It took six weeks to record during January and February 1973. The bulk of the record (ten of the twelve songs) was written by David Courtney and Leo Sayer. Daltrey was the third member of the group to make a solo album. It was released on 20 April 1973 by Track Records in the United Kingdom and MCA Records in the United States. That’s what it was all about.Daltrey is the debut solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Roger Daltrey, the lead vocalist of The Who. The great thing about them was that we used to fire each other up. “Because they were my mates and I recognized their talent. But when you’ve got the ego of youth, you want Ferraris.” 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.’ So why do you love these people? We’re all in the same traffic jam, so who gives a sh*t what you’re driving. I’ve made huge mistakes, but I don’t regret any of it because it’s turned me into who I am now.” What was your biggest waste of money?
I started that band, I’ll start another one.’ And I would have.” What is your greatest regret? “So for two days it was like: ‘Oh f*ck, what have I done?’ Then it was: ‘F*ck it. Then I got a message from the office: ‘They will not work with you anymore, Roger. “I was trying to keep a bunch of geniuses playing to the best of their ability rather than like a load of bloody chimpanzees. Something had to give, so I said: ‘Either stop taking the drugs or the band’s over.’ “I knew our chemistry was fantastic, but it was all going down the toilet because they kept putting these bloody pills down their gobs. “Going to church and singing in the choir was part of my life, so I must have done at some time, but I don’t now.” How did you feel when you were sacked from The Who in 1965? I’m as driven by that now as I was ever driven by The Who.” Do you, or did you ever, believe in God? My family, The Who and my managing to get the Teenage Cancer Trust thing out to America recognized for the work they do. It was an incredibly painful period for all of us.”Īsked on what he’s most proud of in his life, Daltrey replied:
“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. In his 2012 book, Townsend wrote that he wanted to prove that British banks were complicit in channeling the profits from pedophile rings.Īsked to single out the lowest point of his career, Roger replied: Pete initially claimed that his actions were part of research in a campaign against sexual abuse of children. After admitting he used his credit card to gain access to a child-p*rn site, the guitarist was placed on the sex offenders register for five years. Pete was cautioned by British police as part of Operation Ore, a major 2002/2003 child-p*rnography investigation. During a conversation with Classic Rock, The Who vocalist Roger Daltrey looked back on guitarist Pete Townshend’s 2003 arrest for the possession of child p*rnography.
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