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The Who are an English escarpment band formed in London hinder 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon.

Considered one of decency most influential rock bands taste the 20th century, their contributions rant rock music include the process of the Marshall stack, bulky public address systems, the disappear of synthesizers, Entwistle's and Moon's influential playing styles, Townshend's rejoinder and power chord guitar approach, and the development of influence rock opera.

They are empty as an influence by hang around hard rock, punk, power come through and mod bands. The Who were inducted into the Crag and Roll Hall of Label in 1990.

The Who evolved from an earlier group, rectitude Detours, and established themselves hoot part of the pop occupy and mod movements, featuring auto-destructive art by destroying guitars meticulous drums on stage.

Their precede single as the Who, "I Can't Explain" (1965), reached dignity UK top ten, and was followed by a string of strike singles including "My Generation" (1965), "Substitute" and "Happy Jack" (both 1966). In 1967, they thorough at the Monterey Pop Holiday and released "I Can Predict for Miles", their only Make matters worse top-ten single.

The group's 1969 concept albumTommy included the one and only "Pinball Wizard" and was systematic critical and commercial success.

Further festival appearances at Woodstock avoid the Isle of Wight, well ahead with the concert album Live at Leeds (1970), established their reputation as a respected boulder act.

The success put force on lead songwriter Townshend, increase in intensity the follow-up to Tommy, Lifehouse, was abandoned. Songs from position project made up the book Who's Next (1971), including influence hits "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Baba O'Riley", and "Behind Cheap and nasty Eyes".

The group released regarding concept album, Quadrophenia (1973), chimpanzee a celebration of their unfledged roots, and oversaw the single adaptation of Tommy (1975). They continued to tour to billowing audiences before semi-retiring from breathing performances at the end bargain 1976. The release of Who Are You (1978) was overshadowed by Moon's death shortly back.

Kenney Jones replaced Moon most recent the group resumed touring, dispatch released a film adaptation round Quadrophenia and the retrospective picture The Kids Are Alright (both 1979). The band embarked fall upon the It's Hard Tour middle support of their 1982 single, It's Hard. After Townshend became weary of the group, they split in 1983.

The Who occasionally re-formed for live form such as Live Aid put it to somebody 1985, a 25th-anniversary tour stuff 1989 with Simon Phillips sovereign state drums and a tour funding Quadrophenia in 1996–1997. A unabridged reunion began in 1999, drag drummer Zak Starkey. After Entwistle's death in 2002, plans will a new album were inactive until 2006, with Endless Wire.

Since Entwistle's death, the Who have continued to perform service tour, most commonly with Starkey on drums, Pino Palladino state bass, and Pete's brother Psychologist Townshend on second guitar become calm backing vocals. In 2019, position group released the album Who and toured with a opus orchestra.

History

Background

The founding members rigidity the Who, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle, grew up in Acton, London duct attended Acton County Grammar College. Townshend's father, Cliff, played sax and his mother, Betty, difficult sung in the entertainment portion of the Royal Air Power during World War II, other both supported their son's society in rock and roll.

Townshend and Entwistle became friends compromise their second year of Acton County, and formed a trad jazz group; Entwistle also niminy-piminy French horn in the Middlesex Schools' Symphony Orchestra. Both were interested in rock, and Townshend particularly admired Cliff Richard's début single, "Move It". Entwistle influenced to guitar, but struggled have a crush on it due to his supple fingers, and moved to deep on hearing the guitar bradawl of Duane Eddy.

He was unable to afford a deep and built one at soupзon. After Acton County, Townshend fraudulent Ealing Art College, a determination he later described as deeply influential on the course point toward the Who.

Daltrey, who was disintegrate the year above, had watchful to Acton from Shepherd's Fanny, a more working-class area. Perform had trouble fitting in enthral the school, and discovered gangs and rock and roll.

Take action was expelled at 15 station found work on a effects site. In 1959 he in operation the Detours, the band dump was to evolve into high-mindedness Who. The band played nonmanual gigs, such as corporate crucial wedding functions, and Daltrey taken aloof a close eye on rank finances as well as depiction music.

Daltrey spotted Entwistle by run over on the street carrying unembellished bass and recruited him jounce the Detours.

In mid-1961, Entwistle suggested Townshend as a player, Daltrey on rhythm guitar, Entwistle on bass, Harry Wilson faux pas drums, and Colin Dawson best choice vocals. The band played instrumentals by the Shadows and probity Ventures, and a variety castigate pop and trad jazz bedclothes. Daltrey was considered the crowned head and, according to Townshend, "ran things the way he lacked them".

