Zak Starkey

Zack Starkey

Starkey on stage with The Who, October, 2008
Background information
Birth name Zak Starkey
Born 13 September 1965 (1965-09-13) (age 45) Hammersmith, London, England
Genres Hard rock, alternative rock, Britpop, post-punk, pop rock, art rock
Occupations Musician
Instruments Drums, Percussion
Years active 1980–present
Labels Republic, Main Entry, RCA, Big Brother, SPV, Polydor, Geffen
Associated acts The Who, Oasis, The Icicle Works, The Waterboys, ASAP, The Lightning Seeds, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Johnny Marr and the Healers

Zack Starkey (born September 13, 1965) is an English rock drummer. He is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and Starr's first wife Maureen Cox. He is also known for his unofficial membership in the English rock band The Who, with whom he has performed and recorded since 1996. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with English rock band Oasis. Starkey has also worked with other musicians and bands such as, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, The Icicle Works, The Waterboys, ASAP and The Lightning Seeds.

Career

At the age of eight, Starkey became interested in music. Aged ten years old, he started teaching himself the drums after receiving a single lesson from his father, who did not want him following in his footsteps.[1] Although Starr has praised his son's abilities he is said to have stated that he had always regarded Starkey as a future lawyer or doctor. However, the Who's drummer Keith Moon, who was one of Ringo Starr's closest friends and Starkey's godfather, stepped in as drum teacher. Moon gave Starkey his first professional drum kit, which later sold at Sotheby's for twelve thousand pounds.[2] By the age of twelve Starkey was already performing in pubs and was later a member of a garage band called the Next.[1]

Starkey on stage with Oasis in 2005.

In the early 1980s Starkey appeared with a re-formed Spencer Davis Group.[1] and on 22 January 1985 Starkey married Sarah Menikides. Shortly after his marriage, Starkey recorded a musical version of Wind in the Willows with Eddie Hardin.[3] On 6 September 1985 his daughter was born,[1] making Starkey's father, the first of The Beatles to become a grandfather. In the same year he joined his father Ringo Starr on Sun City by Artists United Against Apartheid. Starkey replaced Chris Sharrock as the drummer in The Icicle Works[1] in 1989, leaving the band the next year without appearing on any recordings with them. A B-side later issued by founder member Ian McNabb, featured Starkey on drums and is presumed to date from Starkey's tenure with the group. Starkey played on Silver and Gold (1989), a solo album released by Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith.[3]

Starkey worked with John Entwistle with Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band and on Entwistle's album The Rock,[3]. He then joined two members of the Who, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle on a tour entitled Daltrey Sings Townshend , in 1994. This tour developed from a two night performance at Carnegie Hall to celebrate Daltrey's fiftieth birthday. In 1996 Starkey then left his band Face to work with The Who [1] on their Quadrophenia tour.[4] He received good reviews in this role and was praised by the music press, for a strong drumming presence, without trying to emulate the band's previous drummer, Keith Moon. Both Townshend and Daltrey stated that:

“ He [Starkey] was the best drummer the Who had since the death of Keith Moon. ”
Starkey with Roger Daltrey of The Who in concert

In 2000 Starkey was a founding member of Johnny Marr & The Healers, however their album Boomslang[1] would was not released for another three years. On April 14, 2001 he featured in both of the Backing band's for the Steve Marriott Tribute Concert, appearing with others including Humble Pie, Rick Wills, Rabbit Bundrick, Bobby Tench, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller.[5]

During 2004 Starkey joined the Britpop band Oasis and was featured on two tracks included on the Who's biographic album The Who: Then and Now.[3] In May 2005, Noel Gallagher revealed to the BBC that Starkey had participated in the recording sessions for Don't Believe the Truth. Starkey had recorded all but one track of the sessions originally called "Mucky Fingers". In an official promotional video for the album, Starkey commented on Oasis their band and the sessions, stating:

“ It was amazing. They're all singers, they're all guitar players, they're all songwriters, they're all producers... and they're all fucking drummers. ”

He participated on the year long Oasis tour which followed and also appeared in the promotional videos for the associated singles. However, as he was not an official member of the band, he rarely appeared with the rest of the band in other promotions. In April 2005 Noel Gallagher confirmed that:

“ Starkey was invited to be Oasis' official drummer, but that couldn't materialize before his current working engagements with The Who were completed in mid 2007. ”
Starkey on stage with The Who in 2008.

Starkey recorded Endless Wire (2006)[3] with The Who, before touring with them on The Who Tour 2006-2007, during which they appeared at Glastonbury Festival in 2007. The tour finished at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on 9 July 2007. Pete Townshend's official web site, stated that Starkey was invited to become a full member of The Who after this tour:

“ Some of you may have noticed in one of my recent diary postings that I welcomed Zak into the Who as a permanent member. This is something he doesn't feel he needs or wants. Let's just say that the door is always open to this amazing musician and whenever we can, we will always try to make it possible for Zak to work with the Who in the future.[6] ”

but Starkey declined as he preferred to continue his work with Oasis.

On 14 February 2007, Starkey appeared with Oasis when they received the BRIT Award for Outstanding contribution to music. In 2007, Starkey featured on Paul Weller's single "This Old Town" along with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and bassist Mani.[3] On 12 July 2008 Starkey drummed for The Who at the 3rd annual VH1 Rock Honors, celebrating the band's long career.

His participation in the making of the Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul was confirmed on 11 December 2007,[3] when the official Oasis website published a picture of him with the other band members [7] However, it was announced that Starkey would not perform on the Dig Out Your Soul Tour, and he drummed for The Who during their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2008. On February 7, 2010, Starkey appeared with The Who during the half time show of Super Bowl XLIV at the Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida.[8]

On 30 March 2010, Starkey played with The Who during their performance of Quadrophenia at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. Starkey performed "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "Give Peace a Chance" with his father and numerous guest stars (Yoko Ono, Nils Lofgren, Little Steven, Jeff Lynne) on 7 July 2010, at Ringo Starr's 70th birthday party held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Equipment

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Sutton Michael. "Zak Starkey, AMG biography". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jpfexqugld6e~T1. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
  2. ↑ "Channeling Keith and More". moderndrummer.com. http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001528. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Zak Starkey credits". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jpfexqugld6e~T4. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
  4. ↑ "The Who with Zak Starkey". tvtropes.org. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
  5. ↑ "Steve marriott Memorial Concert 2001". humble-pie.net. 2001-04-24. http://www.humble-pie.net/rockon/pie2/html/news.html. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
  6. ↑ "Zak Starkey, invitation to join The Who". petetownshend.co.uk. http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=459&zone=diary. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
  7. ↑ "Zak Starkey with Oasis 2007". oasisinet.com. http://www.oasisinet.com/BandGalleries.aspx. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
  8. ↑ Gomez Gina (2010-08-02). "Drummer Zak Starkey Of “The Who” Was Amazing In Super Bowl Halftime Show". thaindian.com. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/drummer-zak-starkey-of-the-who-was-amazing-in-super-bowl-halftime-show_100316915.html. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
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