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Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...The Who

http://www.thewho.net/

http://www.thewho.org/

http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/students/jackr/who.html

We are deeply saddened to report the death of John Alec Entwistle, and our deepest sympathies go out to his friends and family, and all of his fans. "The Ox" was found dead of an apparent heart attack on June 27th in Las Vegas where The Who were preparing to begin their tour the next day.
We appreciate all of the people who have written us, and wish we had the time to write everyone back. We have been receiving mail from all over the world, and the feeling of community that we are feeling has been amazing! We are all feeling the same pain and it is heart lifting to read your sentiments. From TheWho.Net

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The Who began as The Detours, a band started by guitarist Roger Daltrey (born March 1st, 1944) in London in the summer of 1961. In early 1962 Roger recruited John Entwistle (born October 9th, 1944), a bass guitarist who had been playing in bands based at their mutual school of Acton County Grammar. John then suggested as an additional guitarist--his school and band friend Pete Townshend (born May 19th, 1945). The five-piece band also had Doug Sandom as drummer and Colin Dawson as singer.

Colin soon left The Detours and Roger took over as singer. The group would remain as a three-piece band and singer through the late 1970's. The Detours started off performing covers of pop tunes, but quickly progressed to loud, hard-edged covers of American rhythm-and-blues.

In early 1964, The Detours discovered a rival group also named The Detours, and decided to change their name. Pete's art school friend Richard Barnes suggested The Who and it was officially adopted. Shortly after this Doug Sandom was encouraged to leave the band and that April his seat was taken over by young maniacal drummer Keith Moon (born August 23rd, 1947). Moon, dressed all in ginger-colored clothing with hair dyed to match, had insisted on performing with The Who at a gig. He smashed their replacement drummer's foot pedal and was accepted into the band.

The Who found another way to attract fans when Pete accidentally cracked the neck of his guitar on a low ceiling during a show. The next time they played there, fans called for Pete to smash his guitar again. He did and Keith followed it up by smashing his drum kit. Also around this time, Pete developed his windmilling style of guitar playing, adapting it from a stage move of Keith Richards.

In May 1964, The Who were taken over by Pete Meaden. Meaden was big in a new British youth movement called the Mods, young men who dressed in stylish clothes and wore their hair short. Meaden renamed The Who The High Numbers. Numbers were what Mods called each other and the High implied both rank and use of "leapers," the speed tablets that Mods took to allow them to party all weekend. Meaden wrote The High Numbers' only single "I'm the Face" backed with "Zoot Suit." Both songs were old R&B songs with new lyrics about Mods. Despite his best efforts, the single failed, but the band became the Mods' favorite group.

It was at this point that two men, Kit Lambert (son of composer Christopher Lambert) and Chris Stamp (brother of actor Terence Stamp), were looking for a band about whom they could make a film. They lighted on The High Numbers in July 1964 and became the band's new managers. After a failed audition for EMI Records, the band's name reverted to The Who.

The Who made their first big splash in London after taking over the Tuesday night spot at the Marquee Club in November 1964. They were advertised all over London with black handbills designed by Richard Barnes featuring a windmilling Pete and the legend "Maximum R&B."

Shortly after this Kit and Chris pushed Pete to begin writing songs for the group, specifically one to attract The Kinks' producer Shel Talmy. Pete adapted a song he had already written called "I Can't Explain" to The Kinks' style and won over Talmy. The Who signed a contract making Talmy their producer for the next five years. He in turn, signed them to Decca Records in the U.S.

Pete's earliest songs were written to match Rogers macho stage posture. Roger was the leader of the group at the time, a position he controlled with his fists. Petes increasing abilities as a songwriter threatened that position, especially after the hit single "My Generation." It was a defining ode to the Mod outlook on life, with the singer stuttering from amphetamine-overdose crying out "I hope I die before I get old." With the single a hit in the charts in December 1965, Pete, John and Keith forced Roger out of the band because of his violent ways. Roger promised to be a "peaceful perce" from then on, and was accepted back.

At the same time, The Who released their first album, also called "My Generation." However, distressed by Decca's lack of marketing of The Who's records in the U.S. and wishing to sign with Atlantic records, Kit and Chris broke the band's contract with Talmy and signed the band with Atlantic in the U.S. and Reaction in the U.K. Talmy struck back with countersuits, almost halting the release of the band's next single "Substitute." It was eventually settled with The Who paying record royalties for the next five years to Talmy and reverting to Decca in the U.S. This settlement, along with the band's extremely expensive act of equipment-smashing, soon left The Who in severe debt.

