Frank Noon

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Frank Noon

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = London, England

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Drums

| genre = Hard rock, pop rock

| associated_acts = Def Leppard
The Next Band
Waysted
Roadhouse
Paul Di'Anno

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

}}

Frank Noon (born 5 October 1956) is an English drummer who played with the bands Def Leppard and Roadhouse.[http://www.roadhouseband.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228152110/http://www.roadhouseband.co.uk/|date=28 February 2011}}

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.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. 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,{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p21348/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Waysted|last=Prato|first=Greg|publisher=AMG|access-date=9 May 2010}} Di'anno, More, and Crazy Lesbians.