The Who’s Roger Daltrey has responded negatively to a chronic-loving fan during a recent New York concert, criticising the fan for affecting his vocals.
Despite having come to prominence in the ’60s, the culture of drug use and psychedelics apparently didn’t resonate with Roger Daltrey of The Who all too much.
Just a few years ago, the rocker threatened to stop a show in New York after he noted a fan was smoking marijuana.
“It’s your choice, I can’t do anything about it,” Daltrey explained, noting that he was allergic to the drug. “I’m doing my best.”
Although Pete Townshend told the offending fan that shoving the joint “up your fucking arse” was “the quickest way” to extinguish it, fans at the show noted that Daltrey’s voice became noticeably affected by the presence of the drug, changing his voice from “crystal clear and potent” to “rougher and more limited.”
Now, it appears history as repeated itself.
Check our Roger Daltrey calling out fans for “smoking grass”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl5rb8L9pXI
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As Stereogum reports, fans at The Who’s recent performance at Madison Square Garden were advised of Roger Daltrey’s aversion to marijuana during what appeared to be his post-concert remarks.
“All the ones smoking grass down in the front there, I’m totally allergic to it,” Daltrey can be heard telling the crowd in a fan-shot video. “I’m not kidding, whoever it is down there, you fucked my night and you made me really.”
“I’m allergic to that shit and my voice just goes [makes noise] so fuck you!”
While it’s not clear whether the fans in question learnt from their mistake, it’s obvious that The Who won’t be teaming up with Seth Rogen to release any of their records on weed-inspired vinyl.
In related news, Roger Daltrey made headlines last year when he claimed that the hip-hop genre hadn’t evolved over the years.
“It’s kind of meaningless to me, to be honest with you,” he began. “I like some of the rhythms of rap. But [it] hasn’t gone anywhere from the first record [that] ever came out with those kind of rhythms, has it?”
“Has hip-hop evolved? I don’t think it has at all,” he continued. “I do think Eminem is still one of the most creative people in that whole arena. He’s fabulous. I love him.”
Maybe someone should gift Daltrey a copy of Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and see what his thoughts are.
Check out The Who performing ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’:
