Zak Starkey

Zak Starkey
Starkey performing live with The Who, in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Zak Richard Starkey
Born	(1965-09-13) 13 September 1965 (age 51) Hammersmith, London, England
Genres	Hard rock alternative rock britpop post-punk pop rock art rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums percussion
Years active	1979–present
Labels	Republic Main Entry RCA Big Brother SPV Polydor Geffen
Associated acts	The Who Oasis the Icicle Works the Waterboys ASAP the Lightning Seeds Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Johnny Marr and the Healers the Semantics John Entwistle Sshh Liguz Penguinsrising

Zak Richard Starkey (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer whose music career spans more than 30 years. He has performed and recorded with English rock band The Who since 1994. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with English rock band Oasis. He has also worked with other musicians and bands such as Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, The Icicle Works, The Waterboys, ASAP, The Lightning Seeds, and John Entwistle. He is the son of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

Zak Richard Starkey was born on 13 September 1965, at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, England, the son of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Starr's first wife. He grew up at Sunny Heights at St George's Hill in Surrey and Tittenhurst Park at Sunninghill in Berkshire.

At the age of eight, he became interested in music when The Who's drummer Keith Moon gave him a drum kit. As a result, he knew him as "Uncle Keith". Moon was one of Ringo Starr's closest friends and Starkey's godfather, and although they "never sat together at a drum kit", he did discuss drumming with him as a boy. The drum kit was later sold at Sotheby's for twelve thousand pounds.