“Do you want to be as big as The Beatles? Don’t you want to go to Waitrose?” Zak Starkey on why he won’t be in a band with fellow Beatles kids Sean Lennon and James McCartney
Being the child of a Beatle might come with its perks – musical chops, famous friends, a last name that opens doors – but for Zak Starkey, it also comes with very clear boundaries.
The son of Ringo Starr and drummer at the heart of The Who’s recent firing-and-rehiring drama, Starkey has finally teamed up with fellow Fab offspring Sean Lennon and James McCartney on a new track, after nearly two decades of dodging the prospect.
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Speaking to The Independent, Starkey explains the reasons behind his reluctance and why the idea of forming a ‘Beatles 2.0’ never appealed to him.
“They’re all like, ‘It could be as big as The Beatles,’” he scoffs. “I said, ‘Do you want to be as big as The Beatles? Don’t you want to go to Waitrose? My dad can’t go to fucking Waitrose, he can’t go and buy a paper or whatever. Do you actually want that? You wanna be as good as The Beatles, but do you want that mania and people bringing babies for you to touch and cure them of cancer and shit?’”
That said, Starkey eventually grew close with his fellow Beatle babies, and when the right track came along for his rock band Mantra of the Cosmos, he reached out to Lennon and McCartney to contribute.
The result is Rip Off, a swirling, psych-folk cut that features Lennon adding “an amazing John Carpenter sort of synth and one line, which is really psychedelic and amazing,” and McCartney contributing vocals and guitar.
The track also arrives on the heels of Mantra of the Cosmos’s Noel Gallagher collab Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous), which the Oasis legend previously described as follows [via The Times]: “It’s Dylan, Dali, Ginsberg and a bit of cosmic jibber-jabber. Add in Bez, who dances on the tunes like Zak plays the drums and Andy Bell plays all things stringed, and you have it”.
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