Roger Daltrey: On a heated encounter with Keith Moon

On The Who's drug use & a heated encounter with Keith Moon ...

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 !!

[darrelmorgan]

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.

[johnheart]

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!

[kevinkhoy]

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

[wattage]

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

[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.

[crlaw]

Nice to see old photos of the band behind Roger.

[PhillyGirl-ptvq]

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

[deletebilderberg]

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

[JaLa]

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

[brianseneca]

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

[vicedpowers]

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

[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!

[kencade]

Keith & Pete's books on the shelf

[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.

[EpiccougROTMG]

Link to the full interview is broken :/ does anyone have it ??

[redfields]

I admire Roger. Everything I hear about him is class, except from his bandmates. They always seem to trash him but I think he is the one who is doing the right thing and the others don't like being told what they don't like to hear.

[apexjoe]

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!

[billyz]

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 ..

[TimBoykinGuitar]

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