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| RICHARD JOHN CYRIL ALLEN |
| BORN: NOVEMBER 1, 1963 BIRTH PLACE: DORNFIELD, ENGLAND SCHOOL: DORNFIELD HENRY FANSHAW NICKNAME: THE THUNDERGOD RESIDENCE: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA HEIGHT: 5FT 9IN HOBBIES: SWIMMING, MUSIC, AND GO-CART RACING INFLUENCES:IAN PAICE, STUART COPELAND, JOHN BONHAM, AREOSMITH, THIN LIZZY,INXS STARTED PLAYING: AGE 10 TOOK SOME LESSIONS MARITIAL STATUS: MARRIED TO LAUREN CHILDREN: 1 DAUGHTER, LAUREN SHANE WITH EX-WIFE STACEY EQUIPMENT: A CUSTOM ELECTRONIC ZILDJIAN DRUM KIT. SINCE 1995 HE HAS ADD MORE ACOUSTIC DRUMS. ON JANUARY 1, 1984 WHILE DRIVING IN THE ENGLISH COUNRTYSIDE. RICK WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHICH TOOK HIS LEFT ARM. AFTER MONTHS OF REHABILITATION, AND WORKING ON A CUSTOMIZED DRUM KIT RICK JOINED THE REST OF THE BAND FOR THE MONSTERS OF ROCK TOUR. THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THEIR PROUDEST MOMENT'S. SINCE THEN RICK HAD BECAME KNOWN AS "THE THUNDER GOD". RICK ALONG WITH WIFE LAUREN MONROE HAVE STARTED THE RAVEN DRUM FOUNDATION. WHICH TEACHES THE ART OF ANCIENT HEALING THROUGH MUSIC. |