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. I didnt even speak to him at the Hall of Fame, says Lynch. So I wanted to put the drums down. And he hasnt ever spoken about this before.The first thing he said to me on the subject is I am very concerned that talking about this is putting a bad example out there for young people. It hurts me to see somebody in that much pain, I really internalize it, it bothers me! They Took a Third Date to Costa Rica. My cat could have a record deal! But usually, in all of those great bands, there's a lot of creative contribution by all of the musicians. Out came Petty, walking his walk, carrying the manuscript. But a lot of that has calmed down. It's inevitable that some shit is gonna fly. Is there an example of Stan Lynch being behind the beat on a Tom Petty song? I was so vibed. And he said, This is really good. He sounded just like Tom Petty when he said it. And I'm going [excitedly], "We're making 300 a week!" You don't need to try so hard - boy, you wasted a lot of energy trying to be loved by everybody, and the bottom line is that wasn't what was important. U2 to Play Las Vegas Residency Without Larry Mullen Jr. Travis Barker Dislocates Finger While Rehearsing for Blink-182 Tour, On The Beat with Dave Weckl: Talks Making the Singer Happy, Melkbellys James Wetzel on Time and Space, Quarantine Home Recording #3: Five Ways to Tank Your Drum Mix, Clementine on Channeling John Bonham in 12 Steps, Quarantine Home Recording #2: The Source Sound, Quarantine Home Recording: Dont Say Cant. But you follow your gut on that one. I mean, somebody dies, or somebody hates itto get a run, a creative run, is amazing, period. 2023 Cond Nast. [laughter] And the trick is to stay out of your own way, and to stay out of everybody else's way. I had gotten the phone call signifying one part of my life was over. 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. Joe Jackson, Past, Present, and Fast Forward, A New York Doll Gets the Scorsese Treatment. I can't worry about that - it would be so pathetic! He could have handled things better, and his mistakes were mainly related to miscommunication and immaturity. 'Cause I want to sign bands that are legitimately talented. The Petty Archives is not in any way knowingly affiliated, associated, or endorsed by the Tom Petty estate, any of the Heartbreakers, and/or any of their current or previous management. I learn from them.. I watched really depressing people get more depressed. I remember when the other guys I was working with would say, "We're only making 300 a week!" You have left the Del Fuegos. I knew that there was the capacity within that group to push boundaries, he says. The list goes on, but this'll get you started! Oh yeah, that one never changed. Warren himself had been a Tom Petty fan since he was eleven, when he heard Breakdown on WBCN in Boston. Id never learned anyone elses parts., He started going over the material at his home studio, and he turned to longtime drummer buddies Kenny Aronoff and Gregg Bissonette for advice. And what it basically translated to was, "Fuckin' have some fun with this, wouldya?". [laughter] That's a totally appropriate description of my career at times! The old, art commerce divide where people go, oh, its too commercial. The other thing, I was just talking to somebody who was watching a live Tom Petty concert on a computer, no between-song banter. Or, you know - go grow avocados for a year! 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. And our bass player Crawdaddy [Lance Morrison] said, You should play that song together in the show. The drummer looked back and opened up about his time with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during a recent appearance. Earlier this year, Stan Lynch reunited with his former bandmate, Mike Campbell, when Campbell asked him to join him on the road with the Dirty Knobs. One day, Pettys manager, Tony Dimitriades, called Zanes out of the blue and said that Tom had read Dusty in Memphis and wanted to have dinner the next time Warren was in L.A. For Zanes, who had a new baby at home in Cleveland, It was all I could do not to leave right then. When they did meet, Petty said that the Dusty book had inspired a song, and that he wanted Zanes to come to his house to hear it. Among his more pointed criticisms concern the song "Stop Draggin' My Heart. Like I know Fiona Apple makes great records, but I can't listen to it because there's so much angst! Despite those undercurrents or perhaps partly because of them, the partnership often served as a perfect vehicle for Lynch's talents. I'd be in a band with him tonight if he'd let me. Now, I have friends that are in their 20's and 30's, and they've already been to business school and they've been to music college andyou can actually select rock star and supermodel on your job application [laughter]. So the core values are that I'm really comfortable with it, and I always was. Hell, it certainly hurts when you spend a year and the record isn't noticed. They Took a Third Date to Costa Rica. Now theres a book in itself.. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch (born May 21, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. And I think to try to predict what a group of people will buy is sad and frightening [laughs]. But if you changed you'd be compromising what you've been all about. And I think among American rock-and-roll bands, theyre the very best. