Pete Townshend

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‘Guitar smashing, amp trashing, arms flailing, English songwriter famous for anthemic tunes and bittersweet ballads. Composer of Rock Operas, film soundtracks and theatrical musical pieces. A spokesman for his generation’.

If this definition were to be given in a famous U.S quiz show the answer to it would undoubtedly be, “Who Is Pete Townshend?” Pete Townshend, the driving force behind The Who, is a man synonymous with all of the above and much, much more. Above all though, behind all the headline grabbing theatrics, he is a storyteller.

Born into a musical family in London at the end of the Second World War, Townshend quickly found himself at the forefront of the British musical boom of the 1960’s, as a member of one of the most rebellious, outspoken groups ever to emerge; The Who. Formed through a school friendship with John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey, dating back to the late 1950’s, the band spent its formative years covering Jazz and Skiffle standards with the young Townshend performing admirably on banjo. Those early years saw the band go through a couple of name and personnel changes, including the recruitment of one, Keith Moon. The changing face of the music scene, however, and in particular the emergence of Lennon and McCartney, meant that group’s could no longer rely on cover versions and were required to produce original work in order to compete. In the case of The Who this responsibility fell mainly on the shoulders of Pete Townshend.

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