Zak Starkey's recordings with: The Semantics

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The Semantics were: Will Owsley - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards Millard Powers - vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards Zak Starkey - drums (he's the body on the left...)

Releases:

POWERBILL:
Alpha Music  ALCB-3162 (Dec 1996) - Japan
Produced by: Peter Asher Recorded and mixed by: Frank Wolf Recorded at: The Music Grinder, Hollywood CA Studio F, Los Angeles, CA Mixed at: Brooklyn Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA "Life Goes On" produced and engineered by: William Owsley & Millard Powers at Sony Tree Studios, Nashville, TN Mastered by: Bob Ludwig, at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine. 1993-Geffen Records Inc. All tracks licensed by MCA Victor Inc, to Alfa Music, Inc (Tokyo)(DEC 1996)

Tracks:

1. Sticks And Stones (Jody Spence/ Will Owsley/ Millard Powers/ Jay Willoughby)
   M.Powers: lead vocal, bass, acoustic guitars, bckgrnd v., electric guitar
   W.Owsley: electric guitars, bckgrnd vocals, talkbox
   Z.Starkey: drums & percussion
   J.Willoughby: spoken line
2. Future For You (J. Spence/ W. Owsley/ M. Powers)
   M.Powers: lead vocal, bass, bckgrnd vocals
   W. Owsley: electric guitar, 12-string electric, bckgrnd vocals
   Z.Starkey: drums & percussion
3. Coming Up Roses (W. Owsley/ M. Powers)
   W.Owsley: lead vocal, electric/acoustic guitars, piano, mellotron, bckgrnd vocals
   M.Powers: bass, bckgrnd vocals, acoustic guitars
   Z. Starkey: drums & percussion
   Peter Asher: percussion
4. Jenny Won't Play Fair (W. Owsley/ M. Powers)
   M.Powers: lead vocal, piano, bass, bckgrnd vocals, B3 organ
   W.Owsley: electric guitars, bckgrnd vocals
   Z.Starkey: drums & percussion
5. Average American (W. Owsley/ M. Powers/ Zak Starkey)
   M.Powers: lead vocal, bass, harpsichord, bckgrnd vocals
   W.Owsley: electric guitar, bckgrnd vocals
   Z.Starkey: drums
   Two Australian Dudes: bagpipes
6. Don't Say Goodbye (Marc Hudson/ W. Owsley/ Henry Gross/ M. Powers/ Bud Owsley)
   W.Owsley: lead vocal, electric/acoustic guitar, piano, mellotron, bckgrnd vocals, 12-string electric
   M.Powers: bass, bckgrnd vocals
   Z.Starkey: drums
7. The Sky Is Falling (W.Owsley/ M. Powers/ J. Spence)
   M.Powers: lead vocal, bass, harpsichord, bckgrnd vocals, rhythm guitar
   W.Owsley: electric guitar, bckgrnd vocals
   Z.Starkey: drums
8. Black And Blue (J. Spence/ W. Owsley/ M. Powers)
   W.Owsley: lead vocal-verse, electric guitar, bckgrnd vocals
   M.Powers: lead vocal-chorus, bass, mellotron, bckgrnd vocals
   Z.Starkey: drums & percussion
9. Johnny Come Lately (W. Owsley/ M. Powers/ J. Spence)
   M.Powers: lead vocal, bass, bckgrnd vocals
   W.Owsley: electric guitars, bckgrnd vocals
   Z.Starkey: drums
   Billy Payne: hammond B3 organ
   Peter Asher: percussion
10. Life Goes On (W. Owsley/ M. Powers)
    W.Owsley: lead vocal, piano, electric guitars, bass, bckgrnd vocals
    M.Powers: bckgrnd vocals
    Z.Starkey: drums & percussion
11. Glasses And Braces (J. Spence/ W. Owsley/ M. Powers)
    M.Powers: lead vocal, bass, acoustic guitar, B3 organ, bckgrnd vocals
    W.Owsley: electric guitar, bckgrnd vocals
    Z.Starkey: drums

Demos

There are a number of Semantics demos floating around.

Where as Zak is on drums for ALL of the released CD, he is not on drums for all the demos. According to Bud Owsley (Will's brother and ambassador/historian!) here is a rough idea of who's on what:
Owsley: vocals, guitars, keys, percussion, bass.
Millard Powers: vocals, bass, keys, guitars.
Jody Spence: drum machine programing, drums (on maybe a few - can't remember which).
Ben Folds: drums (on "Coming Up Roses and another - can't remember)
Zak Starkey: drums on a couple (maybe "Life Goes On" and one more - can't remember)
John Painter: Mellotron on "Coming Up Roses." That was about the extent of all of the players on all of the Semantics demos.

Known Demos to have circulated:
Black and Blue, Johnny Come Lately, Lonely Girl, Life Goes On, Standing Still, Merry Go Round, Wildflower, Baby It's You, Coming Up Roses, This One's For Me, The Facts of Life, Hippy Woman, Maria, Girls with Glasses and Braces, Jenny Won't Play Fair, Sticks and Stones, Future for You, and Avalon. (some report also ' The Sky is Falling').

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