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. There was a lot of things that were not said that should have been said, he says. If you still wanna stay in the biz, if you're still feeling useful. "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. You were open to doing an authorized version, right? It still blows my mind that that shit that I remember cutting like it was last week is still somehowviewed asREAL! You keep this band together. If you listen to the old records, Stan and I are pushing, were locked, and lot of times were driving the songs. The guy's a fucking hardcore, he lives and eats it, he's destined to be who he is! Because my nature was to be there 20 minutes early with fuckin' bells on! He told me the story of a marriage that wasnt working, but hes was trying as hard as he could to keep it together. Among his more pointed criticisms concern the song Stop Draggin My Heart Around, which Petty did with Stevie Nicks. Print Profile Email Profile View Stanford-only Profile Tab Menu . No, he goes out and plays the songs that he wrote. It became like, "Well that's pretty stupid that he's not acknowledging this." Im really proud of the legacy. I went and I gave Tom and his family a copy of an Ann Peebles record. His father beats him. But other times I've been in a room where you just strike an E chord and the guy starts singing. We grew up loving Tom Petty more than his contemporaries. Ad Choices. My music life especially has always felt very cartoonish! Now there's a book in itself." Any book about the fifty-two-year-old Lynch would surely be an entertaining, fairly hilarious read. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Petty gave him complete editorial freedom, and told him that he could interview whomever he liked, because thats how Tom Petty does things. Pettys only condition was that he get to read the completed manuscript and be given the opportunity to respond to anything he felt needed it. Hi! I tried being late to rehearsals like everybody elseI tried to act disinterestedbut it all backfired on me! Thats kind of the Heartbreakers code. A couple of the guys I worked with always thought when we were kids that rock stars were better than other people. Within twenty-four hours, I was talking to Don and he said, Man, what are you doing? And at the beginning of that second day, it began with Stan asking, Do you mind if I lie on the couch. I was lucky enough to be the guy taping it when he let a lot of that stuff out. I've always been that guy, you know like the Roadrunner cartoon, like "What if I go ahead and blow this up, what'll happen?" There's actually channels for this. So I think that sorta nailed it on the head, I heard that and I never forgot it. Artists, Interviews ( 1955-05-21) May 21, 1955 (age 67) Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Very few go forever, you know. Theres more to this interview! I just didn't know any better, I didn't know it turned into a corporate frenzy and we were being sponsored by Levi's! That is what I thought rock'n'roll was. 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. 90.9 KB Views: 172. The entire band was displeased by those decisions, but Stan was the most vocal. Highlights from the week in culture, every Saturday. 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. He referred to my old band as the Del Tacos. I don't get the angst. having this conversation," he said in a 2003 interview with Newsweek. If its just one or two of us, thats one thing. When original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch was let go from the group in 1995 or excommunicated, to use his own term he started a new chapter of his life in Florida as a producer-songwriter and rarely looked back. Margo Price Opens Up Like Never Before: It Feels Freeing Cohasset, Mass. I was wearing this brocade jacket and had long, bushy blonde hair. The idea for a new unauthorized Tom Petty biography came from a surprising source: Tom Petty. So that one, just take it on, don't sidestep that one. 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. Completely separate from all that, of course, is the fact that Stan Lynch really is an extremely great drummer. He said, I want it to be yours. I was very grateful. All rights reserved. In light of your experience of being in a band for so long, what advice would you give to band leaders to help the chemistry; what do you think is the best possible way to bring out everybody's creativity in a band situation?The truth of the matter is the best bands, including the Beatles and the Stones and the Who, have a core of creative fire to them that needs to be nurtured before the other people need to be nurtured. I love that record as much and in some cases more than any of the classic Heartbreakers albums. The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History He is from OH. MD: What was your state of mind when you finally got the call that you were fired from the band? I went to Toms then-wife, Jane, and said, Im not an autograph-seeking guy but were talking about a Beatle. And she grabbed me, brought me through this hallway and right to the door opening into Toms office. Hep Alien and Yannick like this. [laughter] You know, mining the same belly button lint for the 10,000th time. I wouldnt want to cheapen it or do a watered-down version., Theres been talks of a one-off tribute show where the Heartbreakers would play with guest singers, but Campbell says he cant even envision that. -Liberty DeVitto Hewitt2 Senior Member Sep 15, 2020 #2 His parts fit those TP songs so well. I couldn't believe that I was the odd man out. [laughs], But I'll bet you're glad you stayed that way.I think it's the only wayto thine own self be true [laughs]. The behind-the-scenes look at my books, from research adventures to promotion gambles. And if you need me to explain it to you any better than that, I will. Theres also the matter of last years Peter Bogdanovichdirected Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers documentary Runnin Down A Dream. So, in some ways it's harder for the same reasons it's easier, if that makes any sense. I park and go to the lounge outside his studio. Oh, my my, oh, hell yes, did Lynch serve those songs well. But this is against everything I stand for, and I can't