Classic rock is about heavy hooks, power chords, and tight harmonies, but it’s also about letting loose and enjoying the good times — and there’s no better time than Friday evening, when we pick up our paycheck, punch out of work, and enjoy a couple days of much-needed rest and relaxation.
He already had one of the most famous voices on the planet and a Commander's rank in the Order of the British Empire, and now Who vocalist Roger Daltrey can add "first-ever patron of the Brighton Institute of Modern Music" to his list of distinguished achievements.
So much of the Who's creative tension was the result of the fact that its members didn't particularly like each other. None of that is really any secret, but in a new interview, guitarist Pete Townshend discussed how they managed to work together despite all the animosity.
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The Who's Pete Townshend has apologized for his onstage behavior in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he mouthed an obscenity at a man who attended the show with his young daughter.
Creating a list of the Top 10 Roger Daltrey Who Moments isn't as pure and easy at it sounds. Daltrey is more than simply one of the all-time great frontmen, he became firmly enshrined as a genuine rock god as soon a
It's a well-documented fact that the Who were Pete Townshend's band. He wrote the songs. He played their guitar riffs. He supplied their increasingly complex concept albums with twisty narratives. But Townshend w
The grandparents aren't alright. Throughout his career, Pete Townshend's famously profane mouth has often caused his admirers to smile, shake their heads and say, "That's just Pete being Pete." But now, it seems to have gotten him in trouble with a fan and his daughter.
When you consider all the amazing things the Who achieved in their long and storied career, it's downright stunning the Grammy voters never saw fit to give any of their albums or songs any awards.
Then again, it's not like Roger Daltrey and Pete Town
The Who will close out their U.S. tour on Feb. 28 with a special intimate concert at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Dubbed "Who Cares," the show will benefit their Teen Cancer America charity and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Elvis Costello and the Imposters will serve as the opening act for the evening.