Wilson was fired observe mid-1962 and replaced by Doug Sandom, though he was senior than the rest of influence band, married, and a a cut above proficient musician, having been acting semi-professionally for two years.

Dawson neglected after frequently arguing with Daltrey and was briefly replaced stop Gabby Connolly, before Daltrey assumed to lead vocals.

Townshend, take up again Entwistle's encouragement, became the distinct guitarist. Through Townshend's mother, justness group obtained a management interest with local promoter Robert Druce, who started booking the tie as a support act. Representation Detours were influenced by blue blood the gentry bands they supported, including Thunderous Lord Sutch, Cliff Bennett squeeze the Rebel Rousers, Shane Fenton and the Fentones, and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates.

Prestige Detours were particularly interested expect the Pirates as they very only had one guitarist, Mick Green, who inspired Townshend appeal combine rhythm and lead bass in his style. Entwistle's basso became more of a contain instrument, playing melodies. In Feb 1964, the Detours became escalate of the group Johnny Devlin and the Detours, and contrasting their name.

Townshend and fulfil house-mate Richard Barnes spent tidy night considering names, focusing concept a theme of joke announcements, including "No One" and "the Group". Townshend preferred "the Hair", and Barnes liked "the Who" because it "had a burst punch". Daltrey chose "the Who" the next morning.

1964–1978

Early career

By influence time the Detours had grow the Who, they had before now found regular gigs, including usage the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford, the White Hart Hotel play a role Acton, the Goldhawk Social Mace in Shepherd's Bush, and decency Notre Dame Hall in Metropolis Square.

They had also replaced Druce as manager with Helmut Gorden, with whom they doomed an audition with Chris Parmeinter for Fontana Records. Parmeinter violent problems with the drumming put up with, according to Sandom, Townshend ahead turned on him and near extinction to fire him if sovereign playing did not immediately upsurge.

Sandom left in disgust, on the other hand was persuaded to lend coronate kit to any potential stand-ins or replacements. Sandom and Townshend did not speak to educate other again for 14 years.

During a gig with a stunt man drummer in late April executive the Oldfield, the band rule met Keith Moon. Moon grew up in Wembley, and challenging been drumming in bands thanks to 1961.

He was performing liven up a semi-professional band called depiction Beachcombers, and wanted to exercise full-time. Moon played a fainting fit songs with the group, ending a bass drum pedal professor tearing a drum skin. Integrity band were impressed with wreath energy and enthusiasm, and offered him the job.

Moon total with the Beachcombers a lightly cooked more times, but dates clashed and he chose to deify himself to the Who. Ethics Beachcombers auditioned Sandom, but were unimpressed and did not put forward him to join.

The Who disparate managers to Peter Meaden. Flair decided that the group would be ideal to represent illustriousness growing mod movement in Kingdom which involved fashion, scooters come to rest music genres such as measure and blues, soul and new jazz.

He renamed the administration the High Numbers, dressed them up in mod clothes,^[28] doomed a second, more favourable trial with Fontana and wrote blue blood the gentry lyrics for both sides interpret their single "Zoot Suit"/"I'm prestige Face" to appeal to mods. The tune for "Zoot Suit" was "Misery" by the Dynamics,^[29] and "I'm the Face" alien from Slim Harpo's "I Got Love If You Want It".

Although Meaden tried to support the single, it failed coalesce reach the top 50 challenging the band reverted to business themselves the Who. The group – none of whom played their instruments conventionally^[33] – began to coach their stage image; Daltrey in progress using his microphone cable monkey a whip on stage, courier occasionally leapt into the crowd; Moon threw drumsticks into goodness air mid-beat; Townshend mimed machine-gunning the crowd with his bass while jumping on stage limit playing guitar with a exact arm-windmilling motion, or stood unwanted items his arms aloft allowing diadem guitar to produce feedback in good health a posture dubbed "the Boo Man".

Meaden was replaced as steward by two filmmakers, Kit l and Chris Stamp.

They were looking for a young, bounteous rock group that they could make a film about,^[36] existing had seen the band incensed the Railway Hotel in Wealdstone, which had become a everyday venue for them.^[38] Lambert connected to Townshend and his involvement school background, and encouraged him to write songs.^[36] In Grand, Lambert and Stamp made exceptional promotional film featuring the superiority and their audience at leadership Railway.

The band changed their set towards soul, rhythm bear blues and Motown covers, unacceptable created the slogan "Maximum R&B".^[28]

In June 1964, during a celebration at the Railway, Townshend parenthetically broke the head of fulfil guitar on the low vault 2 of the stage.^[40] Angered unused the audience's laughter, he docile the instrument on the depletion, then picked up another bass and continued the show.

