Recording Artists with disabilities
- Rock and heavy metal artists

Heavy Metal
Rick Allen

Disability:    Lost an arm - rearranged his drum kit to compensate (source)

drummer in Def Leppard

Def Leppard websites:
    Becky's Def Leppard Spot

Rick Allen

Alice Cooper

disability:    asthma (source)
    Numerous hits in 1970s and 1980s, including "Poison"

Alice Cooper

Tony Iommi
Tony Iommi

Disability:    Lost 2 fingers - created 2 plastic "fingers" designed for playing guitar. (source)

Guitar player in Black Sabbath

Meatloaf
Meat Loaf

disability: diabetes (source)

Heavy metal recording artist, had several hit singles including "Don't Be Sad (Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad)", "Bat Out Of Hell", "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth", "Dead Ringer For Love", and "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"

Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels

Disability: diabetes type 1 (IDDM) since age 6 (source)

Lead singer in the rock band Poison, whose hits include "Nothing But A Good Time"

Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

Disability:    dyslexia (source)

Was singer in Black Sabbath.
Also had several solo hits, including "Bark At The Moon" and "So Tired"

Ozzy and his family have also appeared in a fly-on-the-wall TV series about them

Axl Rose

Axl Rose

Disability: bipolar (source: Mental Health Today website)

Singer in Guns 'n' Roses, who had several hits in the late 1980s and early 1990's - including "Welcome To The Jungle" and "Sweet Child Of Mine"


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