Kit continued to push Pete as a songwriter. While playing one of his home demos to Kit, Pete joked that he was writing a "rock opera." Kit thought it was a wonderful idea, and sent Pete off to write one. His first attempt was called "Quads." Set in the future, it concerned parents who request four girls. When one turns out to be a boy, they insist on raising him as a girl. However, The Who's need for a new single caused this first rock opera to be compressed into one short song called "I'm a Boy."

Meanwhile, as a means of making money, Kit had gotten an advance on The Who's next album with the proviso that each member of the band write two songs for it. Roger only managed one and Keith one and an instrumental. John, however, wrote two peculiar ditties, one about a "Whiskey Man" and the other about "Boris The Spider." It was the beginning of John as an alternate songwriter for the band, a songwriter with a dark sense of humor.

The new album came up short for material, so Pete wrote a mini-opera to close the album. "A Quick One While He's Away" is the story of a woman who is seduced by Ivor the Engine Driver after her "man" has been gone for "nigh on a year." The album was named "A Quick One" both for the mini-opera and the slight sexual innuendo (for that reason it was renamed "Happy Jack," after the single, in the U.S.).
With the lawsuit with Decca and Talmy finally settled, The Who were free to tour the U.S. They came over first for a series of quick shows at D.J. Murray The K's Easter concerts in New York. Their equipment-smashing, which they had abandoned in England, was revived and Americans were awed. It was the beginning of a rabid cult following in the U.S.

They returned to the U.S. that summer to play at the Monterey Pop Festival in California which brought The Who to the attention of the San Francisco hippies and the rock music critics that would soon form Rolling Stone Magazine. Pete, with his constant pontificating, could always be relied upon for copy, and he helped sell the band in the U.S. as a "thinking man's" band.

That summer they toured as an opening act for Herman's Hermits. It was on this tour that Keith's reputation as a hellraiser would be cemented at his 21st birthday party (when he was actually 20) held at an after-show party in a Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan. All that actually happened was that birthday cake got mashed into the floor, a fire extinguisher was sprayed on cars, ruining their paint jobs, and Keith broke out a tooth when he slipped in the cake while running from the police. With time and many embellishments by Keith, this turned into an orgy of destruction climaxing with a Cadillac at the bottom of the hotel swimming pool. In any event, The Who were banned for life from Holiday Inns and this along with their occasional smashing up of hotel rooms became part of the band's and Keith's legend.

While their fortunes increased in the U.S., their career began to nose-dive in the U.K. Their next single "I Can See For Miles," while their biggest single hit in the U.S., barely got into the Top Ten in Britain. Subsequent singles such as "Dogs" and "Magic Bus" did even less well. The album they released in December 1967, "The Who Sell Out," did not sell as well as their previous ones. It was a concept album designed to sound like a broadcast from the now-outlawed Radio London, an offshore pirate station, and would later be considered one of their best.

During this downturn, Pete quit using drugs and turned to the teachings of Indian mystic Meher Baba. Pete would become Baba's most-famous disciple and his following work would reflect what he learned from Baba's teachings. One such idea was that those who can perceive earthly things are unable to perceive the world of God. From this Pete devised a story of a boy who becomes deaf, dumb and blind and removed from such earthly perceptions can then see God. When cured he becomes a messiah figure.

The story eventually become known the world over as "Tommy." The Who worked on it from the summer of 1968 through to the following spring. It was a last ditch effort to save the band and give them a hit and material for their stage show. It would succeed beyond anyone's dream.

The Confederates (1959 - 1960)

Pete Townshend - banjo - b. Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend, May 19, 1945, London, England.
John Entwistle - trumpet - b. John Alec Entwistle, October 9, 1944, London, England; d. June 27, 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The Aristocrats / The Scorpions(1960 - 1962)

Pete Townshend - guitar
John Entwistle - bass

The Detours I (1962)

Roger Daltrey - lead guitar - b. Roger Harry Daltrey, March 1, 1944, London, England.
Pete Townshend - guitar
John Entwistle - bass
Colin Dawson - vocals
Dougie Sandom - drums

The Detours II (1962 - 1963)

Roger Daltrey - lead guitar
Pete Townshend - guitar
John Entwistle - bass
Dougie Sandom - drums
Gabby ? - vocals - formerly with The Bel-Aires.

