WSJ: Townshend and Daltrey are donating royalties from the song to Teen Cancer America, a charity the pair started in 2011 to benefit teens and young adults with cancer in the United States. The … [Read more...]
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‘Here by the sea and sand: A symposium on Quadrophenia’
U of Sussex (Brighton, natch) in July: Released 40 years ago in 1973, The Who’s ambitious concept album Quadrophenia portrays the 1964 August bank holiday battle between mods and rockers on Brighton … [Read more...]
The Technology That Led To Rock and Roll, Part 2: The Guitar Amplifier
Don Sucher writes: This preference for distortion may seem odd to a non-musician reader, as it certainly was to the non-musician amp designers! Perhaps … [Read more...]
‘[H]ad I known what was coming for black music (…) I would never been as dismissive about disco’
Ed Driscoll writes: But in reality, 1979 was a unique quiet highpoint for rock. MTV was two years away, and dinosaurs still thundered the earth: all four Beatles were still alive and recording, Led Zeppelin … [Read more...]
Aaaaaannnndddd you’re all wrong
Lots of posts today stating: May 1, 1977: The Clash begin their first U.K. tour. The forty show "White Riot Tour" begins with a concert at London’s Roxy Theatre. But it was actually [Read more...]
Today in yesterday: 21-year-old Eddie Cochran dies
Bio: Although Eddie Cochran was only 21 when he died, he left a lasting mark as a rock and roll pioneer. Cochran zeroed in on teenage angst and desire with such classics as “C’mon Everybody,” … [Read more...]
Today in yesterday: Bill Haley lands in England (1957)
Via the History Channel: Back home in the United States, Bill Haley and the Comets were already passé. Their role in launching the rock-and-roll … [Read more...]
5 Fellow Gen-Xers I Can Actually Stand: My NEW PJMedia piece
Enjoy: Only a handful of individuals make my “Do No Wrong” list: Folks like Pete Townshend, Sarah Palin and Zombie Frank Sinatra, who could … [Read more...]
Rare pix of The Who up for auction
Once set to ‘on,’ there is no ‘off’ switch
Pete Townsend explains what the hell happened. Makes perfect sense to me, sorry. Why not be angrier with the people who f*cked him … [Read more...]
6 Reasons The Who Is Better Than That Stupid Band You Like: my latest at PJMedia
Marshall amp creator goes to eleven — er, heaven
Farewell to the "father of loud": Early users included Eric … [Read more...]