THE WHO QUADROPHENIA ROGER DALTREY PICTURE ON CANVAS
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THE WHO
quadrophenia
"Hope I die before I get old" so "Don't try to dig what we all s-s-say."
Canvas fitted to wood frame (Uk) Massive 30 x 40 Inches
Medium: Canvas Print, Frame Canvas Print stretched over wooden frame . About:
THE WHO
quadrophenia
"Hope I die before I get old" so "Don't try to dig what we all s-s-say."
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. Their most famous lineup was composed of guitarist Pete Townshend , singer Roger Daltrey , drummer Keith Moon and bassist John Entwistle . The Who first came to prominence in the 1960s and 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."
Keith Moon died in 1978 , after which the band released two more studio albums, Face Dances and It's Hard , with drummer Kenney Jones , before officially disbanding in 1983 . They reformed on several occasions to perform, mostly without Kenney Jones, but recorded little new studio material. In 2000, the three remaining members began to discuss the possibility of recording an album of new material, but Entwistle died in 2002 , which temporarily dogged any plans to record. The two remaining members, Townshend and Daltrey, continue to perform as The Who. Their most recent studio album, Endless Wire , was released in 2006 .
For a short period during 1964, under the management of Peter Meaden , they changed their name to The High Numbers , during which time they released " Zoot Suit /I'm The Face", a single designed to appeal to their mostly mod fans. When it failed to chart, the band fired Meaden and quickly reverted to The Who. They became one of the most popular bands among the British Mods , a social movement of the early 1960s which rejected the " greaser " music favoured by the Rockers . The band crystallised around Townshend as the primary songwriter and creative force (though Entwistle would also make notable songwriting contributions). Townshend was at the centre of the band's tensions, as he strove to write challenging and thoughtful music, while Daltrey preferred energetic and macho material (Daltrey would occasionally refuse to sing a Townshend composition and Townshend would thus sing it himself). Moon, not a songwriter, was a fan of American surf music .
The Who's first hit was the 1965 " I Can't Explain ", influenced by the early Kinks hits (with whom they shared American producer Shel Talmy ), and famous for featuring Jimmy Page as second guitarist. This hit was followed by " Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere ", which was the only song credited as being composed in a joint effort by Townshend and Daltrey, though Townshend implied Daltrey assisted in songwriting without credit in the liner notes to Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy . Their debut album My Generation (" The Who Sings My Generation " in the US) was released the same year. The album included such mod anthems as "The Kids Are Alright" and the title track " My Generation ", which contained the famous lines "Hope I die before I get old", and "Don't try to dig what we all s-s-say." Subsequent hits – the 1966 single "I'm a Boy", about a young boy dressed as a young girl, "Happy Jack" about a mentally disturbed young man, and 1967's "Pictures of Lily", a tribute to masturbation , all show Townshend's growing use of stories of sexual tension and teenage angst. More hits followed, including " I Can See for Miles " and " Magic Bus ".Although they had success as a singles band, Townshend had more ambitious goals and over the years. He wanted to treat The Who's albums as unified works, rather than collections of unconnected songs. The first sign of this ambition came in their album A Quick One (1966), which included the storytelling medley "A Quick One While He's Away", which they later referred to as a "mini opera". A Quick One was followed by The Who Sell Out (1967), a concept album which played like an offshore radio station, complete with humorous jingles and commercials, and which also included a mini rock opera , called "Rael", as well as The Who's biggest USA single, "I Can See for Miles". The Who famously destroyed their equipment onstage at the Monterey Pop Festival that year and subsequently repeated the routine on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with literally explosive results as Keith Moon detonated his drum kit. These early efforts resulted in Pete Townshend being the subject of the first Rolling Stone interview. Townshend revealed in that interview that he was working on a full-length rock opera. This was Tommy (1969), the first commercially successful rock opera and a major landmark in modern music.
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