![]() ![]() He’d order anything just so the van could come up his drive for the neighbours. I’m as driven by that now as I was ever driven by The Who. My family, The Who and my managing to get the Teenage Cancer Trust thing out to America recognised for the work they do. The great thing about them was that we used to fire each other up. So why do you love these people?īecause they were my mates and I recognised their talent. You’ve said Keith Moon “knew which buttons to push”, John Entwistle had a “very spiteful streak”, and talking to Pete is like “walking through a minefield in clown shoes”. And because she accepted it I was nowhere near as bad as I had the potential to be. At the start I said I’m never going to be a normal husband, and she accepted it. What’s the secret of a successful rock’n’roll marriage?Ī good wife who understands the business. But when you’ve got the ego of youth, you want Ferraris. We’re all in the same traffic jam, so who gives a shit what you’re driving. I was dressed in a pair of jeans, nothing on my feet, no shirt, shivering, and I heard: “Hang on, Roger, we’re just waiting for the light.”Ĭars. Hang on to a cliff face with a five-hundred-foot drop beneath me for the end of Tommy. What was the worst thing film director Ken Russell made you do? It was an incredibly painful period for all of us. I know how it affected my family, and I thought about his family and the people that love him. Not only did I know it was completely out of character for Pete, I felt for everyone affected by it. What was the lowest point of your career? I’ve made huge mistakes, but I don’t regret any of it because it’s turned me into who I am now. I never really wanted to get rid of them, I just wanted them to take a back seat, be creative, rather than run our business. It was incredibly painful having to get rid of Kit and Chris. Founding member, with John Entwhistle, of rhythm and blues/dance band the Detours, early 1960s founding member of the Who (originally called the High Numbers) with Entwhistle, Keith Moon, and Pete Townshend, 1965 solo artist, 1973. They were geniuses in their creative vision for The Who. Full name Roger Harry Daltrey born March 1, 1944, in London, England. I can look in the mirror and see me looking back.ĭid The Who endure because of Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp’s management, or despite it?īecause of it. I started that band, I’ll start another one.” And I would have. You’re out of the band.” So for two days it was like: “Oh fuck, what have I done?” Then it was: “Fuck it. Then I got a message from the office: “‘They will not work with you any more, Roger. Something had to give, so I said: “Either stop taking the drugs or the band’s over.” I was trying to keep a bunch of geniuses playing to the best of their ability rather than like a load of bloody chimpanzees. I knew our chemistry was fantastic, but it was all going down the toilet because they kept putting these bloody pills down their gobs. How did you feel when you were sacked from The Who in 1965? Everyone’s got their own opinion that they’re all entitled to. What do you think is the biggest misconception about you? Arriving at grammar school, the class system hits you between the eyes and kicks you in the bollocks all at once. It made my life work out like it has, but it was a devastating experience and I hated every minute of it.
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