Where the world's greatest drummer meet. I had to remind myself that I was full-grown man. The eleven-year-old who first heard Breakdown was always close. His last words to me where, I heard you, man. Then today, as soon as his tour bus hit Philadelphia, it all began again with three more. Copyright 2023 Modern Drummer Publications. Great rock'n'roll is not usually made by democracy - that's the truth. Hes just not a self-promoter. They were the best and brightest at the game for a minute there, and I was in very rarified air and extremely good company for a moment there. But other times I've been in a room where you just strike an E chord and the guy starts singing. Thus, the rocker said he has tons of regrets regarding his time with the band. That's how I see it now. I was on my fuckin knees, staring at the sky. Petty is a rock star who is also a member of a band that has been together since the mid-seventies, and it is difficult to be one without undermining the other. I have real hills and valleys; I know it's hard to get along with guys like me sometimes too. He is from OH. Your contract. Stan said no to the interview between three and four times. We hit a really sweet harmony, says Campbell. Now, everybody has a CD. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time The behind-the-scenes look at my books, from research adventures to promotion gambles. Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick - didn't hurt him! It wasn't a valid thing, there was no business to back me up on that. "We have the same musical pulse we always had," says Campbell of hitting the road with his old Tom Petty bandmate after decades of estrangement. We both started smiling at one point and went, We got something here. But then, when he left his marriage and moved into a house, by himself, things slowed just long enough that all of that past came right as hes coming into the pain of not being able to control the well-being of his kids and not being able to control a dialogue with his ex-wife. I interviewed Stan for Vintage Drums Magazine (a now defunct British publication) in 2018 and we got deep into his gear for Damn The Torpedoes. 79.6 KB Views: 141. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakershad been off the road for nearly a year when the 1994 Bridge School Benefit came around. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. But then, I know guys it didn't hurt. I mean, somebody dies, or somebody hates itto get a run, a creative run, is amazing, period. You first encounter Petty as a fan and then, youre in this rock band, the Del Fuegos, and opening up for these guys. Now, people know you gotta own your own publishing - we didn't know! Zanes, now fifty, was telling the tale the other day, while ducking out of the rain for coffee at Benvenuto Caf, in Tribeca. He takes a Sharpie and signs it for me for every Beatle and hands it back to me. Cohasset, Mass. Any book about the fifty-two-year-old Lynch would surely be an entertaining, fairly hilarious read. Be it ever so humble, my past with Tom and the band, I never take it for granted. Here are a couple of albums Stan has worked on that are worth checking out: Barry Sides "Broken Hearts Broken Strings", Dixie Desperados , Drew Copeland and Gregg McMillan's first solo album. When I hear that old shit on the radio I can't believe that it's part of the musical vernacular, that it's been accepted for so long as real. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. And whatever I was playing in didnt even feel like a band. His aunt hounds him for autographs at funerals. We have estimated Stan Lynch's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. by Robyn Flans. Percussion group Recycled Percussion has a unique, In the early hours of Friday, January 13, Dave had his, LA Weekly just released an article detailing Gadd and, 2 sold-out Twin Cities shows have been called off, Jazz and fusion drummer Alphonse Mouzon died on Sunday. What do you do if you yourself manage to keep your head on straight but you're working closely with someone who can't?I've had that experience, and it was really painful because I was so young I didn't really know what was happening. We talked about how you deal with the external circumstances changing, but what about internally? Man, we used to have a joke in the first band I was in, which was: lower your goals and succeed! If I ran a record label, probably one of the first things I'd do is drop half the roster. It never felt that strange. So that guy who is hellbent on keeping things together, because that is who he is, keeps his band together. Petty was our guy. 'Cause I want to sign bands that are legitimately talented. And he said, This is really good. He sounded just like Tom Petty when he said it. In Lynchs mind, it was a Heartbreakers song. The guy's a fucking hardcore, he lives and eats it, he's destined to be who he is! I couldn't believe that I was the odd man out. [laughter]. It's like, for me, "Thank God Tom sold a lot of records 'cause now I can enjoy making music!". The entire band was displeased by those decisions, but Stan was the most vocal. And at the end of 20 minutes, if you tell me to leave, I will leave. And I thought, Okay well, youre being paid like its main gig. I had a feeling that the dough was the only reason he hadnt walked off yet.. It was an exhilarating ride, but there were frequent creative and personal tensions between Petty and the outspoken drummer that eventually led to Lynch's departure from the band after 19 years. So I think nowadays it's so much by rote, your first album can sell a million records, and it's no big deal - they'll still drop you [laughs]. My cat could have a record deal! I have regrets. Because my nature was to be there 20 minutes early with fuckin' bells on! For puttin' up with that - God bless 'em! What do you do in that situation?I think the real question then would be: what are you in it for? Stan Lynch by Patrick Berkery When Tom Petty was asked to describe original Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch in the 2005 book Conversations With Tom Petty, the bandleader responded with, "Stan. Hep Alien and Yannick like this. Hell, it certainly hurts when you spend a year and the record isn't noticed. They were laughing their asses off, says Lynch. Bio; Contact. So I'd say on the way to success: doubt. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions. So I think making it tougher to have a record deal and not letting everyone in the club, actually helped. Great attitude, he knows how funny this shit is, he knows it's all Spinal Tap. When he gets into a rock band, thats like the second chance to have a family. Lets get right to this. . Even in the second grade, it was like, the nice way of putting it on the report card: "He seems to be a leader!" And if you need me to explain it to you any better than that, I will. Mofo on Drums - Stan Lynch Tribute - Tom Petty - Breakdown - YouTube 0:00 / 3:19 Mofo on Drums - Stan Lynch Tribute - Tom Petty - Breakdown Michael 254 subscribers Subscribe 1.6K views 4. So I wanted to put the drums down. "The coolest thing about this is that I get to put a bookend on a really, really long book of life," says Stan Lynch, second from left, of reuniting with Mike Campbell, third from left. It doesn't mean that they suck; it means that that particular season they were reading the pitches all wrong! Margo Price Opens Up Like Never Before: It Feels Freeing Sep 18, 2019 #32 John DeChristopher DFO Veteran. There was a time when they were so glib and articulate, it really was like being around the Marx Brothers or something. I kneeled down, took her hand, and I went, Its going to be OK. I think its a bit of healing and closure for people to revisit that feeling and revisit Tom in a positive way., Playing Pettys music night after night has also given Lynch the opportunity to grieve for his friend. Pettys also addicted, and he gets to work his way out of his. Occupation. I said, How do you digest two albums worth of material? They went, Thats Wednesday for me. Bissonette was going, You chart them out. Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch (born May 21, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He now resides in St. Augustine, Florida, not far from his and his former bandmates' home town of Gainesville. Opt out through the unsubscribe link in any marketing email. That was probably cut more around the time of Greatest Hits in 1993, but it fits in. And then we got together when we were old fucks and we played some clubs. I would have never bet on that.. I know Im not a great singer, but I can get the point across, he says. Stan Lynch page 1.jpg. During a three-night stint at the Roxy in L.A., in the mid- eighties, Petty got in touch and invited the group to his place in Encino. Completely separate from all that, of course, is the fact that Stan Lynch really is an extremely great drummer. And he was dissing Stan Lynch for being behind the beat. And yelling and protesting. In retrospect, I look back at that scene, in that office, and I think that maybe its the happiest Ive seen Tom Petty by looking at his face. having this conversation," he said in a 2003 interview with Newsweek. The other guys might have had a little more expectation, so there was more disappointment for them. So we're even! I'm not overly celebrated; I feel like I was given just the right amount of notoriety that I could handle. From Bruce Springsteen to Graham Parker to Elvis Costello. Then Covid Trapped Them There. We know him as a vital member of the classic Heartbreakers lineup. When Tom Petty was asked to describe original Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch in the 2005 book Conversations With Tom Petty, the bandleader responded with, Stan. Show Reviews. And I wonder if you have any idea what the core values are that have helped you to stay sane, and also to grow as a person as you've gotten older and avoid becoming stagnant or bitter.Well I have those days.stagnant and bitter, that would describe several weeks of the year. It really came out very intense, at times remorseful, at times angry but he helped the book immeasurably. Better to have rocked and lost than never to have rocked at all [laughter]. My music life especially has always felt very cartoonish! Stan Lynch joined Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1974 when Pettys piano player Benmont Tench recruited him. . Now, if you're trying to tailor your work to the widest possible audience, then I don't know if you can reconcile those two things. And some bands that have been together for 10 minutes, it's 10 minutes too long, and some bands that have been together for 20 years are just right. MD: And it was Don Henley who helped you on that path, right? Its like a part of my life Ive actuallyI wont say forgotten, because I actually still dream about it. So it was no small surprise in late 2021 when Lynch picked up his phone one day and heard Campbells voice on the other end. I was very grateful. Stan talks about his years with Tom Petty & The . ( 1955-05-21) May 21, 1955 (age 67) Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. I'm not sayingI'm certainly not bulletproof. I grabbed him and told him what I needed to tell him. ', When he heard about Pettys death in 