The Who
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Shel Talmy, legendary producer of the Who and the Kinks, dies aged 87
By Jonathan Horsley published
He produced My Generation and other classics
“Somebody needs to occasionally slap Rick Rubin”: Pete Townshend criticises producer’s mixed messages about creativity
By Will Simpson published
He says creativity is “about everybody”
“I would love to do another album and I may try to bully him on that": Pete Townshend on future Who plans
By Will Simpson published
The Who will definitely "do something" in 2025, according to Townshend
"I’ll do it if Pete wants to do it - really wants to do it": Roger Daltrey on The Who's future and how the web has “ruined” live music
By Will Simpson published
Roger Daltrey criticises setlist sites
Pete Townshend is candid about the live lineup of The Who in new interview
By Rob Laing published
He also explains why he wouldn't want to follow the Rolling Stones and Pearl Jam in making an album with Andrew Watt
"Nobody's gonna tell me that a hunk of wood with strings stretched across it is sacred": Pete Townshend reveals all about why he became a guitar smasher
By Rob Laing published
"I think a lot of people struggle to buy their first instruments, they build up a relationship with them but I never had that but I don't know quite why that is"
"AC/DC made 50 albums, but all their albums were the same. It wasn’t the way the Who worked. We were an ideas band": Pete Townshend admits he doesn't enjoy playing live with the band much anymore but still wants to release new music
By Rob Laing published
"If I’m really honest, I’ve been touring for the money"
"I remember saying to Eric, 'I'm going to play him off the stage one day'. But what Eric did was even more peculiar, he said, 'Well, I'm going to pretend that I am Jimi Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview
By Guitarist magazine published
"The thing that really stunned Eric and me was the way he took what we did and made it better"
"It was a fair fight that I got thrown out of the band for, because Moon came for me with a tambourine": When Roger Daltrey was fired from The Who at the worst possible time in 1965
By Rob Laing published
"When they got on amphetamines the music just turned to a load of crap," reflected the singer
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