Som vi har skrivit om tidigare på vår hemsida, fick Zak Starkey sparken från gruppen The Who den 15 april i år eftersom framför allt Roger Daltrey tyckte att Zak spelade för högt. Se artikel på vår hemsida från den 18 april 2025.
Zak Starkey på scenen med ’The Who’ i Hove, UK 2023.
Nej, knappast!
I förrgår, den 19 maj 2025, kunde vi ta del av rubriker i olika tidningar som sa att Zak Starkey hade fått sparken en gång till! Pete Townshend och Roger Daltrey publicerade ett uttalande med en del ’konstiga’ kommentarer där man menade på att Zak fick sparken på nytt, eftersom det var för Zaks eget bästa.
The Who are heading for retirement, whereas Zak is 20 years younger and has a great future with his new band and other exciting projects. He needs to devote all his energy into making it all a success . We both wish him all the luck in the world.
Den som nu har blivit rekryterad att ta Zaks plats vid trummorna i The Who heter Scott Devours och han är till och med ett år yngre än Zak! The Who-fansen känner förmodligen igen Scott från hans samarbete med Roger Daltrey under dennes soloshower. Scott har varit med i Rogers soloshow sedan 2009.
Ringo Starr och The Whos trummis Keith Moon (1946-1978) var bästisar. Keith Moon skänkte ett trumset till Zak när denne var åtta år. Zak kallade Moon för Uncle Keith.
Zak Starkey berättar: I was fired two weeks after reinstatement and asked to make a statement saying I had quit to follow my other musical endeavours. Not true. I love The Who and would never have quit and let down so many amazing people who stood up for me through all this madness. So I didn’t make the statement ….quitting the who would also have let down the countless amazing people who stood up for me (thank you all a million times over and more) thru the weeks of mayhem of me going ‘in an out an in an out an in an out like a bleedin squeezebox.
To clarify ‘other projects’ yes I do have other projects and always have. The Who have been sporadic or minimalist in touring most years apart from a two extensive tours in 2000 and 2006/7. To be precise while I was in the who 1996-1999 I had other projects with Johnny Marr, Lightning Seeds and Mike Scott 2000-2003 Johnny Marr and The Healers opening for oasis in Europe releasing album and 6 month world tour 2004-2008 Oasis 2 studio albums and 120 live shows. 2006-2017 Pengu!Ns , Sshh touring internationally. Releasing 3 singles, Kasabian bbc proms 2007 Weller Coxon Starkey Mani 2015 Hollywood Vampires Roxy LA shows and rock in Rio 2017-2020 Trojan Jamaica record label releasing three albums and winning Grammy for best reggae album 2020. 2020 Peter Green Tribute Concert . As u see there has always been time for other projects … 2022-2025/now mantra of the cosmos with Shaun Ryder Bez Andy Bell and NG. Releasing singles but not touring cos members are so busy. None of this has ever interfered with The Who and was never a problem for them . The lie is or would have been that I quit the who- i didn’t. I love the who and everyone in it.
Sean Ono Lennon gav en snygg kommentar till Zaks inlägg på Instagram: Withut Zak it’s like ‘the who who?
