However, if there was any person qualified to take the place of the fallen bassist, according to Roger Daltrey, it was Palladino. “Music has got that ability to transcend life, and they’re the reasons we went on,” the frontman told Classic Rock in 2004. “And, believe it or not, it feels like we’ve still got all the best of what John brought to the band.” “Pino doesn’t play like John played at all,” Daltrey admitted, seeming to contradict his previous sentence. “But what Pino does play and what is structured within the songs reflects enough of what John did.