Why Def Leppard (and Rick Allen) Is So Awesome

Def Lep has put out a ton of great tunes to sing along to, like "Pour Some Sugar On Me." But you know what's my favourite song to jam out to? "Photograph." I was driving into work yesterday (the dreaded weekend work) and this song came on and oh my goodness, if you were travelling on 95 at the same time as me all you heard was a lot of "WOAH"s and "PHOTOGRAAAAAPH" coming out of my little car.

The beauty of "Photograph" is just that it is so much fun to sing along to. I still don't know half the words, but it's a good time anyway. In case you would like to sing along yourself, the song (with lyrics) is included right here:

"Photograph" is from Def's 1983 album Pyromania.

But you know what is the coolest part of Def Leppard? They have a one-armed drummer. In 1984, Rick Allen, aka "Thunder God," lost his left arm in an accident and thought he could no longer play with Def Lep. His band mates in conjunction with Simmons helped build an electric kit for him to play on and in 1986, Allen made his one-armed debut with the band. Originally, the band had a drummer play alongside Allen, but when the extra drummer missed a gig, the band realized that Allen could drum all on his own. Allen is considered one of the Top 10 greatest drummers. Def Leppard went on to releasing Hysteria in 1987, and the rest is history.

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