#Roger daltrey rock camp movie#
I get emails every day from people thanking me - "I'm doing this, I'm doing that, and I'm running my office better because I learned to listen." So I'm hoping that Rock Camp is a place where you go and it changes your life in all different ways, and I hope the movie inspires people. And these rock stars, they help you along the way and push you forward. People who have gone to the camp, you see how much they've been able to grow. What I really want people to take away from it is that anybody can do what they want to do, but they shouldn't let fear get in the way. What do you hope audiences take away from the film, beyond "I want to go to a fantasy camp"? It reminded him what it was like when he first started.
He turned to me and said, "When do these bands perform?" And I said, "They're playing at the Bottom Line on Sunday night." He said, "I want to jam with each one of them." And that was the turning moment when I realized that he had as much fun doing the camp as the campers. He came in on a Thursday, and he jammed with all the bands on Friday. I think the moment was when Roger Daltrey came to the Rock Camp in New York. Is there a specific moment from the early days of Fantasy Camp when you realized it had a future? Many of these artists now are all spending time recording and creating great content, and I think there's going to be some great music coming out and a lot of touring happening. But I think it's gonna come back, and it's gonna come back in a very strong way. It's been hard, and live music has been hit the most. It's a way to connect with these artists during COVID. They're promoting just giving the best advice you could ever ask for. What I love about them is that the artists are doing these classes and they're not promoting their tours, they're not promoting their records. We've done 150 of these master classes since June. I've been trying to think for many years, how do I take my business online? In June, I came up with this idea of those master classes that we do at Rock Camp, where people get to sit around and talk to the rock stars. What's it like not having that regular get-together? Rock Camp has been put on hold because of the pandemic, though I know you've been hosting Zoom master classes with artists. To alleviate all that boredom, they would do crazy things. But you hear stories about Mötley Crüe on the road. I don't drink, I never got really involved in that, so it became mundane. When Ringo was touring, most of them were in 12-step programs. But when the Monkees were touring, they had their wives and their kids on the road. We like to think of the rock star lifestyle as being pretty debaucherous, but am I wrong in thinking it's probably a lot more mundane behind the scenes? Everyone said it could never happen - that you could put all these superstars in one band and tour. INLANDER: Because you've worked with so many famous musicians over the years, are you always fielding questions about what certain rock stars are like in person?ĭAVID FISHOF: People always seem to ask me, "What's this one like? What's that one like?" When I was the All Starr Band with all those musicians, that was when the phone rang every day, because everybody in the industry wanted to know how they got along. Fishof founded Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp in 1997 and has overseen it ever since, and he spoke to the Inlander about the release of Rock Camp, the state of live music during COVID-19 and whether rock stars are actually as wild as we think they are. It also features interviews with a roster of big names: the Who's Roger Daltrey, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS, Slash, Nancy Wilson, Alice Cooper and members of Judas Priest, Jane's Addiction, Whitesnake and more.Īt the center of it all is David Fishof, a longtime music booker, tour manager and sports agent who was instrumental in reuniting the Monkees and forming Ringo Starr's hugely popular All Starr Band. The fantasy camp is now the subject of a new documentary called Rock Camp, which explores the ins and outs of the experience and introduces us to a select group of campers from all walks of life and skill levels.
It's an annual four-day getaway that lets "campers" rub shoulders with actual rock stars, sitting in on master classes and Q&As, and forming bands with seasoned musicians and performing on real venue stages. Paul Stanley of KISS (right) and Rock Camper Pistol Crockettį or anyone who's ever lip-synced to their favorite song in the bathroom mirror or busted out the air guitar during a Jimmy Page solo when no one was looking, Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp might be your kind of jam.
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