2017, Lynch says he was shocked, but not completely surprised. Thats a hard thing to arrive at. No, I don't sign autographs," that kind of shit. When I heard what happened, it put me right down on my knees, literally. There are things I could have handled better, specifically with Mike. What do you think are the biggest pitfalls on the road to success, and after you become successful?The biggest pitfalls on the way to success: disillusionment and panic when you're so close. He said, I want it to be yours. No, he goes out and plays the songs that he wrote. You know? That is what I thought rock'n'roll was. I knew that there was the capacity within that group to push boundaries, he says. In interviews and subsequent history, it sounds like he could be challenging to deal with, but almost the entire Tom Petty catalogue that constitutes the core of his legacy features Stan. He decided whatever I was doing he wasnt digging. What is important is your musical contribution, and to do your job. Im not really there emotionally, he says. I first met you around 1978, and the thing that's really struck me is that basically you've remained the same person all that time. It's really nothing to have a record deal now, it doesn't mean anything. Years later, Petty, fascinated by the Dusty Springfield book Zanes wrote, invited him to dinner and rekindled their friendship. I just couldnt look at it. It'd be so frightening if your life really hung on that balance, on that fulcrumlike if I was actually sitting here going, "God, the demographic of people that buy records is, uhhh, 18 to 24! But if you changed you'd be compromising what you've been all about. And he was still on that tour. Stan Lynch, the band's longtime drummer, who eventually quit in 1994, is unsurprisingly the most critical of Petty. But the fact that these guys hung out with me for so fuckin' long is like - oh my God! ', Editors picks And I interpret that in any way I can: that means spiritually, financially, they know the rudiments, they know their scalesthey've done their homework! I had to forget all that. I never knew how it got there, but it sure wasnt left over from the night before. The coolest thing about this is that I get to put a bookend on a really, really long book of life, he says. At one point, he said, Warren, Im going to have to answer questions about this for the rest of my life. And I said, I know.. Drummer, producer and songwriter Stan Lynch's career reads like a rock'n'roll fairy tale: from 1975 to 1994, as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Lynch toured around the world, enjoyed a string of hit records, and gained high acclaim as a drummer's drummer among his peers. Original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch recently joined an interview with Rolling Stone. Stan did everything he could to get fired, Petty said. That time Tom Petty kindly asked Michele Bachmann to stop using his song in her campaign. Someones passing a joint through the balcony and Denny says, Thats what a feel is. He was just being helpful in his very 70s way. That was probably part of the charm was that I didn't know, and I think the very thing that used to be charming became a burden to [the Heartbreakers]. His only encounter with Petty in the years that followed took place in 2002 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and the only communication he can recall from guitarist Mike Campbell in the two decades since that night was a brief phone call in 2017 shortly after Petty died. In Pettys interviews with Zanes, he was as forthright and honest as he is in his songs, talking about his abusive father, his failed marriage, and his heroin use. I havent been a drummer since I was in my thirties. So you spend so much energy worrying about itif I knew at 20 that, hell, I was gonna be okay, and be sitting in front of the fire at 45God, I could have saved myself so many gray hairs and brain blowouts, you know! I pretty much showed up at his door the next day, and he said, Welcome to the next chapter.. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. That's when it fell apart with Stan." The tensions between Lynch and Petty had been building ever since the late 1980s when Petty recorded with the Traveling Wilburys and followed that up with. It wasn't that I was gonna be a professor or a model or a car driver or a brilliant architect. Drummer, producer and songwriter Stan Lynch's career reads like a rock'n'roll fairy tale: from 1975 to 1994, as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Lynch toured around the world, enjoyed a string of hit records, and gained high acclaim as a drummer's drummer among his peers. You learn them. It must be tougher to hang onto the premise of artistic integrity in that situation.Well, conversely, it's a thrill to know that you've had some success. So it's like, my life feels more cartoonish to me than dour and dark. You have left the Del Fuegos. Go to AA meetings, whatever it takes! He ended up recording harmonies on the bands Warner Brothers dbut album, and he brought the Del Fuegos with him on tour. He wrote songs, they recorded those songs, they put a record together with artwork, they released it, and they went out on the road to support it. Highlights from the week in culture, every Saturday. I wont get into all that, but we were young and stupid and full of too much testosterone. Its a moment in which these guys, no matter how corny it might sound, they were kind of falling in love with each other. If anyone is going to think heroin is an option because they know my story of using heroin, I cant do this. 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