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The Album Isn’t Dead. Long Live The Long-Player
The long-player is a relic, we’re assured on a daily basis. An artform that stubbornly refuses to recognize its obsolescence and was stepped over by the single on music’s evolutionary ladder, consigned...
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The Who’s Vespa Scooter Restored For Teenage Cancer Trust Fundraiser...
The 1964 Vespa GS scooter that was used as a stage prop on The Who’s 1996 Quadrophenia tour has been restored and is going on the road to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust. Shop the best of The...
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Two Pete Townshend Records Are Being Repressed On Vinyl
Pete Townshend is set to release two newly mastered vinyl records, The Iron Man: The Musical By Pete Townshend and Psychoderelict (music-only). The engineering for the re-releases was done by Miles...
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Oldest Bands In Music: Acts That Defy The Laws Of Age And Time
It’s better to burn out than to fade away – or so said Neil Young. But, once in a while, a band does neither. This list of just a few of the oldest bands in music celebrates the groups who have become...
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Weird Instruments: A Collection Of Strange Music Makers
Weird instruments? Why bother? Indeed, Lou Reed once wrote “you can’t beat two guitars, bass, and drums,” in the liner notes of his 1989 album, New York. Sorry, Lou, but that’s not always the case....
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The Loudest Bands In History: 10 Ear-Splitting Acts
In 1975, Motörhead singer Lemmy famously joked that the band “will be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your lawn will die.” He said this at a time when bands were competing to break into...
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‘The Story of the Who’ Comes to Vinyl
The 1976 compilation The Story of the Who will be reissued on vinyl later this year. This version of the 2LP collection—which many regard as the most complete “Best Of” album for The Who—features a...
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‘Magic Bus’: The Hit Pete Townshend Called ‘The Who At Their Early Best’
The Who’s “Magic Bus” was late in arriving, and didn’t fully live up to its chart potential, but became a band staple just the same. So much so, in fact, that Pete Townshend described it as “The Who at...
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‘The Seeker’: Pete Townshend On Spiritual Quest As The Who Follow ‘Tommy’
How to follow Tommy? In album terms, we know that The Who’s next release was the classic concert recording Live At Leeds, and then, after the ill-starred Lifehouse sessions, 1971’s revered Who’s Next....
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The Who’s Pete Townshend Announces ‘Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet’
London’s Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK have announced the world premiere of Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet, based on The Who’s 1973 multi-million album of the same name, written by Pete Townshend....
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Pete Townshend To Release Massive Live Concert Compilation Set
For the first time, the complete collection of Pete Townshend’s recorded live shows has been compiled into one place. The whopping 14-CD set will cover a series of shows from 1985-2001, originally...
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‘Happy Jack’: The Who Make Their American Album Chart Debut
The American market wasn’t fully ready for The Who when they made their album debut with My Generation at the end of 1965. Second time around, they cracked it, and won their first appearance on the US...
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The Who’s Best Songs: 20 Rock’n’Roll Essentials
The Who has an almost peerless discography. Theirs was a fast evolution, moving from the swinging mod anthem “Zoot Suit” (released under their original name The High Numbers) to the heady psychedelia...
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‘How’s Tricks’: ‘Punch And Drive’ From The Jack Bruce Band
The solo career of Jack Bruce contains many a hidden gem, and there are plenty on an album that was showing its face on the US album chart in May 1977. How’s Tricks was a record that also had...
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‘Face Dances’: The Who Deal With Life After Keith Moon
The death of Keith Moon, just after the release of the 1978 album Who Are You, threatened the very future of The Who. But it didn’t take long for Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle to...
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Pete Townshend Preps Half Speed Masters For Two Classic Albums
Pete Townshend is gearing up to release the second in a series of half speed mastered studio albums, All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes and White City (A Novel). Both reissues will arrive on May...
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Cream and The Who Make Their Live Debut In America
When both The Who and Cream made their live debut in America, it could hardly have been any less auspicious. It happened for both of them on March 25, 1967, at the RKO Keith Theater on 58th and 3rd Ave...
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‘Pinball Wizard’: Elton John Sure Played A Mean Cover Of The Who
Some rock standards should never be remade, but others lend themselves brilliantly to another distinctive treatment. So it was when Elton John was persuaded by director Ken Russell, after his initial...
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The Ealing Club, The Rolling Stones, And The Birth Of British Rock
A humble west-London basement next to a long-lost ABC bakery is an unlikely place to find one of the most significant venues in music history. Yet the Ealing Club, an overlooked historic venue – at 42A...
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The Greatest Debut 45 Records In History
The medium may change from analog to digital, but there’s always something magical about a great single, a record that can change your life in four minutes or less, and there’s a special knack to...
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