

Is the full name shown (Richard John Cyril “Rick” Allen) known to be correct?

The ASCAP publishing database lists “Richard Alisdair Allen” as co-writer of multiple Def Leppard songs. Mrpaulin (talk) 03:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jenkem?

In looking at the jenkem article I am not finding any references to its use before the 1990s. Additionally, the claim in the article that Allen was under the influence of this substance is unsubstantiated. Danaseilhan (talk) 07:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

At one point in the article, it says:

and when Joe Elliott got a call saying that Rick lost his arm in a car crash, he was stunned to know so he drove...

"[S]tunned to know"? Not good use of English. Tessaroithmost (talk) 19:20, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge of Duplicate Article

At Rick Allen (Def Leppard drummer) the following text

Rick Allen was the drummer in the British rock band Def Leppard. He lost an arm in an accident but still plays for the band with one arm

is the result of the following edits

• (cur) (last) 19:25, 2005 July 24 68.105.105.179
• (cur) (last) 23:53, 2005 February 18 Rich Farmbrough m
• (cur) (last) 18:17, 2004 October 29 Mike Hackney

I am merging the histories but leaving it to those more familiar to do whatever is called for with the text preserved here (and in the Page history).
--Jerzy•t 06:02 & 06:22, 2005 August 21 (UTC)