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“I was playing at three times the speed that I normally play at”: Pete Townshend resisted buying “heavy metal” guitars for decades – but he just got his first Jackson at the age of 78… and loves it

The Stratocaster loyalist decided it was time to branch into more metal territory with his latest six-string purchase – and he was pleasantly surprised with what he discovered

Guitar World

Pete Townshend talks Clapton and more: "I remember Leslie West saying to me, ‘I prefer your licks to Eric’s. He seems to be playing things that he’s learned, that he’s picked up from other blues players’"

Who legend goes on record in extensive magazine interview

MusicRadar

"We did seven encores. We ran out of material and were forced to play Jimi Hendrix tunes. Imagine that, opening for Cream and finishing with Hendrix tunes?": The story of the legendary James Gang

With a classic funk-rock sound, the rise of rock'n'roll cowboys the James Gang looked unstoppable, inspired by a real kick-ass guitarist who would both make and break the band

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The 10 best Keith Moon performances, by Kenney Jones

Kenney Jones replaced the irrepressible Keith Moon in The Who in 1978 – and these are performances by his predecessor he loves the most

Louder

Pete Townshend's Lifehouse: one of rock's great 'nearly' projects has finally found its moment

The other members of The Who scoffed when he wrote it in 1970 - now it's becoming a graphic novel

Evening Standard

"George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head": the chaotic creation of The Beatles' wildest song

Rock’s most epic battle was always The Beatles versus the Rolling Stones, yet Helter Skelter was inspired by an imagined square-off with The Who

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"He's out cold. I think he's gone and eaten something he shouldn't have eaten": What happened the night a Who fan was pulled from the crowd to fill in for Keith Moon

In November 1973, 19-year-old Who fan Scott Halpin travelled to see the band play at San Francisco's Cow Palace. He ended up on stage

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”Jethro Tull influenced me a lot in the later years of Rush - that attitude of taking your music seriously but not taking yourself seriously”: Geddy Lee’s prog stars

He believes Clockwork Angels is the best record he’s made… but can’t decide which of two is the worst

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"If you could just bear with us, we’re going to go and revive our drummer by punching him in the stomach. He’s out cold...": 5 crazy Keith Moon moments

They didn’t call The Who’s drummer Moon The Loon for nothing…

MusicRadar

“I've never been a fan of tapping, tricks or whammy bars. There have been a few greats, like Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but what they did came from somewhere”: Kiss's Paul Stanley names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The stalwart rhythm guitarist gets back to the roots of his brand of hard-rock showmanship: why AC/DC and Kiss share a similar guitar mentality, how Mitch Mitchell elevated Jimi Hendrix, and what makes Jimmy Page the Beethoven of guitarists

Guitar World

Beloved by Pete Townshend and Thin Lizzy’s Scott Gorham, the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe was the top-selling LP model of the early ’70s – but its success didn’t last

Inspired by Epiphone, the Deluxe introduced mini-humbuckers to the Les Paul format

Guitar World

From poverty clogs to killer heels: the 1,000-year story of British footwear

A new exhibition traces the social history of the nation through 60 pairs of shoes

The Guardian - UK

Goodman Theatre’s ‘The Who’s Tommy’ is heading to Broadway

The show is set to open in March 2024 at New York’s Nederlander Theatre. The musical, based on Pete Townshend’s 1969 rock opera album, enjoyed an eight-week, sold-out run in a “re-imagined” world premiere production earlier this year.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Who’s Pete Townshend: How Keir Starmer confronted me about ‘child pornography’ on my computer

The guitarist talks to Kevin E G Perry about his 2003 arrest, his Seventies eco-meltdown rock opera, and how he feels about Rishi Sunak’s Tories

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Salon

"Who's Next" massive, majestic box set

This hefty release includes 89 previously unreleased songs — and a "Lifehouse" graphic novel

The Independent UK

Music Review: 'Who's Next/Life House' is a dive into The Who's masterpiece that mostly slipped away

The Who's massive box set, “Who’s Next/Life House,” goes deep down the archival rabbit hole to shed light on the development of one of The Who’s greatest records — and one grandiose idea that mostly slipped away

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“I remember Nick Mason saying, ‘Pink Floyd is stopping… we’ll leave him to do the big outdoor concerts now!’” But Jean-Michele Jarre argues: “I want to contribute to tomorrow, not yesterday”

Pioneer’s life and times include predicting that electronic music would change the world by thinking “not in terms of notes, but as music that you do with sounds and noise”

Guitar World

“The kids just went ape”: This menacing riff shaped the playing of Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend and Jeff Beck – and had a guitar tone so aggressive it was banned from the radio

Finally set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year, Link Wray was a guitar pioneer who – when he released Rumble in 1958 – made the instrument sound more dangerous than anyone before him

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“I would definitely advise trying classical guitar – it’s really easy to translate classical chord shapes to pop music”: How NY duo The Lemon Twigs are leading the ’70s glam rock guitar revival

Power-pop enthusiast Brian D’Addario on his love of 12-strings, surprising guitar heroes, and how fingerstyle on a nylon-string can be the foundation for all songwriting on guitar

Guitar World

“The world needs it back”: Sunn Amplifiers – the brand used by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend and countless doom metal heroes – has been revived with the help of Fender

All-new models and “historic reproductions of the classic Sunn designs” are expected to arrive later this year

Louder

“Joe Walsh branched out – a genuine progressive instinct at work”: when future Eagles icon went prog with The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

1973 album carries flavours of Genesis and the Beatles, helped on its way by a gift from Pete Townshend

The Guardian - UK

The Who review – rock operas get an orchestral uplift in a show stuffed with classics

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are as playful as ever in a crowd-pleasing set featuring strings, brass and, in the audience, thousands of air guitars

Daily Mirror

The wrinkly musicians still rocking the world - but when will they be dethroned?

A host of big names are proving pop music isn't the domain of rebellious youngsters - but while one music lover is in his element, a younger fan thinks it's time to get off the stage

Louder

"We’ve been a rock band, we’ve been pop stars, and then we became dinosaurs. But if you can live through the dinosaur period you become a legend..." The epic saga of Nazareth

Axl is a huge fan. Robert Plant owes them money. They were almost on that plane with Skynyrd. Nazareth: the full crazy story

Louder

"If it had failed, we would have slid into ignominy": How Tommy was the last throw of the dice for The Who

The Who's Pete Townshend once pondered what would’ve happened if his magnum opus, Tommy, had failed

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