The Detours III (1963)

Roger Daltrey - vocals
Pete Townshend - guitar
John Entwistle - bass
Dougie Sandom - drums

The Who I (aka, The High Numbers)(1963 - 1978)

Roger Daltrey - vocals
Pete Townshend - guitar/vocals
John Entwistle - bass/vocals
Keith Moon - drums/vocals - b. Keith John Moon, August 23, 1947, London, England; d. September 7, 1978, London, England - formerly with The Beachcombers.

Albums:
"The Who Sings My Generation" (1965) - Single: "My Generation"
"A Quick One" (1966)
"The Who Sell Out" (1967) - "I Can See For Miles"
"Magic Bus: The Who on Tour" (1968)
"Tommy" (1969) - Singles: "Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free"
"Live at Leeds" (1970) - Without question (at least in MY mind!) the greatest live rock album ever made...by anybody...period...by arguably the greatest live band ever. The only other album that even comes close is "The Who Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970", which was recorded only a few weeks following the Leeds concert. The Who were always at their best in a "live" setting, and "Live at Leeds" succeeds in capturing their intense energy and creativity. The version of "My Generation" on this album is my favorite...lengthy and filled with jamming on riffs from "Tommy". Whether you're a hard-core Who fan or not, you NEED this album. You should know that this assessment is based on the original vinyl pressing of the album...the CD version now includes additional material, which practically doubles the amount of music that was on the original album! Go buy this...now!
"Who's Next" (1971) - Single: "Won't Get Fooled Again"
"Quadrophenia" (2-CDs) (1973)
"The Who By Numbers" (1975) - Single: "Squeeze Box"
"Who Are You" (1978)
"The Kids Are Alright soundtrack" (live) (1979)
"Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970" (1996)

The Who II (1978 - 1982)

Roger Daltrey - vocals
Pete Townshend - guitar/vocals
John Entwistle - bass/vocals
Kenny Jones - drums - b. September 16, 1948, London, England - formerly with The Small Faces.

Albums:
"Face Dances" (1981) - Single: "You Better You Bet"
"It's Hard" (1982)
"Who's Last" (live) (1984)
Kenny Jones later joins The Law (with Paul Rodgers) and performs with Willie and the Poor Boys.

Compilations:

"Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy" (1971)
"Odds & Sods" (1974)
"Who's Greatest Hits" (1983)
"Who's Missing" (1985)
"Two's Missing" (1987)
"Who's Better, Who's Best" (1988)
"Join Together" (1990)
"Thirty Years of Maximum R&B" (4-CD box set) (1994)
"My Generation: The Very Best of The Who" (1996)

Pete Townshend solo:

"Who Came First" (1972)
"Rough Mix" (1977) (with Ronnie Lane)
"Empty Glass" (1980)
"All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes" (1982)
"Scoop" (1983)
"White City (A Novel)" (1985)
"Pete Townshend's Deep End Live!" (1986)
"Another Scoop" (1987)
"The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend" (1989)
"PsychoDerelict" (1993)
"The Best of Pete Townshend: coolwalkingsmoothtalkingstraightsmokingfirestoking" (1996)

John Entwistle solo:

"Smash Your Head Against the Wall" (1971)
"Whistle Rymes" (1972)
"John Entwistle's Rigor Mortis Sets In" (1973)
"John Entwistle's Ox: Mad Dog" (1975)
"Too Late the Hero" (1981)
"Rock" (1996)
"Thunderfingers: The Best of John Entwistle" (1996)
"King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents John Entwistle" (1997)
"Anthology" (1997)

Keith Moon solo:

"Two Sides of the Moon" (1975)

Roger Daltrey solo:

"Daltrey" (1973)
"Ride a Rock Horse" (1975)
"One of the Boys" (1977)
"McVicar: Original Soundtrack Recording" (1980)
"Best Bits" (1982)
"Under a Raging Moon" (1985)
"Can't Wait to See the Movie" (1987)
"Rockers and Ballads - Best of Roger Daltrey" (1991)
"Rocks in the Head" (1992)
"A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who" (1994)
"Martyrs and Madmen: The Best of Roger Daltrey" (1997)
"Anthology - The Best of Roger Daltrey" (1999)

Bibliography

http://www.thewho.net/bibliography/

Discography

http://www.thewho.net/discography/

Photo Archives

http://www.thewho.net/pictures/

Tabs

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/index.html



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