Frank Noon

Frank Noon (born 5 October 1956) is an English drummer who played with the bands Def Leppard and Roadhouse.^[1]

Frank Noon
Born	(1956-10-05) 5 October 1956 (age 67) London, England
Genres	Hard rock, Pop rock
Occupation	Musician/photographer
Instrument	Drums

Career

Frank Noon was a member of the trio The Next Band before, during, and after the time he was in Def Leppard, and played on The Next Band's Four by Three E.P. Noon played on Def Leppard's The Def Leppard E.P. in 1979. Noon was never an official member of Def Leppard. Although he was asked to join permanently, he declined the offer to stay with The Next Band.^[2] He was preceded in Def Leppard by original drummer Tony Kenning and succeeded by current drummer Rick Allen.

About thirteen years later, he played in the band Roadhouse with Pete Willis, who was a member of Def Leppard when Noon performed with them. He played on Roadhouse's demo, but was replaced by drummer Trevor Brewis before the recording of Roadhouse's album.

Noon also played drums for various other bands including Lionheart, Wild Fire, Wild Horses (not to be confused with an American band of the same name), Stampede, Waysted,^[3] Di'anno, More, and Crazy Lesbians.

Discography

With The Next Band

• Four by Three EP (1978)

With Def Leppard

• The Def Leppard E.P. (1979)

With Bernie Tormé and the Electric Gypsies

• Shoorah Shoorah (1982)

With Waysted

• Vices (1983)

With Roadhouse

• demo

References

1. Archived 28 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. Some time during the week between Tony Kenning's dismissal and the recording of the EP, Elliott asked Noon if he would consider joining Def Leppard permanently. Noon declined, remaining faithful to the Next Band.
3. Prato, Greg. "Biography: Waysted". AMG. Retrieved 9 May 2010.

Preceded by	Roadhouse Drummer	Succeeded by Trevor Brewis