Lyrical moment

IN the article about “VH1 Rock Honors: The Who” [“Top of the Pops,” by Geoff Boucher and Randy Lewis, July 14], Supergrass singer Gaz Coombs was criticized for flubbing the lyrics to “Bargain,” which he sang with the Foo Fighters.

As one of the producers, I feel it needs to be told that Gaz was, in fact, only asked to sing the song that afternoon after Dave Grohl’s voice gave out. He very graciously agreed to fill in even though he had a gig later that night. We actually had to hold the doors of the event to allow him to get a single run-through with the Foo Fighters before the show.

Under the circumstances, we felt he gave it a great shot and helped us keep the song -- and Dave Grohl and the Foos’ amazing performance playing it -- in the show.

Paul Flattery

Studio City