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"I remember saying to Eric, 'I'm going to play him off the stage one day'. But what Eric did was even more peculiar, he said, 'Well, I'm going to pretend that I am Jimi Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview

Best of 2024: "The thing that really stunned Eric and me was the way he took what we did and made it better"

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“I was playing at three times the speed I normally play at”: When Pete Townshend got his first Jackson guitar… and loved it

2024 Year in Review: At 78 years old, The Who icon picked up his first shred machine, and couldn't get enough of it

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“Keith Moon was schizophrenic. I saw many sides of him in half an hour. If that‘s not a split personality, I don’t know what is”: Late keyboard legend Ian McLagan’s wild tales of the Stones, Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan and more

Jamming with Keith Richards, laughing at Bob Dylan’s gags, buying Rod Stewart’s drinks – former Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan did it all and more

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“I’m told that I introduced Ozzy to cocaine when Black Sabbath opened for Mountain on their first American tour”: Leslie West’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Hanks

Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon -late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more

Louder

How to understand the meaning behind guitar chord names – and why it matters

The Who's Pete Townshend made very effective use of suspended chords in tracks such asPinballWizard – and when you know the difference between your add9 and you sus4 maybe you can, too

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Roger Daltrey announces two huge outdoors concerts for 2025

Roger Daltrey has announced two more UK concerts as part of his solo 'Alive and Kicking... And Having Fun!' tour.

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The Who's Pete Townshend is 'actually suicidal' in the mornings until he has tea and biscuits

Pete Townshend is "actually suicidal" when he wakes up in the morning but everything looks brighter once he has had a cup of tea and a biscuit.

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“When I first wake up I’m suicidal, actually suicidal.” The Who's Pete Townshend opens up about how he deals with his “chemical depression”, but admits “what works for me won’t necessarily work for you”

The Who legend Pete Townshend reveals why he ditched his therapist and how he self-medicates to combat depression

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Shel Talmy obituary

Music producer for the Kinks and the Who on hits such as You Really Got Me, Sunny Afternoon and My Generation

The Guardian - UK

Shel Talmy, producer for the Who, the Kinks and David Bowie, dies aged 87

The American producer helped to craft a raw, immediate sound for British rock in the mid-1960s, with hits such as You Really Got Me and My Generation

The Guardian - UK

"Lemmy was a creature of habit; he'd have a huge line of speed and then a big fry-up for breakfast": Topper Headon's wild tales of Johnny Thunders, Keith Moon, Keith Richards and more

Living with Lemmy, Sharing a tour bus with Bo Diddley, refusing to get out of bed for Martin Scorsese – these are the stories of Topper Headon, legendary drummer with The Clash

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“Bringing back the classic rock tones that started a revolution”: Behringer rolls out a $65 Tone Bender copy – promising the fuzz sounds of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend in an ultra-affordable format

The budget pedal offers two modes inspired by different iterations of the legendary fuzz stompbox, as well as a smaller ergonomics to maximize pedalboard space

Guitar World

“I used an SG Junior and it would never stay in tune. Felix had this old beat-up Junior and said, ‘Try this thing,’ and I never gave it back’”: Leslie West on giving his Gibson Les Paul Junior to Pete Townshend after tracking three songs with The Who

West met Townshend when The Who recruited him to play lead guitar on several tracks for their 1971 album Who’s Next

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Roger Daltrey announces 2025 UK solo tour

The Who frontman Roger Daltrey is hitting the road for a solo tour of the UK next year where he will perform new takes on familiar songs and hold Q+A sessions with the fans.

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“Somebody needs to occasionally slap Rick Rubin”: Pete Townshend criticises producer’s mixed messages about creativity

He says creativity is “about everybody”

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"I've got my new band together now. I've got the Yes that I wanted": After half a century of Yes music, Jon Anderson talks about everything, from football to fairies

Fronting Yes he was one of the architects of prog rock, and now he fronts his own band. But that’s only part of his wondrous story

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Pete Townshend claims female One Direction fans are ‘fickle’ and move ‘from one group to the other’

The Who star spoke about his own experiences of fame as he said his band didn’t work ‘for screaming girls... we’re going to work for the boys’

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“I would love to do another album and I may try to bully him on that": Pete Townshend on future Who plans and the possibility of new music

The Who will definitely "do something" in 2025, according to Townshend

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The Who will 'definitely' return in 2025

Pete Townshend has confirmed The Who will "definitely" be working together in 2025.

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"We're now eager to make a noise and make a mess and make mistakes": Pete Townsend says The Who will work together again in 2025

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“‘We were wondering if you play clawhammer nylon.’ I go, ‘What's it for?’ And they go, ‘The Who, I guess it's a rock band or something,’ and I'm like, ‘What?!’” Hollywood's go-to guitarist, Andrew Synowiec, on how he ended up playing on a Who record

The seasoned session guitarist received a last-minute call to step in and play a guitar part in a style not typically associated with The Who and Pete Townshend

Evening Standard

Pete Townshend: 'Who the f*** has the right to say the arts don't matter?'

As the Townshend studio opens at the University of West London the legendary guitarist talks about the importance of arts funding, the Oasis reunion and what next for The Who

Louder

Pete Townshend, Elton John, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and more have combined forces to reimagine Siddhartha, Herman Hesse’s classic tale of self-discovery and enlightenment

The project, named after The Who's 1970 classic The Seeker, features music from Pete Townshend and classical composer Rachel Fuller

Guitar World

“Pete Townshend said, ‘I wish I could play like you.’ I thought, ‘I wish I could come up with the three chords you take to the bank!’” How Caleb Quaye became Elton John’s go-to guitarist – and took over Jimmy Page’s session work

He was one of the 1970s’ most successful session players – but the Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney collaborator is glad he bowed out in the ‘80s

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Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton may have been masters of ’60s lead playing, but Pete Townshend was the god of rhythm guitar –and he was just as unhinged on the acoustic

Tracks such as Pinball Wizard and Substitute were driven by Townshend's untapped, brawny-yet-brainy acoustic guitar playing. We've gathered all the techniques you need to nail his style in one video lesson

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