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23 de may. de 2024 · A late-70s blitz of punk, personal problems and tragedy forced The Who’s Pete Townshend to reassess his life and career. One of the results was his solo masterpiece Empty Glass. (Image credit: Martyn Goddard/Shutterstock) In early 1977, Keith Moon took Pete Townshend to see Generation X at the Marquee Club.
Hace 4 días · Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (/ ˈ t aʊ n z ən d /; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.
13 de may. de 2024 · En el 2018, la reconocida publicación británica NME armó un artículo con los “100 álbumes de culto para escuchar antes de morir”, los cuales fueron seleccionados “por tus estrellas de rock favoritas”, entre las que se encontraba el guitarrista de The Who. Pete Townshend. Foto: Phyllis Keating.
Hace 4 días · In 2003, Townshend was arrested and charged with accessing child pornography, which he claimed was for research purposes for a book he was writing about the effects of pornography on society. He was eventually cleared of all charges, but the incident sparked a heated debate about censorship and artistic freedom. Townshend has also been involved in several high-profile feuds with other ...
Hace 5 días · But that’s not the only piece of heavy-rock history enshrined within the venue’s hallowed walls. On November 9, 1968, Led Zeppelin’s first official London show was at the Roundhouse, after the band returned from that first tour of Scandinavia and shed the New Yardbirds name, and emerged as the heaviest rock band of them all. Indeed Robert Plant got married on the morning of the gig, and ...
19 de may. de 2024 · Mastering the formula of mod fashion through his slim-cut suits, leather boots, knitted jumpers and patriotic prints, Townshend used his wardrobe to communicate a forward-thinking Britishness all his own. Here, Pete Townshend posing in the studio for a photoshoot for Smart Clothes in London in December 1967.
8 de may. de 2024 · The Who song Pete Townshend considered a “masterwork”. Tim Coffman. Wed 8 May 2024 15:30, UK. For Pete Townshend, rock and roll was never just about having a good time. It may have been the soundtrack to many high school dances and sockhops during its inception, but there was a certain power to this style of music that went beyond a hit single.
