![]() The handwritten ad, a picture of which was posted on music blog Exile On Moan Street last week, reads, “Dallas, Texas’ hottest Def Leppard tribute band is seeking one arm drummer (no prosthetics). Still, I should check, as a Dallas-based Def Leppard tribute act calling themselves Pyromania are advertising for a one-armed drummer. Unfortunately, I don’t think that would be much use in this case, as I think Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen is missing his left one. I’d give my right arm to play in a Def Leppard tribute band. And when we have the strength, we do it, and then when we don't have the strength, there'll be someone there for us."Īllen and Monroe are working on a video that will be shown at VA hospitals across the country to inspire others on their road to recovery.Ĭlick here to watch the full "STOLEN," NBC 7 Investigates' seven-part documentary series on child sex trafficking in San Diego County and beyond.And Finally Def Leppard tribute act seeks one-armed drummer By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 11 January 2011 "I think it's a call for all of us to hold the light up brightly for others," Monroe said. ![]() "And sometimes I don't always feel great, you know, but there are certain things I can do to lift myself out of that, and it normally involves helping other people." "I think just being of service really," Allen said, asked to point out the most rewarding part of his involvement with the foundation.Īllen said his involvement with Raven Drum has given him a different perspective on the crash that changed his life. While Allen may not consider himself a rock legend, over the past two decades, the couple has made a legendary investment in the lives of a fan base that now includes thousands of veterans, first-responders and trauma survivors. "Just having someone else with their skills come in and teach some of those grounding and mindfulness skills - they're really excited about it," Munsey said. Munsey knows how meaningful the therapy can be, because she’s also a survivor. “Well, I think that it’s one of many ways that they can really get back in touch with themselves," Susan Munsey, the founder of Generate Hope, said, referring to the Raven Drum program. You're just checked out, but it's the first place you need to go to heal." "Oftentimes with trauma, it's the last place you want to be. "So we started reaching out and playing with other people who needed to take that journey through music."Īllen and Monroe were in San Diego last week at a Generate Hope fundraising gala to help survivors of sex trafficking heal from trauma, helping show survivors "how to guide their mind, how to stay in their body," Monroe said. ![]() "We started drumming together right away, and we knew it helped," Monroe said. Together with his wife, Lauren Monroe - who is a therapist and a musician, as well - founded the Raven Drum Foundation. "And I think the idea came from the amount of suffering that I went through myself, adding, later, "and then, of course, when I met Lauren, we just took it to a whole different level." "I really don't like to see people suffer," Allen said. "I think one of the things that really did help me was to stop comparing myself to how I used to be," Allen said.Īnother self-discovery Allen made was a deep desire to help others. "Instead of being or feeling defeated, I felt like I really wanted to … I wanted to go on."Īnd go on he did, eventually being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, a class that also boasted Stevie Nicks, Janet Jackson and the Cure, among others. ![]() "I think it was to do with waking up the power of the human spirit, you know?" Allen said. Family Raising Money to Bury Man Killed While Changing Tire Along I-805 ![]()
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