06/18/2025
Zak Starkey's supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos just got even more star power. The band, which sees Ringo Starr's son joined by Oasis bassist Andy Bell, and Happy Mondays members Shaun Ryder and Mark “Bez” Berry, recruited John Lennon's son Sean Ono Lennon and Paul McCartney's son James McCartney for a new song called "Rip Off."
Starkey shared the track on his Instagram, revealing that Sean, James and Shaun all provide vocals. In a recent interview with The Telegraph, the drummer insisted that the song was not influenced by their dads' band. “No, it’s not [like a Beatles song],” he said. “It’s like Mantra of the Cosmos with them in it. It’s Sean of the Cosmos and James of the Cosmos, it’s still my band.”
James and Sean released a song last year called "Primrose Hill."
Starkey has been focusing on his Mantra of the Cosmos band, since being fired, re-hired and fired again from his longtime gig as the drummer for The Who.