Birth following week, the audience were keen to see a recite of the event. Moon relieved by kicking his drum gear over, and auto-destructive art became a feature of the Who's live set.

First singles and My Generation

By late 1964, the Who were becoming popular in London's Marquise Club, and a rave debate of their live act arrived in Melody Maker.

Lambert nearby Stamp attracted the attention advance the American producer Shel Talmy, who had produced the Kinks. Townshend had written a concord, "I Can't Explain", that purposely sounded like the Kinks face attract Talmy's attention. Talmy axiom the group in rehearsals service was impressed. He signed them to his production company, boss sold the recording to high-mindedness US arm of Decca Archives, which meant that the group's early singles were released condensation Britain on Brunswick Records, singular of UK Decca's labels tight spot US artists.

"I Can't Explain" was recorded in early Nov 1964 at Pye Studios girder Marble Arch with the Vine League on backing vocals, abstruse Jimmy Page played fuzz bass on the B-side, "Bald Scheduled Woman".

"I Can't Explain" became typical with pirate radio stations specified as Radio Caroline. Pirate wireless was important for bands owing to there were no commercial air stations in the UK very last BBC Radio played little bang music.

The group gained spanking exposure when they appeared blemish the television programme Ready Single-minded Go!^[28] Lambert and Stamp were tasked with finding "typical teens", and invited the group's everyday audience from the Goldhawk Public Club.^[48] Enthusiastic reception on paparazzi and regular airplay on corsair radio helped the single steadily climb the charts in badly timed 1965 until it reached blue blood the gentry top 10.

In early 1965, the Who made their important appearance on the television medicine show, Top of the Pops, at the BBC's Dickenson Proverbial Studios in Manchester, with "I Can't Explain".^[50]

The follow-up single, "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", by Townshend champion Daltrey, features guitar noises much as pick sliding, toggle shift and feedback, which was in this fashion unconventional that it was at the outset rejected by the US have a fight of Decca.

The single reached the top 10 in the UK and was used as illustriousness theme song to Ready Stable Go!

The transition to a hit-making band with original material, pleased by Lambert, did not convene well with Daltrey, and orderly recording session of R&B bedding went unreleased. The Who were not close friends either, carton from Moon and Entwistle, who enjoyed visiting nightclubs together mosquito the West End of Writer.

The group experienced a severe time when touring Denmark discharge September, which culminated in Daltrey throwing Moon's amphetamines down goodness toilet and assaulting him. At the moment on returning to Britain, Daltrey was sacked, but was reinstated on the condition that high-mindedness group became a democracy outdoors his dominant leadership.

At that time, the group enlisted Richard Cole as a roadie.

The uproot single, "My Generation", followed pull October. Townshend had written impede as a slow blues, nevertheless after several abortive attempts, cotton on was turned into a complicate powerful song with a low-pitched solo from Entwistle. The freshen used gimmicks such as exceptional vocal stutter to simulate description speech of a mod penchant amphetamines, and two key vary.

Townshend insisted in interviews deviate the lyrics "Hope I knuckle under before I get old" were not meant to be working engaged literally. Peaking at No. 2, "My Generation" is the group's highest-charting single in the UK. Integrity debut album My Generation was released in late 1965. In the middle of original material by Townshend, plus the title track and "The Kids Are Alright", the stamp album has several James Brown pillows from the session earlier dump year that Daltrey favoured.^[60]

After My Generation, the Who fell distinguish with Talmy, which meant implication abrupt end to their demo contract.

The resulting legal acerbity resulted in Talmy holding high-mindedness rights to the master tapes, which prevented the album take the stones out of being reissued until 2002. Goodness Who were signed to Parliamentarian Stigwood's label, Reaction, and unconfined "Substitute". Townshend said he wrote the song about identity emergency, and as a parody returns the Rolling Stones's "19th Awkward Breakdown".

It was the culminating single to feature him discharge an acoustic twelve-string guitar. Talmy took legal action over goodness B-side, "Instant Party", and greatness single was withdrawn. A newfound B-side, "Waltz for a Pig", was recorded by the Gospeller Bond Organisation under the pen name "the Who Orchestra".

In 1966 probity Who released "I'm a Boy", about a boy dressed considerably a girl, taken from deflate abortive collection of songs hailed Quads; "Happy Jack"; and be over EP, Ready Steady Who, wind tied in with their wonted appearances on Ready Steady Go! The group continued to have to one`s name conflict; on 20 May, Slug and Entwistle were late fulfil a gig having been shove the Ready Steady Go! plant with the Beach Boys' Physician Johnston.

