Who’s Roger Daltrey clarifies the dismissal of Zak Starkey, calls for comments “Assassination of the character”

Roger Daltrey has some reflections on the dizzying saga involving Zak Starkey.

Speak with Time In an interview published on Friday August 1, WHO’s singer spoke of the dismissal, reception and reimbursement of Starkey with the classic rock group.

Daltrey, 81, thought about the concert of Royal Albert Hall from March, where the problems with Starkey, 59, started.

“An audience can see what’s going on on stage and have a complete misunderstanding of what is really going on,” he said, referring to information that he had trouble hearing the Starkey battery.

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According to Daltrey, there had been poor communication involving the sound Guy controlling the intra-ear monitors during the shows.

“We had so many sub-basses on the sound of the drums that I could not present. I pointed the drum of the bass and shouted [the sound guy] Because it was like driving an airplane without seeing the horizon. So when Zak thought I was doing a blow on him, I was not, “said Dalty.” That’s all that happened. “”

As for what Starkey said had happened between him and the group, Daltrey called him “an assassination of character” and that he was “incredibly overwhelming”.

“Pete [Townshend] And I keep the right to be the one. Everyone is a session player. You cannot replace Keith Moon. We wanted to diversify and that’s all I mean on this subject, “DalTrey concluded.” But [Starkey’s reaction] was paralyzing for me. “”

In April, Starkey announced that he and the who separated after being with the group for almost 30 years.

“After playing these songs with the group for so many decades, I am surprised and saddened that whoever has a problem with my performance that evening, but what can you do?” He told people in a statement at the time, referring to the performance of March in London.

Meanwhile, a representative of The Who said The independent: “The group made a collective decision to separate from Zak after this series of shows at the Royal Albert Hall. They have only admiration for him and wish him the best for his future.”

A few days after Starkey’s announcement, Townshend, 80, addressed the Instagram incident, saying that Starkey did not leave.

“There have been communication problems, personal and private on all sides, which were to be treated, and these were disseminated with pleasure,” he wrote at the time.

Weeks later in May, WHO and Townshend announced that Starkey left – again. “After many years of excellent work on Zak’s drums, the time has come for a change. A poignant period. Zak has a lot of new projects to suspend and I wish him the best,” said the Declaration on Instagram.

Starkey spoke on Instagram the same day, saying that he had been dismissed. “I was dismissed two weeks after reinstatement and asked to make a statement saying that I had left the WHO to continue my other musical [endeavors]”Wrote Starkey.” It would be a lie. “”

“I love the who and I would never have left. So I did not make the statement,” added Starkey.

“Leaving the who would also have dropped the countless incredible people who defended themselves for me (thank you all a million times more and more) during the weeks of me by going” in an out in addition an out like squeezebox bleeding. “”

At the end of May, the drummer then clarified that he had been “withdrawn” rather than “drawn” in another Instagram statement, calling bad communication “Noise & Confusion !!!!” “” ROG said that I had not been “licensed” … I was “withdrawn” to work in my own projects, “he wrote.

“I explained to Rog that I had just spent almost 8 weeks in my studio in Jamaica by finishing these projects, that my group mantra of the Cosmos released a single in early June and that it had followed its course (generally 5/6 weeks),” continued Starkey.

“I was completely available in the foreseeable future… .Ro said” Oh! “And we have sort of left it there in terms of good and great friends as we have always been,” he concluded. “I have to love these guys. As my mother said” the Boggles spirit !!! “XXX.”