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The Who unfires Zak Starkey - Black - 04-22-2025
I can't quite articulate why, but I thought the "parting ways" drama was ridiculous, and the un-parting ways is even more ridiculous.
https://relix.com/news/detail/pete-townshend-says-zak-starkey-is-not-being-asked-to-step-down-from-the-who/?utm_source=relix-daily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dead-company-welcome-special-guest-at-sphere-the-who-rehire-zak-starkey&_bhlid=37fb3dba8635f23cb217eaae201a1919d54194cb
Re: The Who unfires Zak Starkey - kj - 04-22-2025
I think Roger mostly doesn’t like his playing, and he lost his crap. They mentioned he would have his favorite drummer on his solo tour, which I thought hinted at compromise on his part. Weirdly, I saw them and thought Starkey was really sloppy, and I was bummed I couldn’t even tell what Pino Palladino was playing (partly because Starkey was out of control). Idk. Older people get cranky, and I can see it happening.
Re: The Who unfires Zak Starkey - cbelt3 - 04-22-2025
"It's better to burn out, than to fade away".
Re: The Who unfires Zak Starkey - Lux Interior - 04-22-2025
kj wrote:
Older people get cranky, and I can see it happening.
He's mad that he didn't die before he got old.
Re: The Who unfires Zak Starkey - Microman - 04-22-2025
I saw a video about his firing, by someone who thought Starkey is a great drummer. Couldn't figure out the reason, as he had been with the who for so many years. It was his thinking that there was a problem with the audio feeds to the players. The mixes etc...Causing players to not keep time....
Re: The Who unfires Zak Starkey - Black - 04-23-2025
Microman wrote:Roger's complaint was that he couldn't find his pitch because all he could hear was drums. Does sound like a monitoring problem but it might have been frustration with Zak's alleged overplaying.
I saw a video about his firing, by someone who thought Starkey is a great drummer. Couldn't figure out the reason, as he had been with the who for so many years. It was his thinking that there was a problem with the audio feeds to the players. The mixes etc...Causing players to not keep time....
Re: The Who unfires Zak Starkey - kj - 04-23-2025
Which is odd because they should be using IEMs and could certainly control their own mix. I don’t think Pete would tolerate using anything but IEMs since he has bad tinnitus. Maybe Roger refuses to use IEMs, as some people (especially older guys) won’t use them, but then that’s on him. Which is why I think it’s that he doesn’t like Starkey’s playing. I didn’t either, so I get it.