The Who fire their drummer AGAIN
Iconic rock band The Who have announced a separation from their drummer, Zak Starkey, for the second time
The iconic rock band The Who have announced a separation from their drummer, Zak Starkey, for the second time in a month.
The band’s guitarist Pete Townshend implied in the statement that they had parted ways based on a mutual decision but Starkey insisted that he had been fired and was told to act like it was his decision.
It has been “weeks of mayhem of me going ‘in an out an in an out an in an out like a bleedin squeezebox,” the drummer claimed.
He is the son of the iconic Ringo Starr, drummer for The Beatles, and he has played for The Who since 1996. He was initially fired from the group earlier in the month, with them reportedly being unsatisfied with his performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
A few days later, however, both Towenshend and Starkey announced that he would be returning after “some communication issues, personal and private on all sides, … have been aired happily.”
The guitarist further addressed the Royal Albert Hall saying that “maybe we didn’t put enough time into sound checks giving us problems on stage.”
“The sound in the centre of the stage is always the most difficult to work with. Roger did nothing wrong but fiddle with his in-ear monitors. Zak made a few mistakes and he has apologised. Albeit with a rubber duck drummer,” he added.
It is still not clear why they ended up undoing their decision, with Townshend claiming that “the time has come for a change,” claiming that “Zak has lots of new projects in hand and I wish him the best.”
