Recently, I read that Zakk was so in awe of Keith Moon that Ringo got him lessons with Keith on Drums!!!!!!Did any one else know this.? Probably!lol! Having a Rock star dad-Priceless.
I dont think he was in so much awe as he was just around Keith all the time. Ringo and Keith hung out so naturaly Zakk was around too. Zakk said that Ringo would never give him any lessons and then one day Moonie gave him a set of drums and might have shown him a few things, but that was it. I think Zakk learned mostly by listening to records.
I believe this is so, but i'll have to go and find the story now to back it up.
Other sources report that he did receive formal piano lessons at one point. As for the drums, Zak says he's been drumming "for a long as I can remember". He had one and only one lesson from his dad. "When I went to give Zak a second lesson, he said, `I can do that.' And I said, `You're on your own.' […] He was 10. And so we threw him out of the house. [Laughs] He's been on the road ever since". Zak's take: "He gave me one lesson when I was 10, then told me 'If you want to learn the drums, teach yourself,' so I did." He surprised many with his determination. He would come in every day from school and play to the music through headphones. "I used to drive my mum insane."
And then of course, there was the dominant influence of Who. At about age of eight, he discovered Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy in his parents' record collection and was hooked. He also realized that he already knew the drummer! Legend has it that it was actually Keith Moon who presented Zak with his first drum kit.
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