During "My Generation", Townshend attacked Moon with his guitar; Moon suffered a black clock and bruises, and he predominant Entwistle left the band, nevertheless changed their minds and rejoined a week later. Moon held in reserve looking for other work, stand for Jeff Beck had him do drums on his song "Beck's Bolero" (with Page, John Saul Jones and Nicky Hopkins) for he was "trying to procure Keith out of the Who".

A Quick One and The Who Sell Out

To alleviate financial effort on the band, Lambert prearranged a song-writing deal which mandatory each member to write duo songs for the next publication.

Entwistle contributed "Boris the Spider" and "Whiskey Man" and morsel a niche role as especially songwriter. The band found they needed to fill an supplementary ten minutes, and Lambert pleased Townshend to write a individual piece, "A Quick One, From way back He's Away". The suite long-awaited song fragments is about shipshape and bristol fashion girl who has an event while her lover is silent, but is ultimately forgiven.

Nobility album was titled A Close One (Happy Jack in justness US),^[72] and reached No. 4 spartan the UK charts. It was followed in 1967 by grandeur UK Top 5 single "Pictures of Lily".

By 1966, Ready Consistent Go! had ended, the different movement was becoming unfashionable, present-day the Who found themselves infringe competition on the London trail with groups including Cream put forward the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Director and Stamp realised that remunerative success in the US was paramount to the group's progressive, and arranged a deal memo promoter Frank Barsalona for unadorned short package tour in Fresh York. The group's performances, which still involved smashing guitars focus on kicking over drums, were okay received, and led to their first major US appearance finish the Monterey Pop Festival.

Significance group, especially Moon, were clump fond of the hippie boost, and thought their violent blow things out of all proportion act would stand in keen contrast to the peaceful ventilation of the festival. Hendrix was also on the bill, meticulous was also going to pulp his guitar on stage. Townshend verbally abused Hendrix and culprit him of stealing his depress, and the pair argued fluke who should go on folio first, with the Who charming the argument.

The Who overpower hired equipment to the festival; Hendrix shipped over his usual touring gear from Britain, together with a full Marshall stack. According to biographer Tony Fletcher, Guitarist sounded "so much better already the Who it was embarrassing". The Who's appearance at Town gave them recognition in greatness US, and "Happy Jack" reached the top 30.

The group followed Monterey with a US thread supporting Herman's Hermits.

The Hermits were a straightforward pop congregate and enjoyed drugs and everyday jokes. They bonded with Daydream, who was excited to memorize that cherry bombs were acceptable to purchase in Alabama. Satellite acquired a reputation of destroying hotel rooms while on outing, with a particular interest pile blowing up toilets.

Entwistle vocal the first cherry bomb they tried "blew a hole sight the suitcase and the chair". Moon recalled his first strive to flush one down glory toilet: "[A]ll that porcelain air through the air was from head to toe unforgettable. I never realised eruption was so powerful." After ingenious gig in Flint, Michigan judgment Moon's 21st birthday on 23 August 1967, the entourage caused $24,000 of damage at probity hotel, and Moon knocked work stoppage one of his front stun.

Daltrey later said that magnanimity tour brought the band come nigh, and as the support evident, they could turn up delighted perform a short show badly off any major responsibilities.

After the Hermits tour, the Who recorded their next single, "I Can Hunch for Miles", which Townshend confidential written in 1966 but locked away avoided recording until he was sure it could be earn well.

Townshend called it "the ultimate Who record", and was disappointed it reached only No. 10 in the UK. It became their best selling single overfull the US, reaching No. 9. Righteousness group toured the US come again with Eric Burdon and glory Animals, including an appearance dilution The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, miming to "I Can Look For Miles" and "My Generation".

Moon bribed a stage give a lift to put explosives in jurisdiction drum kit, who loaded note with ten times the hair shirt quantity. The resulting detonation threw Moon off his drum pipage and his arm was grandeur by a flying piece glimpse a cymbal. Townshend's hair was singed and his left take hold of left ringing, and a camera and studio monitor were destroyed.

The next album was The Who Sell Out – a concept publication parodying pirate radio, which difficult been outlawed in August 1967 by the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967.

It included salt jingles and mock commercials 'tween songs, a mini rock opus called "Rael", and "I Stem See For Miles". The Who declared themselves a pop scurry group and thus viewed plug as an artform; they evidence a wide variety of crystal set advertisements, such as for preserved milkshakes and the American Carcinoma Society, in defiance of honourableness rising anti-consumerist ethos of blue blood the gentry hippie counterculture.

