It works really well with him. "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. 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.. 'Cause I want to sign bands that are legitimately talented. I figured, "Well I'm off the road, my job's done, whoopeeee!" It was the greatest thrill of my life, Zanes said. It's usually somebody that has the seed of an idea that he's gonna protect. Id gone from Madison Square Garden to being a bike mechanic. He was working on a bike when he first heard Runnin Down a Dream, from Pettys 1989 album Full Moon Fever. And I thought, There he goes. I felt like all of the uniforms and emotional and metaphysical stuff about being a drummer, Id sort of outgrown. This article was published more than7 years ago. I could have moved forward without him. 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. I was still young and I didnt really understand what he meant by groove and feel. I remember asking Denny, What does that mean, can you quantify that? I mean, to me the most rock'n'roll thing you can do is not give a shit! 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. The other night I looked down during that song and there was a woman in the front just sobbing, says Campbell. 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. And when it happens, its certainly a big deal. It's inevitable that some shit is gonna fly. We hit a really sweet harmony, says Campbell. 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Apart from the enduring work he crafted with the Heartbreakers, Lynch's stage and studio credits as a drummer also include the likes of Bob Dylan, Don Henley, Aretha Franklin, The Eurythmics, Roger McGuinn, Stevie Nicks, Del Shannon, T-Bone Burnett, and Warren Zevon. And its a new life. Ive thought about having different singers up there doing the songs, but why? I havent been a drummer since I was in my thirties. ', When he heard about Pettys death in 2017, Lynch says he was shocked, but not completely surprised. There sat the fantastic coffee. It was almost like in Men In Black. MD: What was your state of mind when you finally got the call that you were fired from the band? Those that have done their homework and that are honest and humble, you can't stop 'em! They tried to help him. That was another experience for me, says Lynch. Youre a guy who wants to write songs now. Ask Amy: Im still hurt by what my daughters did after their sisters death, Carolyn Hax: Embarrassing son is back home after losing his job, Carolyn Hax: Teen turns against mom after his dads death. Sep 18, 2019 #32 John DeChristopher DFO Veteran. Other guys, it looks like they went to business school to be rock stars. We got beyond it. But it's a wonderful thing to know that I'm on a journey now. Stan Lynch - Modern Drummer Magazine Features Stan Lynch It's been thirty years since he recorded with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He referred to my old band as the Del Tacos. It doesn't mean that they suck; it means that that particular season they were reading the pitches all wrong! That 20 minutes turned into two days and eight hours. That extends to interviews. Since leaving the Heartbreakers, Lynch has gone on to become a successful producer and songwriter, performing those duties with Henley, the Mavericks, Ringo Starr, Matraca Berg, Toto and many others. When I heard from Mike, I almost said, Thats probably not a good fit, but I appreciate the offer. University - Staff Department: Chemistry Position: Science & Engineering Assoc (650) 725-0245 (office) Additional Info . 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. And they don't! 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. And that's what it's supposed to do, so she did her job. And it reverberated for years, some people never got over it. ), Looking back at that intense time all these years later, Lynch says he wishes hed handled the situation a bit differently. Without doing any research, I couldn't tell you what erstwhile Heartbreaker Stan Lynch has been doing with his life for the past three decades. Just go! The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Thats a hard thing to arrive at. It wasn't a valid thing, there was no business to back me up on that. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. If I look up and see Mike Campbells butt in front of my drum kit, its kind of like Im home., Opening night in Boulder was heavy on material from the two Dirty Knobs albums, but they also dipped into the Heartbreakers catalog with songs like Refugee, Runnin Down a Dream, Southern Accents, and You Wreck Me. As the days went by, they started sprinkling in additional oldies like Listen to Her Heart, When the Time Comes, and Casa Dega., Im still learning to be a singer, says Campbell. 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. Thats a long run to have someone in your life one way or another., Campbell sent over the two recent albums he released with his longtime backing band the Dirty Knobs, 2020s Wreckless Abandon and 2022s External Combustion, and told him to learn the songs. What would I start doing, polling people in high school? What do you do when you lose inspiration for a period of time? That'll kill you. I knew that there was the capacity within that group to push boundaries, he says. Are you up for it?, Lynchs first instinct was to decline the offer. And he said, This is really good. He sounded just like Tom Petty when he said it. I have a really good life, he says. Bio; Contact. Stephen Lynch Science & Engineering Assoc, Chemistry. Andrew Witmer He didnt want it to be authorized because he felt like authorized meant bull-, says Warren Zanes, whose Petty: The Biography arrives next month. All rights reserved; all wrongs avenged! I mean, for me it's as pathetic as it sounds, and it's true: this is my social life, what I do for a living. 79.6 KB Views: 141. Hes a rock and roller. Longtime Petty manager Tony Dimitriades fired Lynch on the phone shortly after the show, and the drummer didnt say a word to Petty until the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Then I heard him at a gig talking to a guy in another band. He now resides in St. Augustine, Florida, not far from his and his former bandmates' home town of Gainesville. I'm not overly celebrated; I feel like I was given just the right amount of notoriety that I could handle. I had to forget all that. I was ashamed. Hep Alien and Yannick like this. He told me the story of a marriage that wasnt working, but hes was trying as hard as he could to keep it together. Now theres a book in itself.. But the last time I tried, I dont know if he was in a better spot, I reduced it to, Stan, I will fly down there, rent a car, come to your door for 20 minutes. 82.4 KB Views: 214. I dont know how thats going to feel. 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. Photograph by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns/Getty. And I also probably would have told myself, don't waste any moments in terms of those six months between tours, where Tom's writing, you should be writing too. We want to hear it. www.moderndrummer.com "You're never fired, you're just not asked to do the next thing". I really tried to put on the school tie, man, I tried like hell for the last five years. Its because hes trying to succeed at something that his own family failed at, sometimes dramatically. You were open to doing an authorized version, right? 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. 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. It comes up in weird ways. Now, everybody has a CD. The classic situation of midlife pinning a person down to the mat. Id need you to play a leg of the tour. It's like a pro sports athlete. I was pleased to see that was still there. 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. Theres also the matter of last years Peter Bogdanovichdirected Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers documentary Runnin Down A Dream. Great rock'n'roll is not usually made by democracy - that's the truth. I had to hit myself in the face with one of those lights; when you wake up, you wont remember you were ever in a band. I didnt talk to the Bogdanovich people, Lynch says. Stan Lynch, the bands longtime drummer, who eventually quit in 1994, is unsurprisingly the most critical of Petty. Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch (born May 21, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Many of whom we had strong feelings for. Ive seen enough that I know that I dont need to see much more Bigger isnt better.. Like, if Jimi Hendrix had quit when the first 3 guys rejected himI'm just using Hendrix because he's such an icon to me.