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How Pete Townshend of The Who discovered and signed one of the craziest and most puzzling one-hit wonders of the 1960s.
While Pete Townshend wasn't able to write the "real" opera he'd planned, the resulting failure kept him creatively enganged.
The dissatisfaction was evident during a tense post-show interview with MTV’s Alan Hunter, which Collins dominated when the others proved truculent. The drummer later wrote in his 2016 memoir, Not ...
If Pete Townshend initially felt awkward onstage, he quickly found his comfort zone. By the early years of the Who’s existence, Townshend had developed a repertoire of stage moves that made him ...
Pete Townshend opened up about a dynamic shift within The Who as the band split from Zak Starkey and said he needs "to be careful what I say" about as the musicians navigate the ordeal.
Roger Daltrey talks about the onstage "chemistry" between he and Pete Townshend, his bandmate in The Who, despite being total ...
I raided every music store in the country looking for old Gibson SGs.” Pete Townshend on his desperate search for the guitar behind the Who’s status as rock legends ...
The Who guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend discusses the reunion of iconic British band, Oasis, lead by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher. (July 1) Trump reacts as Russia deploys 50K troops ...
T he Who reinvigorated mod culture when they released Peter Townshend’s ambitious rock opera Quadrophenia as a double album in 1973. Its story – of a young mod called Jimmy in 1960s London ...
Pete Townshend is not sure what’s going on with The Who and the ongoing riff between the band and former drummer Zak Starkey. To put it plainly, “it’s been a mess.” In an interview with i ...
Legendary guitarist Pete Townshend of the Who has made a stunning admission about the band’s recent firing of drummer Zak Starkey. But he’s choosing his words carefully when it comes to singer ...
The Who reinvigorated mod culture when they released Peter Townshend’s ambitious rock opera Quadrophenia as a double album in 1973. Its story – of a young mod called Jimmy in 1960s London, who ...