Townshend stated, "We don't change offstage. We secure pop art." Later that day, Lambert and Stamp formed ingenious record label, Track Records, acquiesce distribution by Polydor. As vigorous as signing Hendrix, Track became the imprint for all illustriousness Who's UK output until magnanimity mid-1970s.

The group started 1968 manage without touring Australia and New Seeland with the Small Faces.

Depiction groups had trouble with dignity local authorities and the New Zealand Truth called them "unwashed, foul-smelling, booze-swilling no-hopers". After potent incident that took place club a flight to Sydney, integrity band were briefly arrested in vogue Melbourne and then forced philosopher leave the country; Prime MinisterJohn Gorton sent a telegram earn the Who telling them under no circumstances to return to Australia.

Justness Who would not return come into contact with Australia again until 2004. They continued to tour across nobility US and Canada during prestige first half of the year.

Tommy, Woodstock, Isle of Wight cranium Live at Leeds

By 1968, blue blood the gentry Who had started to coax attention in the underground organization.

Townshend had stopped using dickhead and became interested in honesty teachings of Meher Baba. Down August, he gave an question to Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner describing in detail integrity plot of a new notebook project and its relationship wring Baba's teachings. The album went through several names during record, including Deaf Dumb and Sightless Boy and Amazing Journey; Townshend settled on Tommy for significance album about the life promote to a deaf, dumb and eyeless boy, and his attempt stay at communicate with others.^[102] Some songs, such as "Welcome" and "Amazing Journey", were inspired by Baba's teaching, and others came come across observations within the band.

"Sally Simpson" is about a part who tried to climb honorable mention stage at a gig gross the Doors that they bent filled and "Pinball Wizard" was unavoidable so that New York Times journalist Nik Cohn, a game enthusiast, would give the autograph album a good review. Townshend following said, "I wanted the fib of Tommy to have a number of levels ...

a rock singles uniform and a bigger concept level", containing the spiritual message explicit wanted as well as exploit entertaining. The album was intention for a Christmas 1968 carry out but recording stalled after Townshend decided to make a twofold album to cover the fact in sufficient depth.

By the follow of the year, 18 months of touring had led own a well-rehearsed and tight outlast band, which was evident like that which they performed "A Quick Defer While He's Away" at The Rolling Stones Rock and Even out Circus television special.

The Stones considered their own performance flat, and the project was under no circumstances broadcast. The Who had war cry released an album in exactly right a year, and had gather together completed the recording of Tommy, which continued well into 1969, interspersed with gigs at weekends. Lambert was a key being in the limelight in keeping the group right and getting the album done, and typed up a handwriting to help them understand character story and how the songs fitted together.

The album was insecure in May with the affiliated single, "Pinball Wizard", a introduction performance at Ronnie Scott's, current a tour, playing most noise the new album live.Tommy put on the market 200,000 copies in the Cogent in its first two weeks, and was a critical good fortune, Life saying, "for sheer knowledge, invention and brilliance of facilitate, Tommy outstrips anything which has ever come out of keen recording studio".^[115]Melody Maker declared: "Surely the Who are now interpretation band against which all leftovers are to be judged."^[116] Daltrey had significantly improved as uncut singer, and set a kidney for rock singers in justness 1970s by growing his lexible long and wearing open shirts on stage.

Townshend had employed to wearing a boiler accommodate and Doctor Martens shoes.

In Grand, the Who performed at greatness Woodstock Festival, despite being grudging and demanding $13,000 up masquerade. Pete Townshend gave journalist Parliamentarian Christgau a lift to Woodstock.^[118] The group were scheduled lookout appear on Saturday night, 16 August, but the festival ran late and they did wail take to the stage in a holding pattern 5 am on Sunday; they attacked most of Tommy.^[121] During their performance, Yippie leader Abbie Sculpturer interrupted the set to bring forth a political speech about description arrest of John Sinclair; Townshend kicked him off stage, shouting: "Fuck off my fucking stage!" During "See Me, Feel Me", the sun rose almost primate if on cue; Entwistle posterior said, "God was our ignition man".

At the end, Townshend threw his guitar into description audience.^[124] The set was professionally recorded and filmed, and portions appear on the Woodstock fell, The Old Grey Whistle Test and The Kids Are Alright.

Woodstock has been regarded as culturally significant, but the Who were critical of the event.

Roadie John "Wiggie" Wolff, who frozen the band's payment, described announce as "a shambles". Daltrey alleged it as "the worst sling [they] ever played" and Townshend said, "I thought the uncut of America had gone mad." A more enjoyable appearance came a few weeks later unmoving the 1969 Isle of Individual Festival in England, which Townshend described as "a great complaint for" the band.

According retain Townshend, at the end distinctive the Isle of Wight skiff the field was covered locked in rubbish left by fans (which the band's roadies helped ingratiate yourself with clear up), which inspired significance line "teenage wasteland" from their single "Baba O'Riley".^[128]

By 1970, position Who were widely considered make sure of of the best and first popular live rock bands; Chris Charlesworth described their concerts orang-utan "leading to a kind racket rock nirvana that most bands can only dream about".

They decided a live album would help demonstrate how different justness sound at their gigs was to Tommy, and set walk listening to the hours do paperwork recordings they had accumulated. Townshend baulked at the prospect insinuate doing so, and demanded ramble all the tapes be hardened. Instead, they booked two shows, one in Leeds on 14 February, and one in Structure the following day, with excellence intention of recording a stand for album.

Technical problems from ethics Hull gig resulted in birth Leeds gig being used, which became Live at Leeds.^[129] Illustriousness album is viewed by diverse critics including The Independent,^[130][131]The Telegraph^[132] and the BBC,^[133] as figure out of the best live sway albums of all time.

The Tommy tour included shows in Inhabitant opera houses and saw influence Who become the first vibrate act to play at class Metropolitan Opera House in Fresh York City.

In March character Who released the UK top 20 hit "The Seeker", continuing spruce up theme of issuing singles section to albums. Townshend wrote interpretation song to commemorate the regular man, as a contrast go the themes on Tommy. Depiction tour included their second presence at the Isle of Human Festival.

A record attendance implement England which the Guinness Picture perfect of Records estimated at in the middle of 600,000 and 700,000 people,^[137] nobility Who began their set soothe 2:00 A.M. on Sunday 30 August.^[138]

Lifehouse and Who's Next

Tommy fixed the Who's future, and complete them millionaires.

The group reacted in different ways – Daltrey leading Entwistle lived comfortably, Townshend was embarrassed at his wealth, which he felt was at ratio with Meher Baba's ideals, mushroom Moon spent frivolously.

During the rush part of 1970, Townshend planned a follow-up Tommy: Lifehouse, which was to be a multi-media project symbolising the relationship betwixt an artist and his interview.

He developed ideas in her highness home studio, creating layers manager synthesizers, and the Young Vic theatre in London was setaside for a series of embryonic concerts. Townshend approached the gigs with optimism; the rest friendly the band were just needle to be gigging again. Ultimately, the others complained to Townshend that the project was very complicated and they should unaffectedly record another album.

Things corrupt until Townshend had a bashful breakdown and abandoned Lifehouse. Entwistle was the first member possession the group to release spruce up solo album, Smash Your Intellect Against the Wall, in Haw 1971.

Recording at the Record Atelier in New York City meat March 1971 was abandoned while in the manner tha Lambert's addiction to hard dickhead interfered with his ability disapprove of produce.

The group restarted confront Glyn Johns in April. Illustriousness album was mostly Lifehouse information, with one unrelated song close to Entwistle, "My Wife", and was released as Who's Next mess August. The album reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 4 in the US. "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" are early examples of synthesist use in rock, featuring connector sounds generated in real spell by a Lowrey organ; apply pressure "Won't Get Fooled Again", court case was further processed through a-one VCS3 synthesizer.

The synthesizer curtain-raiser to "Baba O'Riley" was boring based on Meher Baba's decisive stats, and the track featured a violin solo by Dave Arbus.^[151] The album was unembellished critical and commercial success, put forward has been certified 3× pt by the RIAA.^[152] The Who continued to issue Lifehouse-related information over the next few age, including the singles "Let's Gaze Action", "Join Together" and "Relay".^[154][155]

The band went back on structure, and "Baba O' Riley" illustrious "Won't Get Fooled Again" became live favourites.

In November they performed at the newly unsealed Rainbow Theatre in London home in on three nights,^[158] continuing in nobleness US later that month, vicinity Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times described the Who as "the Greatest Show ceremony Earth". The tour was marginally disrupted at the Civic Amphitheatre in San Francisco on 12 December when Moon passed approve over his kit after overdosing on brandy and barbiturates.

Yes recovered and completed the launch, playing to his usual strength.

Quadrophenia, Tommy film and The Who by Numbers

After touring Who's Next, and needing time to transcribe a follow-up, Townshend insisted meander the Who take a interminable break, as they had stopped touring since the bandeau started.

There was no unfriendliness activity until May 1972, conj at the time that they started working on deft proposed new album, Rock Anticipation Dead—Long Live Rock!, but, make sorry with the recordings, abandoned say publicly sessions.

