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RICK ALLEN On Creating DEF LEPPARD's Classic Drum Sound

Rick Allen 2018. Screenshot

Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen was recently interviewed and discussed the band's classic drum sound.

Rick spoke to Darren Paltrowitz of PureGrainAudio while on the current tour with Journey.

Rick talked about Mutt Lange, recording drum sounds, touring, being popular in America, wanting to play in China, working with his wife Lauren Monroe, production/songwriting ans his charity work.

He mentioned he has no plans to make a solo album.

Note - this is a longer version of the interview already posted by the Hype Magazine.


PureGrainAudio - Rick Allen Interview Quotes

Classic Def Leppard Drum Sound

"Actually, what really happened was the sounds evolved in the studio. Because of the use of electronics and different samples, I was able to create blends of sounds. In actual fact, a lot of those sounds, I use today in a live setting. The nice thing about that is I’m not tethered to the sound of, say, just an acoustic drum set. I can create sounds that are larger than life and they suit Def Leppard. We have this huge sound, huge drums, huge guitars, huge vocal sounds, and I think if the drums were ordinary-sounding, it wouldn’t have the same impact, it wouldn’t have the same effect.."

Do you think we’d ever see a Rick Allen solo album?

"Man, with home life and painting and my day job being in Def Leppard, I’m not sure I could spread myself any more thinly than I already do. I have so much to do. I thought as I got older that life was going to get more simple, but it would appear that more and more responsibilities and more and more things come my way that really I can’t just let go."


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