let you die in front of me.". Probably best known for having been the longtime drummer and founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Lynch has also toured the world with Bob Dylan, and written and produced songs for Don Henley, the Eagles, the Mavericks and many others. University - Staff Department: Chemistry Position: Science & Engineering Assoc (650) 725-0245 (office) Additional Info . I have a really good life, he says. Jeff [Lynne] is a constructionist from the Brian. Youll know it when you know it. Sure enough, we went back to the studio and we got two tracks that night. If you, at 45 now, were to run into yourself at 20, what advice would you give to yourself?Whew! [laughter]. Is it better to take time off, or work through it until it comes back, or?Call a friend. I figured, "Well I'm off the road, my job's done, whoopeeee!" We both started smiling at one point and went, We got something here. And George Harrison looks at me and says, Its Brian Jones, back from the dead. Of course, George knows enough what a man who wants an autograph looks like. 79.6 KB Views: 141. And so when they became, quote, rock stars they thought they were better than other people. We talked about how you deal with the external circumstances changing, but what about internally? We have estimated Stan Lynch's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. There are times I wish that Petty was more of a self-promoter if only so that his songs could travel a little more widely. I sat and talked to him a year ago, and it was like my long lost brother. In a recent interview, Lynch recalled some of his most memorable experiences, including his 2002 . It made a big difference for me, and I believe my participation made a huge difference for them., Lynch has stayed on good terms with Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench during the past 30 years, and the drummer is very open to the idea of one day playing with all the surviving members of the group in some capacity. And - no, I shouldn't! 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. But they're in it for a different ride. Those that have done their homework and that are honest and humble, you can't stop 'em! It never felt that strange. . I was on my fuckin knees, staring at the sky. And he was still on that tour. That was probably cut more around the time of Greatest Hits in 1993, but it fits in. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. (For a detailed account of this saga, check out Warren Zanes definitive book Petty: The Biography. Huh? You learn them. I didnt need to be that way. I felt like all of the uniforms and emotional and metaphysical stuff about being a drummer, Id sort of outgrown. Im not really there emotionally, he says. But one of you is gonna change, because you can't coexist in those two different universes. Walking like Tom Petty walks. I wont get into all that, but we were young and stupid and full of too much testosterone. And yelling and protesting. He then joined Eagles for 'Hell Freezes Over' and went on tour with. By submitting, you agree to receive communications (emails & texts) from Modern Drummer. The Heartbreakers are hardly a case study in intolerance. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakershad been off the road for nearly a year when the 1994 Bridge School Benefit came around. Zanes spoke by telephone about Petty.. It's not a weenie thing to do at all. And so I have regrets, but they dont hold me back. This is the birth of the Wilburys. You don't know you're gonna make it, you don't know you're gonna get over. I could have moved forward without him. Tons of them. 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. I was pleased to see that was still there. So it's like, my life feels more cartoonish to me than dour and dark. He decided whatever I was doing he wasnt digging. How was it working with an established guy like Denny Cordell [Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum] so early on? 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. Dan Baird and Stan Lynch Team Up for New LP: Interview Matt Wardlaw Published: July 16, 2020 The Chefs Don't let the name of the new project by ex- Georgia Satellites frontman Dan Baird and. To that end, Stan opens up the treasure trove, eager to share his secrets for maintaining vitality and integrity in a business that can easily rob the unsuspecting of both. The musician revealed that he wishes he had handled the situation in the band in a more proper way regarding his departure. Be it ever so humble, my past with Tom and the band, I never take it for granted. 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. Stan Lynch Heartbreaking Rhythm. My ride is like, I want to be around the best, coolest musicians that will have me! Ive seen enough that I know that I dont need to see much more Bigger isnt better.. Collaboration is a whole other thing, you have to let the collaboration happen, and that's a wonderful lesson to learn. I know there's a very depressive side of me that, if I let it, as high as I can get on something, I can go just as far down. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. But you know, no matter how much shit I give any of those guys or they can give me, there were some great lessons learned in how to grow up with people. . Lynch talked to Zanes for two days straight about his long years of having to prove that he was the right drummer. What do you do if you've had a long run of success and then your music goes out of style with the public taste, your sales are flagging, and there is a lot of pressure from people to change. If you still have to prove something to others other than yourself. For Zanes, the tour should have been heaven on earth. We know him as a vital member of the classic Heartbreakers lineup. 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