The Who‘s Roger Daltrey has admitted that he is reluctant to record another album with the band, because there isn’t a “record market anymore”.
The British band returned in 2019 with ‘Who’, their first record in 13 years, but Daltrey says he’s not sure that a follow-up will materialise.
“It was great to get an album out there, something that the fans liked, and I was really proud of it. But far too much money was spent making it.
He told Uncut magazine: “The Who has always been a band about making people feel their music, moving people with it. People get something that’s bordering on the spiritual.
“And that’s because it comes from a different depth of songwriting. I can’t put my finger on why the chemistry works between me and Pete.
“I think too much analysing has the potential to destroy it. But I’ve never had a brother, and if anyone was going to be considered my brother it would have to be him.”
Meanwhile, Roger revealed how much he enjoys “exploring” his friend’s songs as he explained their process as writers.
He said: “I love exploring Pete’s songs. He’s such a different writer and so incredibly adept, musically.
“He’ll present me with demos that are very patchy on the vocal side, because he knows that I’ll get to the heart of it.”
He compared the process to “entering a cave” as he tries to “find the glimmer” in the darkness, while also noting similarities with an artist “painting a picture”.
He added: “It’s sometimes like entering a cave with no torch and four matches. I’ll do a lot of takes in the dark before I find the glimmer of where it’s going.
“In the initial stages of a demo I’ll approach the song as though I’m painting a picture. It’s a canvas and I’m sketching and sketching, gradually building up what I feel a song needs to be in order to touch people.”
Daltrey, Slash, Alice Cooper and some of the biggest names in rock from the 1970s and ’80s all appear in the trailer for forthcoming documentary film Rock Camp.
The film documents Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, the American camp that for more than two decades has given people the chance to jam with and learn from rock stars, like Slash and Cooper, both of whom have taken on roles as counsellors over the years.(NME)
Started by producer David Fishof in 1996, Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp sees the rockers teach and inspire campers over the course of four days, concluding with attendees and counsellors performing alongside one another in a huge concert.
In the trailer for Rock Camp, Cooper can be seen giving an interview in which he reflects on the people and the nature of the camp, saying, “You would have a 15-year-old kid playing drums, and a dentist on guitar.”
“If this band were a real band it would be the weirdest band ever, but cool!”
