Roger Daltrey Calls Zak Starkey A 'Criminal Killer' After Leaving The Who

JAKARTA - The vocalist of The Who, Roger Daltrey, feels that Zak Starkey has killed his character, because of his comments after being fired from his position as a drummer in the band.

As is known, Starkey, who is Ringo Starr's son, has been the drummer for The Who since 1996.

Throughout March to May, Starkey was kicked out of the band after The Who's performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Then he rejoined, and soon after that it was released again.

After hopes of returning to the band appeared to be closed, Starkey stated that he was asked to publicly apologize by Daltrey.

The 59-year-old drummer also admitted to being fired for the second time after Daltrey said he could no longer work with him.

There was also an indirect exchange of arguments. Daltrey stated that Starkey chose to retire, while the drummer admitted he had been fired.

In response to the chaos, Daltrey said that the situation was very annoying.

"It was a kind of character assassination and very annoying," said the vocalist, quoted by The Times via NME, Tuesday, August 12.

He also told what happened at the Royal Albert Hall, which forced The Who to throw out his drummer.

"This event is controlled by someone on the side, and we played too much sub-bass on the drums so I couldn't control the pitch," said the vocalist.

"I pointed to the bass drum and shouted at (Starkey) because it felt like flying the plane without looking at the horizon," he continued. So when Zak thought I was making fun of him, it wasn't. That's all that happened.

Furthermore, the 81-year-old vocalist stated that only he and Pete Townshend (guitar) as the initial surviving personnel were entitled to The Who.

"Pete and I still have the right to be The Who. The others are session players," concluded Daltrey.