Def Leppard Rick Allen Family Life With Wife Lauren Monroe And Kids

Rick Allen wife Lauren Monroe is also a musician. Lauren is 56 years old and was born on September 17, 1966.

As per her own website, Monroe views herself as one in a long line of female singer-songwriters in the vein of Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, and Janis Joplin. The musician's music and lyricism can be described as a mix of rock and blues.

Monroe started her career with her debut album, The Freedom Sessions, which came out in 2008. Allen not only played the drums but co-produced many tracks on the album.

Though Monroe took a break from releasing music for much of the 2010s, owing to the birth of her daughter, she returned with her sophomore album, Under the Wolf Moon on February 26, 2021.

The singer has not stopped since, releasing her third album Messages from Aphrodite a year and a half later on September 9, 2022. Allen continues to support her music live.

Rick Allen And Lauren Monroe Married Life

Rick Allen and Lauren Monroe got married on October 10, 2003. The couple got married in a vineyard in Los Olivos, California.

According to an article about the affair on Inside Weddings, Allen and Monroe met through a mutual friend and instantly felt a connection. The process from dating to engagement didn't take long as the drummer ended up proposing to the singer in October 2002.

Within a year, the two would get married, and as the aforementioned article dictates, the wedding planning process was a very collaborative and fun one. The wedding was a spiritual affair as it included a native blessing and a very organic and vegetarian menu as both Allen and his wife are vegans.

Since then, as stated above, Allen has been very in helping Monroe with her musical career, regularly co-producing songs for her and playing drums on her albums. Allen has also played live with her many times, even now.

Rick Allen And Ex-Wife Stacy Lauren Gilbert

Rick Allen and his ex-wife Stacy Lauren Gilbert were married from 1991 to 2000. The couple got married on September 29, 1991.

The drummer's ex-wife was born on April 28, 1961, and is two years older than Allen. Gilbert is the daughter of John and Mary Gilbert and has two siblings, a brother, and a sister.

Though most known in the mainstream media for her marriage to Allen, Gilbert was a successful, albeit little-known, model and actress during the 1980s. Allen met her through her modeling work.

The couple's nine-year marriage was rife with problems, especially spousal abuse, as the drummer was arrested for the offense in 1995. According to a 1996 article by UPI, Allen assaulted his then-wife at the Los Angeles International Airport when an argument turned heated and eventually, violent.

Given that much of the tension stemmed from the drummer's alcohol abuse, he was slated to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings throughout the latter half of their marriage, which eventually ended in a divorce.

Rick Allen children are Lauren Shane Allen and Josefine Allen. Lauren is 25 years old and Josefine is 12 years old respectively.

Lauren was born first and is the result of Allen's marriage to his first wife, Stacy. Josefine, on the other hand, is a result of Allen's marriage to his second and current wife, Lauren.

Despite being decades apart and from two different mothers, the siblings love each other and Allen, in turn, loves both and dotes on each immensely.

Lauren Shane Allen

Rick Allen daughter Lauren Shane Allen was born on May 20, 1997. Lauren got her first name from Stacy's middle name.

Allen's first daughter was born three years before the end of his marriage with his first wife, which was a difficult time for the drummer. Back then, he was still struggling with his addiction problems and was in and out of counseling frequently.

However, Allen has since beaten his addiction, and his relationship with his daughter, who was very young at the time, has not suffered. Still, Lauren is an intensely private person and has managed to avoid much of the spotlight that having a hugely successful musician for a father brings.

Still, the eldest daughter has been known to pop up in family photos here and there and seems very close not only to her sister but Allen's current wife, who shares her name.

Josefine Caite Allen

Josefine Allen is Rick Allen second and youngest daughter. Josefine was born on December 1, 2010.

The daughter of Allen and his second and current wife, Lauren, Josefine also goes by the name Josie. At only 12 years old, little Josie does not have much in the way of social media or a public profile.

Instead, she can often be seen hanging out with her parents, both of whom adore her to bits, and show as much on their social media. Josefine is a common presence on both of her parents' social media pages, with the most recent one being a picture of her being embraced by her mother and father that Lauren posted back on February 17.

Despite her young age, Josie is known to continuously inspire her parents, especially Rick, who even as far back as 2011, a year after she was born, talked about how his daughter had inspired his art.