Roger Daltrey: On a heated encounter with Keith Moon

On The Who's drug use & a heated encounter with Keith Moon ...
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In an all-encompassing and candid conversation with Coda Collection Editorial Director Greg Kot, vocalist Roger Daltrey discusses all things related to The Who; his relationship with Pete Townshend; his work on behalf of cancer awareness; the digital age; the Beatles and the Rolling Stones; and much more in this must-see interview. A Coda Collection exclusive.
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[@JOHNWLOUCKS]

I met Roger at Tanglewood in 1969. He couldn't have been nicer and let our little group ask him a bunch of questions. Top guy !!

[@JaLa248]

He’s IS the ONLY Person that I would do anything to Meet! He’s Amazing ‼️‼️‼️

[@wattage2007]

He always comes across as a totally decent bloke. They don't make rock stars like Roger any more.

[@johnheart6890]

Well. The band was very lucky to have Roger- it kept some of them living a little longer. Drugs did eventually claim moon and entwhistle, but I’ll bet his fight for no drugs on stage helped them all live longer, too bad they couldn’t be like him and get rid of them entirely!

[@darrelmorgan6266]

Must have been tough especially back then to keep from getting too heavily involved in drugs. Even aside from him being a great singer, I admire Roger for that as well. I also greatly admire Roger for his coming to my home town a few years back to talk with people about the 1979 concert tragedy. He didn't have to do that. For me, that really showed Roger's character as a man.

[@kevinkhoy7171]

Great story, Daltrey 💪🏻 Moon deserved it 🤕 It was a turning point within the group for The Who! 👍🏻

[@bigdaddystinkeye]

Much respect for Roger. If you ever have a chance to watch him sing up close at a show, do it. Dude will blow you away.

[@socallars3748]

In 2011, I saw him perform Tommy at the Nokia Theater, which is a wonderfully intimate venue. (Now it's the Microsoft Theater.) He was pretty amazing, having completely recovered from the throat problems that had plagued him for years. The band (which included Simon Townshend) had a real feel for the material, they really did it justice. I've seen The Who three times (starting in 1982) but this was a very special show.

[@bigdaddystinkeye]

@@socallars3748 Was that the tour that they performed all of Tommy without Pete? If so, that was a great show. Saw them in Seattle perform that.

[@socallars3748]

@@bigdaddystinkeye Yes, that was the tour. Good stuff. Roger spent some time talking to the audience from the stage, even took a few questions.

[@bigdaddystinkeye]

@@socallars3748 One of my favorite all time "Who" shows. Very impressive, even without key players (Pete, John, Keith) The drummer for that show was tremendous. It wasn't Zak. Roger talked to us too, and admonished someone for smoking, saying how badly their second hand smoke affected his voice. Good for him!

[@deletebilderberg]

I’m not particularly into awards but if the likes of McCartney and Elton John have knighthoods why isn’t Roger a SIR?

[@peterm1826]

Because members of the who don’t crawl brown nosing. To the powers that be.

[@Scoot12321]

Damn right

[@ArchieFatcackie]

Probably in McCartney’s case because he’s the most successful pop star in the history of music.

[@Surreptitious_1]

Saville was a sir...says a lot

[@brianseneca3546]

"I think he deserved it!" He did Roger!

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

I shook hands with Roger at their show in Westbury, NY on March 30, 1968. He autographed a show poster of The Who for me, which I stupidly gave to a kid brother of a girl a few years later.

[@nazfrde]

I got his autograph on a ticket stub in 1980 after the show in Baton Rouge.

[@JammyGit]

I think We've all done silly things like giving away valuable stuff in the name of 'love', so I feel for you mate 👍

[@PhillyGirl-pt3vq]

Love Roger Daltry! Fantastic vocals! Keith Moon, as talented as he was a drummer, he was toxic to any band. Very unfortunate. 😢

[@CREGO615]

Roger Legend ✊

[@crlaw75]

Nice to see old photos of the band behind Roger.

[@EvilEyeGypsy]

Roger is a tough dude.

[@mickthemerciless9694]

Yeah. If he hadn't been a singer, he'd a made a tough gangster.

[@AndyFromEssexUk.]

@@mickthemerciless9694He was one of the toughest guys in his neighbourhood of Shepherds Bush in West London,which is still a tough area 🇬🇧

[@theelvisguru9490]

@@AndyFromEssexUk.are you joking? It’s a yuppie area now

[@AndyFromEssexUk.]

@@theelvisguru9490 Parts of it still are tough,like some still in Notting Hill.Ever heard of a gang called the ‘Bush Boys’ ,they are NOT yuppies.

[@theelvisguru9490]

@@AndyFromEssexUk. 😂😂

[@JaLa248]

I absolutely love him!! His book was great, he damn sure knows what he’s talking about too! HE.. to me after all the info I found.. Roger was the Engine of a 4 cart train

[@socallars3748]

His book was definitely the best of all The Who (auto)biographies. I'm not sure he was "the engine" of the band, but he most certainly was the one who held them together through a lot of unpleasantness. I always loved Roger but the book really brought my respect for him to a new level.

[@TuckerSP2011]

I loved his book too, far more than Pete's autobiography. It was so well written and really interesting.

[@vicedpowers1750]

Kodo's to Roger, I just saw him at Fallsview last weekend and he sounded great and didnt miss a beat even at 80

[@apexjoe4769]

In the 1970's most everyday people took some sort of drug or another let alone rock bands.They all party-ed to the max! That was the times back then. Miss it much!

[@ihbcsomerset6966]

Quite right, Roger

[@benjybaby]

I have been a huge fan of the who since I was 15 and now I am 62. I love Roger and his opinions and I am getting a huge kick(proving what a geek I am) out of that Phil and Don Everly coffee cup on his bookshelf. Roger you are the greatest!

