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Pete Townshend

The fact of the matter is, I'm fucking brilliant.

About Me

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Pete Townshend made his name as the guitarist and principal songwriter for rock band The Who. His career with them spans more than 40 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time, in addition to being "possibly the greatest live band ever." Townshend is the primary songwriter for the group, writing well over 100 songs for the band's eleven studio albums, including the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, plus dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations such as Odds and Sods. He has also written over 100 songs for his solo albums and rarities compilations. Although known mainly for being a guitarist, he is also an accomplished singer and keyboard player, and has played many other instruments on his solo albums, and on some Who albums (such as banjo, accordian, synthesizer, piano, bass guitar, drums).
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Member Since: 5/14/2008
Band Website: eelpie.com
Influences: Meher Baba
Record Label: Eel Pie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Who Prep Covers Album

The Who are planning a collection of vintage R&B covers, similar to the Motown and James Brown songs they performed early on in their career. "We're digging through lots of material and seeing wha...
Posted by Pete Townshend on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:27:00 PST

WIRE & GLASS animation

TheWho.com have an amazing 28 min. animation WIRE & GLASS, created by master multimedia designer Aubrey Powell. To watch the full-length version of Pete Townshend's mini-opera, first heard on...
Posted by Pete Townshend on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:33:00 PST

VH1 Rock Honors

VH1 has confirmed that critically acclaimed, multi-platinum rock bands Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters along with the Grammy Award-winning rock band The Flaming Lips will perform at the network's third ann...
Posted by Pete Townshend on Fri, 23 May 2008 12:01:00 PST