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The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey for second time in a month
The band’s drummer since 1996 says there have been ‘weeks of mayhem’ since he was fired then reinstated three days later
“After many years of great work on drums from Zak the time has come for a change,” Townshend’s post read. The incident caused an immediate rupture: Starkey labelled his bandmate “Toger Daktrey” and complained he was “bringing formal charges of overplaying” against him. Starkey, the son of Ringo Starr, first joined the Who full time during their 1996 Quadrophenia tour.
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