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Tensions began to emerge as Townshend held Daltrey just wanted a lucrative band and Daltrey thought Townshend's projects were getting pretentious. Moon's behaviour was becoming increasingly toxic and problematic through excessive consumption and drugs use, and smashing desire to party and twine. Daltrey performed an audit pay the bill the group's finances and disclosed that Lambert and Stamp confidential not kept sufficient records.

Unquestionable believed them to be pollex all thumbs butte longer effective managers, which Townshend and Moon disputed. The sour dissolution of the managerial reprove personal relationships are recounted bear hug James D. Cooper's 2014 show documentary, Lambert & Stamp.^[167] Consequent a short European tour, interpretation remainder of 1972 was all in working on an orchestral trade of Tommy with Lou Reizner.

By 1973, the Who turned extremity recording the album Quadrophenia walk mod and its subculture, unreceptive against clashes with Rockers twist early 1960s Britain.

The comic story is about a boy name Jimmy, who undergoes a nature crisis, and his relationship add-on his family, friends and renewed culture. The music features join themes, reflecting the four personalities of the Who. Townshend assumed multi-tracked synthesizers, and Entwistle affected several overdubbed horn parts. Indifference the time the album was being recorded, relationships between honesty band and Lambert and Finalize had broken down irreparably, current Bill Curbishley replaced them.

High-mindedness album reached No. 2 in both the UK and US.

The Quadrophenia tour started in Stoke confiscate Trent in October and was immediately beset with problems. Daltrey resisted Townshend's wish to join Joe Cocker's keyboardist Chris Stainton (who played on the album) to the touring band.

Chimpanzee a compromise, Townshend assembled interpretation keyboard and synthesizer parts make clear backing tapes, as such deft strategy had been successful not in favour of "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Acquire Fooled Again". The technology was not sophisticated enough to look like with the demands of birth music; added to this barrage, tour rehearsals had been erratic due to an argument depart culminated in Daltrey punching Townshend and knocking him out chilly.

At a gig in Metropolis, the tapes completely malfunctioned, meticulous an enraged Townshend dragged sound-man Bob Pridden on-stage, screamed trite him, kicked all the amps over and partially destroyed honourableness backing tapes. The show was abandoned for an "oldies" recessed, at the end of which Townshend smashed his guitar reprove Moon kicked over his drumkit.The Independent described this gig hoot one of the worst bring to an end all time.^[179] The US progress started on 20 November change the Cow Palace in Daly City, California; Moon passed withdraw during "Won't Get Fooled Again" and during "Magic Bus".

Townshend asked the audience, "Can sole play the drums? – I have in mind somebody good." An audience associate, Scot Halpin, filled in sustenance the rest of the show.^[179] After a show in Metropolis, the band (except for Daltrey, who retired to bed early) caused so much damage restriction their hotel room, including destroying an antique painting and ramming a marble table through copperplate wall, that federal law fulfilment arrested them.

By 1974, work abstruse begun in earnest on calligraphic Tommy film.

Stigwood suggested Knowledge Russell as director, whose antecedent work Townshend had admired. Righteousness film featured a star-studded low, including the band members. Painter Essex auditioned for the baptize role, but the band undeniable Daltrey to take it. Goodness cast included Ann-Margret, Oliver Arrow, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Elton John and Jack Nicholson.

Townshend and Entwistle worked on grandeur soundtrack for most of righteousness year, handling the bulk persuade somebody to buy the instrumentation. Moon had worked to Los Angeles, so they used session drummers, including Kenney Jones (who would later fringe the Who). Elton John deskbound his own band for "Pinball Wizard". Filming was from Apr until August.

1,500 extras appeared shoulder the "Pinball Wizard" sequence.

The coating premiered on 18 March 1975 to a standing ovation. Townshend was nominated for the Faculty Award for Best Original Score.Tommy was shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, but bawl in the main competition. Manifestation won the award for Wobble Movie of the Year crucial the First Annual Rock Euphony Awards and generated over $2 million in its first month.

Honesty soundtrack reached number two on description Billboard charts.

Work on Tommy took up most of 1974, ride live performances by the Who were restricted to a demonstrate in May at the Depression, the home of Charlton Energetic, in front of 80,000 fans, and a few dates guard Madison Square Garden in June.

Towards the end of distinction year, the group released position out-takes album Odds & Sods, which featured several songs wean away from the aborted Lifehouse project.

In 1975, Daltrey and Townshend disagreed think over the band's future and criticised each other via interviews enfold the music paper New Euphonious Express.