[@chookin1]

Exactly. Less is more.

[@ColinBarrett001]

Greatest love and respect for Daltrey and the wonderful music he has created over the years. (apart from his brexit views... to which he's entitled, but like all influential brexiters, his views have caused a lot of expense, trouble and bankruptcy heartache for others less well-off than himself.)

[@MrMjolnir69]

Absolutely - am glad to see someone else even aware of this. Both of them made utterly uninformed dangerous statements about the disaster half the country (and 28 countries in the Europe) was unaware of / not taking seriously/ Cambridge analitica was already going to foist on them anyhow... not to mention double dumbing down with their injection insanity - just so they get back to playing the same 40 year old set. And hard when you have real affection for the catalog. Can only wonder if they've seen the light since...

[@reresimone4300]

hard to believe this man worked with three addicts, two dead now due to drugs and one in long time recovery. and did it so successfully

[@Overslaw-Thompson]

An amazing singer/song writer. The Who aren't the who without Roger,Pete,John. Moon was integral as well, but unfortunatley was taken out of the picture. Point being, it was all brilliant as it was!

[@TimBoykinGuitar]

Daltrey seems like a reasonable guy. Townshend says things that make me feel claustrophobic.

[@socallars3748]

Pete Townshend is my musical hero, his songs and playing speak to me in a way that nobody else's do. However, his interviews make me cringe when he needlessly bashes people (including himself!) for no legitimate or purposeful reason. He's clearly a conflicted and tormented guy, which is surely a big part of why his music is so great...he funnels those feelings into his songs. But he'd be wise to speak less and let his music do the talking.

[@dailyflash]

Daltrey always took much better care of his throat than Robert Plant did. Plant partied a lot, smoked cigarettes, strained his vocal chords, and got colds on tour. Not often, but there are enough live Zeppelin recordings where his voice is significantly shot. I've never heard a who concert where Daltrey sounded compromised. He went to his hotel room to get enough sleep between shows, but still had to pay for a quarter of the damage the other three did.

[@Frisbieinstein]

The Grateful Dead denounced their first album. "We took too much speed" they said.

Yes that record does sound speeded up - I always thought that it seemed fast.

[@billyz5088]

amphetamines & cocaine - some bands would speed a track up a bit - and some tracks may have even sounded better a bit faster - or they wanted to get through it faster to fit more songs in the setlist - but if the drugs caused too much up-tempo - like Roger talks about here - that's where the term "coked-up mess" came from - and plenty of bands were guilty of that - esp. by the 80's ..

[@user-qv3tc8jz8s]

And valium.

[@77lassiter15]

The story I heard was that if Roger wanted to stop being a tough guy he was the one the one that had to amend his ways not them

[@carolinecoffey5404]

Rogers still Good for his age ❤

[@spikeybaby1735]

Zappa through anyone out of his band if he caught them doing drugs, such was his professionalism

[@Canyon2023]

Roger Daltry 🙌 Keith was nuts.

[@chuck77ify]

Who sang for them until he was asked back in the band?

[@RSTI191]

That looks like Jimi in the background..

[@ernstremer8110]

hes lucky they did not throw him out of the band he made it seem as if they came to him after the fight ? He wasn't holding any cards Townshend wrote the songs all three were angry with him he came to them

[@TonyFromSyracuse101]

Thats my issue with Judas Priest live… they speed up everything to the point where they become a different song feel wise.

[@stevejackson8625]

Roger Daltrey has the toughest feet in rock&roll. Go watch Tommy again. You'll see.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

he calls his band mates by their surnames as if they are still at boys school and Roger is the teacher

[@MetalPersonJ]

Kind fucked up that Roger was thrown out after a fight where he did nothing wrong. And what I want to know is who sang while he was gone? Entwistle?

[@InnocentAbyssinianCat-eb7ge]

For Roger daltry to have the common sense that amphetamines are no good for for you shows that he was a leader at the age of 22 most guys at that age just want to party all the time

[@wegotlumpsofitroundtheback5065]

Roger seems to have been very similar to Gene Simmons: keep the booze and drugs for yourself, just give me the girls!

[@Rockingruvin]

Never get in a hand to hand fight with Roger. Too strong and mean when provoked... also sober. As Keith and Pete learned the hard way. Maybe John as well.

[@77lassiter15]

Roger needed them they did not need Daltry he wanted to be a tough guy and go back to cutting sheet medal

[@A67255]

Absolute crap , all the band were the Who the band would not have been as good if any of them left, they all needed each other . That was proven when Kenny Jones played drums after Keith died , it was not the same band or energy .

[@timcoakley5498]

@@A67255 your talking crap, daltrey was thrown out for being a little tosser and bragging about his gangland connections all the time. He’s hard man image is a facade, because he has little man syndrome. He talks about Moon with all this fake affection but I heard that Moon never liked daltrey ever, of course I don’t know how true that is, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

[@drbonesshow1]

So easy to talk about the dead and make money off them. Cha-ching$$$

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Always the square one of the band daltrey, all he has is fictitious tales of fights he's had where he always comes out the victor. I'd take a lot of what he says with a pinch of salt as he's a bit of a billy bullsh*tter.

[@DucdePommfrit-bi1gd]

What makes you think they are fictitious? The Who were always a volatile band, each one of them confirmed it. They even had a scrap on stage at one gig which ended in Moon being out the band for a short while and they did gigs with replacement drummers.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

There's nothing "square" about remaining drug-free

[@benmcconaghy3313]

You're joking. Of all the Who members Daltrey was the genuine Hard Knock in those early days.

[@qdog568]

Townshend even admits getting knocked out by Roger.

[@jeffgoodman3550]

Roger is short but very powerful. He settled things with his fists in the early days of the Who!