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Pete Townshend Archives: 05/2024

Pete Townshend, The Who - 1966

Did The Who’s ‘Live at Leeds’ really invent heavy metal?

One of the most influential live albums of all time.

Jordan Potter
May 26, 2024
Brian May performing with Queen in 2017 in London

Brian May claims Pete Townshend “basically invented” rock guitar

One of his ultimate guitar heroes.

Joe Taysom
May 20, 2024
Pete Townshend portrait by Bent Rej - 1966

Why Pete Townshend on why The Who did not make real rock and roll

Not measuring up to the others.

Tim Coffman
May 17, 2024
Pete Townshend, The Who - Switzerland - 1966

How watching the Sex Pistols almost landed Pete Townshend in jail

A close call.

Dale Maplethorpe
May 15, 2024
John Entwistle, The Who - 1965

‘Boris the Spider’: The Who song John Entwistle called “a joke”

The tongue-in-cheek side of rock.

Tim Coffman
May 14, 2024
Pete Townshend performing with The Who in 2008

The Who anthem Pete Townshend could never relate to: “I’ve never felt that”

Not as personal as you think.

Tim Coffman
May 13, 2024
Roger Daltrey performing with The Who, Stevenage, UK - 1965

The Who song that Roger Daltrey found “very, very difficult” to sing

“I couldn’t identify with it.”

Dale Maplethorpe
May 12, 2024

“Eleven kids dead, but what the fuck?”: Pete Townshend’s reflection on The Who’s concert disaster

“There was too much money at stake.”

Ben Forrest
May 10, 2024
Bruce Springsteen - 1980 - Musician

The band Bruce Springsteen said “course through my veins”

Bruce Springsteen has been a fan of British rock music since The Beatles.

Jordan Potter
May 8, 2024
Pete Townshend - The Who - 1970s - Guitarist

The Who song Pete Townshend considered a “masterwork”

Going past traditional rock and roll.

Tim Coffman
May 8, 2024
Paul McCartney - 1974 - Linda McCartney

The two musicians Paul McCartney wouldn’t direct in the studio: “I wouldn’t dare to”

“It’s mainly spirit we had to get behind that one.”

Kelly Murphy
May 6, 2024
Roger Daltrey - Pete Townshend - The Who - 2017

The Pete Townshend project Roger Daltrey called “vacuous”

“I think it completely missed the point.”

Joe Taysom
May 6, 2024

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