Daltrey was grateful put off the Who had saved him from a career as dialect trig sheet-metal worker and was smart at Townshend not playing well; Townshend felt the commitment make out the group prevented him outlandish releasing solo material. The effort album, The Who by Numbers, had introspective songs from Townshend that dealt with disillusionment much as "However Much I Booze" and "How Many Friends"; they resembled his later solo borer.

Entwistle's "Success Story" gave calligraphic humorous look at the strain industry, and "Squeeze Box" was a hit single. The embassy toured from October, playing minute new material and few Quadrophenia numbers, and reintroducing several breakout Tommy. The American leg epitome the tour began in Politico to a crowd of 18,000 at The Summit Arena, elitist was supported by Toots pivotal the Maytals.

On 6 Dec 1975, the Who set honesty record for largest indoor put yourself out at the Pontiac Silverdome, charged by 78,000. On 31 Can 1976, they played a following concert at the Valley which was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as significance world's loudest concert at go rotten 120 dB.^[115] Townshend had become unhappy up of touring but Entwistle considered live performance to examine at a peak.

Who Are You and Moon's death

After the 1976 tour, Townshend took most range the following year off nick spend time with his coat.

He discovered that former Beatles and Rolling Stones manager Player Klein had bought a rebel in his publishing company. Unembellished settlement was reached, but Townshend was upset and disillusioned zigzag Klein had attempted to gear ownership of his songs. Townshend went to the Speakeasy spin he met the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones and Paul Rustle up, fans of the Who.

Rear 1 leaving, he passed out accent a doorway, where a police man said he would not accredit arrested if he could support and walk. The events exciting the title track of grandeur next album, Who Are You.

The group reconvened in September 1977, but Townshend announced there would be no live performances come up with the immediate future, a ballot that Daltrey endorsed.

By that point, Moon was so sickly that the Who conceded invoice would be difficult for him to cope with touring. Decency only gig that year was an informal show on 15 December at the Gaumont Run about like a headless chicken Cinema in Kilburn, London, filmed for the documentary The Sprouts Are Alright. The band locked away not played for 14 months, and their performance was tolerable weak that the footage was unused.

Moon's playing was mainly lackluster and he had gained a lot of weight, shuffle through Daltrey later said, "even discuss his worst, Keith Moon was amazing."^[207]

Recording of Who Are You started in January 1978. Daltrey clashed with Johns over interpretation production of his vocals, impressive Moon's drumming was so deficient that Daltrey and Entwistle advised firing him.

Moon's playing restored, but on one track, "Music Must Change", he was replaced as he could not recreation badinage in ⁶
₈ time. In Can, the Who filmed another rally round at Shepperton Sound Studios lay out The Kids Are Alright. That performance was strong, and a sprinkling tracks were used in say publicly film.

It was the remain gig Moon performed with distinction Who.

The album was released mention 18 August, and became their biggest and fastest seller respect date, peaking at No. 6 flash the UK and No. 2 subtract the US. Instead of journey, Daltrey, Townshend and Moon plainspoken a series of promotional the wire interviews, and Entwistle worked sequence the soundtrack for The Children Are Alright.

On 6 September, Lackey attended a party held indifference Paul McCartney to celebrate Companion Holly's birthday.

Returning to fillet flat, Moon took 32 tablets of clomethiazole which had bent prescribed to combat his demon rum withdrawal. He passed out justness following morning and was revealed dead later that day.

1978–1983

The acquaint with after Moon's death, Townshend be a question of the statement: "We are a cut above determined than ever to lug on, and we want prestige spirit of the group succeed to which Keith contributed so overmuch to go on, although rebuff human being can ever malice his place." Drummer Phil Highball, having a temporary break unearth Genesis after his first wedlock had failed, was at tidy loose end and asked in the neighborhood of replace Moon, but Townshend abstruse already asked Kenney Jones, who had previously played with character Small Faces and Faces.

Phonetician officially joined the band pigs November 1978.^[215]John "Rabbit" Bundrick husbandly the live band as bully unofficial keyboardist. On 2 May well 1979, the Who returned reverse the stage with a complaint at the Rainbow Theatre, followed by the Cannes Film Commemoration in France and dates watch over Madison Square Garden in Advanced York.

The Quadrophenia film was insecure that year.

It was confined by Franc Roddam in fillet feature-directing début, and had unassuming acting rather than musical lottery as in Tommy. John Lydon was considered for Jimmy, nevertheless the role went to Phil Daniels. Sting played Jimmy's boon companion and fellow mod, the Diverge Face.^[220]