Three Beatles offspring, including Sir Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey, Sir Paul McCartney’s son James McCartney and the late John Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon have joined forces on ‘Rip Off.’
Not the first collaboration effort between some of the Fab four’s offspring (pka the Mantra Of The Cosmos,) in 2024 Sean and James teamed up in 2024 on the track ‘Primrose Hill.’
Insisting that the supergroup (including Happy Mondays stars Shaun Ryder and Bez and former Oasis bassist Andy Bell) sound nothing like The Beatles, in an interview with The Telegraph, Zak said “No it’s not.” “It’s like Mantra Of The Cosmos with them in it. It’s Sean of the Cosmos and James of the Cosmos, it’s still my band.”
Denying that he and Sean were forming a band together after a picture on social media set off the rumour mill, he added “If we had spent 3 years sleeping on flea infested mattresses in the back room of a Hamburg club it might have chemistry.” “But we have been swaddled in silken robes in houses so big that it’s too far to go and make a piece of toast – seen?”
The latest tune comes after the group released ‘Domino Bones (Get Dangerous)’ featuring Noel Gallagher.
Admitting that he isn’t as wealthy as the other Beatles’ kids, the now 59-year-old drummer is the eldest of Ringo’s three children with late hairdresser Maureen Cox. About not having the same kind of wealth as the other Beatles child, because they inherited money from their parents, Zak’s mum died penniless in 1994.
“[The others have] loads of money because their dads are dead. James’ mum [Linda McCartney] is dead. Left him a lot of money.” “[But] my mum died skint with a whole desk-full of brown envelopes that she never opened because she spent all her money on her friends,” said Starr’s son.
Adding to his financial woes after recently losing his drumming gig with The Who, Zak added “And now I haven’t got a job.”
Before being welcomed back and then dismissed once again, Starkey was fired by the iconic rock band earlier this year following disagreements over his performance at the Royal Albert Hall gig in London in April. Convinced, however, that his departure was the product of tensions that have plagued the band for years, Zak claims The Who’s Pete Townshend went along with the decision to part ways with the drummer for a second time because he didn’t want to disagree with frontman Sir Roger Daltrey.
“What happened was I got it right and Roger [Daltrey] got it wrong … I watched the show and I can’t find any dropped beats. Then Pete had to go along with it because Pete’s had 60 years of arguing with Roger …” “I don’t blame anyone. I blame The Who because they’re unpredictable, aggressive and f****** insane,” stated Starkey, concluding “I spoke to Roger last week and he said: ‘Don’t take your drums out of [The Who’s] warehouse yet in case we need you’. I said: ‘Best let me know.'”
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Author: Saul Goode
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