![]() ![]() 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. He earned those positions in The Who and Oasis by dint of being an incredible drummer.Below an excerpt of Rolling Stone's Ringo Starr interviewīonham and Keith Moon. Plus, not as much respect as the guy deserves. And few properly isolated clips of his drumming. So we think it’s a bit unfair there’s little available footage of him around. He remains a drummer in demand!Īnd, in 2020, he also branched out as a guitarist and producer on an album called Got to Be Tough for reggae band Toots and the Maytals.Īlthough born into rock royalty, he’s more than earned his place as a drumming star. Starkey’s career (at 56) is far from over. He’s toured extensively with the ’60s Mod band and recorded various songs on their albums from around 2005. He left the band in 2009 due to the Gallagher brother’s “commitment issues”.īut he’s still drumming away for The Who. His drumming graced Oasis’ albums Don’t Believe the Truth and Dig Out Your Soul. He has that vital quality the very best drummers need-incredibly agile fingers to get him around a kit at lightning speed. His technical proficiency, perfect timing, and flair make him stand out.Īs you can hear, Starkey’s playing style is characterised by a sharp, driving quality that’s influenced by big-beat, tribal-folk rhythms, and rock. Starkey is an incredible drummer and much more naturally gifted than his father (even though he’s not had the same impact on music as Ringo). ![]() But that would also be really unfair to his natural talent. There’s no denying his father’s reputation and global fame opened many doors for Starkey. He also toured with Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band fro 1992-1995. Starkey drummed fro various bands in the 1980s, such as the Spencer Davis Group. The young lad taught himself, with help from The Faces drummer Kenney Jones (who was Keith Moon’s immediate replacement after the drummer died in September 1978). Moon apparently discussed drumming with the young Starkey, but didn’t provide any lessons. It was so different and it sounded so alive. Then when I was eight, I discovered The Who’s Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy. I loved all of those ’70s glam bands from England, like Slade and Sweet. That was it for me I wanted to be Marc Bolan. I would spend my days listening to records. You would go into the living room and find stacks and stacks of LPs. When I was very young there was music all around me in my parents’ house. I wanted to play the drums because of Keith. “Keith Moon was my first big influence, definitely. Young Zak referred to him as Uncle Keith. Moon was famously generous with his money (to the point he thrashed all of it and was often penniless) and he bought an eight year old Starkey his first drum kit. He was befriended and mentored by The Who’s Keith Moon, who was one of Ringo Starr’s closest friends. Zak Starkey was born in 1965 and, as you’d expect, grew up around rock royalty. ![]()
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