Of course, touring with The Who and recording with Oasis can surely make you a rockstar, but, with that sentence, Zak defines what the whole point is about: to be a damn good player. In his own words, as highlighted in this interview with Modern Drummer, “I am not a rock’n’roll star.
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As a result, Zak had to teach himself how to get his arms around the instrument, inspired by the infinite stack of LPs he would find around his house as a young kid. One band after another, with recording projects sometimes being quitted, and years of trial-and-error processes, Zak reached an incredible success in the Nineties, when he started touring with his childhood heroes (and close friends), The Who members.ĭespite what you may think, Ringo Starr never taught Zak how to play the drums, in the attempt of discouraging him to join the music industry. Starting with pub gigs as part of underground bands as a teenager, he slowly walked up the ladder, collaborating with exceptional musicians along the way (Johnny Marr, John Entwistle, Adrian Smith, and many others). Zak Starkey might have had the privilege of finding himself in a golden network of musicians since the day of his birth, but, as for any other artist around, it took more than ten years of hard work with little-known bands for him to finally shine. Let’s dive into the story and the secrets of one of the most appreciated drummers of his generation. How did he get this far? How did his father’s influence, and the friendship with Keith Moon, affect his artistic choices? However, Zac Starkey, the son of the more-than-legendary Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, can support such a big burden quite effortlessly.Īn energetic, on-point, technically rich drummer, Starkey was able to make a name for himself, working out his long way to the top as any other ambitious musician, with his excellent drumming abilities and some serious drive. It can be pretty daunting, after all, to bear the weight of a big name on your shoulder. So we thought no.Being the child of a celebrity is not always a bed of roses, especially when you decide to follow in your talented parent’s footsteps. We decided not to do it because the opening act was a guy biting a shark. 'We called each other to see what we think. Ringo told The Sunday Mirror: 'We did talk one time. We'd still be doing what we love to do.'Īll four bandmates, including Paul McCartney and John Lennon, discussed the offer from showman Bill Sargent, despite the recent acrimonious split.But the producer planned to have a wrestling match between a man and a shark as the warm-up act, something which put off the Fab Four. He said: 'If John and George had not died there was surely a possibility of that.
And he believes if the other two were still alive, a reunion would have taken place. Ringo was speaking ahead of an online concert with the only other surviving Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney. The drummer, who is 80 on Tuesday, said the iconic band was offered £50million - worth quadruple that in today's money - to reunite five years after their breakup. Ringo Starr says The Beatles turned down a 'crazy' £200m reunion gig in 1976 because the bizarre warm-up act was a man wrestling a sharkĪn 18ft Great White shark scuppered plans to for a £200million Beatles reunion show in 1976, according to Sir Ringo Starr. At the end I said: listen Keith, don't buy me any more gifts, I can't afford them! I remember a Christmas when he and his girlfriend arrived with gifts, he dressed as Santa and she as a snow queen. We thanked him and some time later the invoice arrived. There is this story according to which Keith Moon gave gifts to your children, only that he didn't buy them. The two of them did, and they were my friends. It's not that all drummers are like that. It is thanks to the two of them if we drummers have the reputation of decerebrates. For my parents it was Uncle Keith and for a time he lived with us, more or less. It could have been day or night, but he would come and throw me in the pool.Īnd Keith, he was a beautiful person, but we all took stuff and he was no exception. When I moved to Los Angeles in the 70s and the Led Zeppelins passed through the city, Bonham had this fixed nail so he had to take the car, come to my house, pick me up and throw me in the pool. Which of the two was the most reckless?Īh, both. Below an excerpt of Rolling Stone's Ringo Starr interviewīonham and Keith Moon.
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