ROGER DALTREY, who is widely known for being the founder and lead singer of rock band The Who, revealed he feared death after he contracted viral meningitis.
The 74-year-old singer admitted he was tempted to "shelve” his new solo record As Long As I Have You after his illness made him question the quality of the music on his latest album.
Speaking on tonight’s The Graham Norton Show, he said: “It was weird. I didn’t think I would make it. It was life changing. I thought about my life and my family and what I had done and thought, ‘How lucky did it get’.
Roger also recalled the time he felt “disillusioned” while making his ninth album.
He added: “Part way through creating it I became disillusioned. I was very ill with meningitis and when I recovered and went back to recording I thought it was rubbish and tried to buy it back from the record company to shelve it.
“Pete [Townsend] took a look and what he did with the songs blew me away.”
