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Rick Allen Opens Up About Being Assaulted Outside Florida Hotel

Rick Allen is speaking out for the first time following being assaulted outside of a hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in March. In an exclusive interview with Good Morning America (GMA),…

Rick Allen of Def Leppard playing drums
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Rick Allen is speaking out for the first time following being assaulted outside of a hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. in March.

In an exclusive interview with Good Morning America (GMA), the Def Leppard drummer details the attack itself. He said, "I heard a couple of steps and then I just saw this [flash] and the next thing I knew was I was on the ground. I landed on my backside… hit my head on the pavement."

Allen details that once he had been knocked to the ground, he raised his hand up toward his attacker. He told him, "I am no threat to you." He added, "I don't think he knew who I was, but he must have seen that I wasn't a threat because, you know, I've only got one arm."

As previously reported, Allen's attacker was a 19-year-old man named Max Edward Hartley. After attacking Allen outside of the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Hartley was later arrested at a nearby hotel for breaking car windows. He was charged with a number of crimes, including abusing an elderly or disabled adult. GMA notes Hartley was charged with "two counts of battery and four counts of criminal mischief." Hartley has pleaded not guilty to all six charges.

Allen, of course, is no stranger to trauma. The drummer infamously lost his left arm in 1984 following a car crash. He said in the aftermath of the attack, "I immediately just went to that place of just feeling grateful for the fact that I have an amazing wife and an incredible family and I just started thanking a higher power for the fact that I'm still here."

Allen is back on the road with Def Leppard who are currently on tour in Europe with Mötley Crüe. Their show tonight (May 22) takes place at Bramall Lane in Def Leppard's hometown of Sheffield, England. A full list of upcoming tour dates can be found at DefLeppard.com.

A number of bands have one diamond-certified title, and even fewer have more than one. However, there is an elite group of rock bands with multiple diamond-certified studio albums.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has given out a number of diamond certifications to various albums that have sold at least 10 million units. Several of those albums happen to be greatest hits/best-of compilations. Thanks to these releases, this has led to a variety of bands have more than one diamond-certified title.

Believe it or not, there are only five rock bands to have more than one diamond-certified studio albums. That's right, only five.

So, who are they? Scroll through the gallery below to find out and to see which of their studio albums have moved 10 million units or more.

Def Leppard

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 04: (L-R) Vivian Campbell, Phil Collen, Rick Allen, Rick Savage, and Joe Elliott of Def Leppard speaks during the press conference for THE STADIUM TOUR DEF LEPPARD - MOTLEY CRUE - POISON at SiriusXM Studios on December 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SiriusXM)


Van Halen

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LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 17: (L-R) Drummer Alex Van Halen, singer David Lee Roth and guitarist Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


Pink Floyd

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LONDON - JULY 02: (L to R) David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright from the band Pink Floyd on stage at "Live 8 London" in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London, England. The free concert is one of ten simultaneous international gigs including Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barrie, Tokyo, Cornwall, Moscow and Johannesburg. The concerts precede the G8 summit (July 6-8) to raising awareness for MAKEpovertyHISTORY. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images)


The Beatles

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19th May 1967: The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', at a press conference held at the west London home of their manager Brian Epstein. The LP is released on June 1st. (Photo by John Pratt/Keystone/Getty Images)


Led Zeppelin

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June 1973: British rock band Led Zeppelin. From left to right, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham (1947 - 1980), John Paul Jones. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights