page_title: Zak Starkey
section_title: Oasis: 2004–2008
hierarchical_section_title: Zak Starkey / Career / Oasis: 2004–2008
caption_attribution_description: English: The Who Philadelphia PA Oct. 26, 2008 Photo of Zak Starkey, drummer
context_page_description: Zak Richard Starkey is an English rock drummer. He is the son of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, and has performed and recorded with English rock band The Who since 1996. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with English rock band Oasis.
  Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, The Icicle Works, The Waterboys, ASAP, The Lightning Seeds, and John Entwistle.
context_section_description: During 2004, Starkey joined the Britpop band Oasis and was also featured on two tracks included on The Who's biographic album, The Who: Then and Now. In May 2005, Noel Gallagher revealed to the BBC that Starkey had participated in the recording sessions for Don't Believe the Truth. Starkey had recorded all but one track of these sessions which were originally called "Mucky Fingers" and were also for an official promotional video for the album. After the completion of these sessions Starkey stated: "It was amazing. They're all singers, they're all guitar players, they're all songwriters, they're all producers and they're all drummers."
  He travelled as a sideman on the year-long Oasis tour that followed and appeared in promotional videos for the associated singles. Despite this, he was not an official member of the band and rarely appeared with them in promotions. In April 2005, Noel Gallagher confirmed that he had been invited to be their official drummer and added that this could not materialise before his current working engagements with The Who were completed in mid-2007.
  Starkey was not available to record The Who's 2006 album Endless Wire, as he had been on the road with Oasis. However, he did join The Who for The Who Tour 2006-2007 in support of the album, during which they headlined at Glastonbury Festival in 2007. The tour finished at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland on 9 July 2007. Pete Townshend's official website stated that Starkey was afterwards invited to become a full member of The Who, stating: "Some of you may have noticed in one of my recent diary postings that I welcomed Zak into The Who as a permanent member. This is something he doesn't feel he needs or wants. Let's just say that the door is always open to this amazing musician and whenever we can, we will always try to make it possible for Zak to work with The Who in the future." 
  On 14 February 2007, Starkey appeared with Oasis when they received the BRIT Award for outstanding contribution to music. Later in 2007, he featured on Paul Weller's single "This Old Town" along with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and bass guitarist Gary Mounfield, also known as "Mani". On 12 July 2008, Starkey played drums for the Who at the 3rd annual VH1 Rock Honors, which celebrated the band's long career.
  His participation in the making of the Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul, was confirmed on 11 December 2007, when the official Oasis website published a picture of him with the other band members. However, it was announced that he would not perform on the Dig Out Your Soul Tour. Instead, he played drums for The Who during their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2008. A year later he recalled that playing with them was "massive" and called the band "some of the smartest musicians I've ever met".
  In 2008, Starkey formed the band Penguins Rising which had previously been called Penguin, along with his partner Sharna Liguz. The band's original line up also included his daughter Tatia. Penguins rising went on to support Kasabian and Beady Eye on their respective tours. Starkey left Oasis in May 2008, after the recording of Dig Out Your Soul and was replaced by Chris Sharrock.
caption: Starkey on stage with The Who in 2008
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