Pete Townshend Archives: 05/2022

Pete Townshend of The Who on stage at a concert at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands on October 27 1975.

The jazz album that blew The Who’s Pete Townshend away

Essential listening.

May 28, 2022

10 underwhelming rock music memoirs

From George Harrison to Eric Clapton: 10 underwhelming rock music memoirs

They probably shouldn’t have bothered.

May 22, 2022

Pete Townshend The Who (1)

Pete Townshend’s 20 greatest riffs of all time

Magic!

May 19, 2022

Pete Townshend of The Who on stage at a concert at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands on October 27 1975.

How Keith Richards inspired Pete Townshend’s iconic ‘windmill’ guitar move

One fateful concert.

May 19, 2022

Revisiting The Who's magical medley of The Beatles songs while performing at the Shea Stadium, 1982

The album that almost broke The Who

The Who hit a breaking point.

May 11, 2022

Pete Townshend says he “tried everything” to save Keith Moon

Complex character.

May 9, 2022

The Who song that helped birth a heavy metal trope

The Who song Pete Townshend called “divine desperation”

The Who at their gnarliest.

May 4, 2022

Pete Townshend Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix’s advice to improve The Who’s live shows

And they took it!

May 4, 2022