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Shepherd's Bush, West London, England (1964 – present)
The Who is an English rock band that formed in Shepherd’s Bush, West London, England, in 1964 and grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential bands in the world. They are also famed for their prowess as a live band - winning awards and being described as “possibly the greatest live band ever”, primarily due to their energetic, loud performances and their smashing of instruments. The primary lineup consisted of Pete Townshend (lead guitar, vocals), Roger Daltrey (lead vocals), John Entwistle (bass, vocals) and Keith Moon (drums, vocals).
The Who rose to fame in the United Kingdom with a pioneering instrument destruction stage show, as well as a series of top ten hit singles (including the celebrated
My Generation) and top five albums, beginning in 1965 with their first single release I Can’t Explain. They first hit the top ten in the USA in 1967 with I Can See For Miles. The 1969 release of Tommy was the first in a series of top five albums for the group in the USA, followed by Live At Leeds(1970), Who’s Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), and Who Are You (1978) among others. Live at Leeds, along with Deep Purple’s ‘In Rock’, Black Sabbath’s eponymous album and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Led Zeppelin II’, was one of the albums that brought hard rock into the mainstream during the early 70’s after the flowery acid infused rock of the mid 60’s.
Keith Moon passed away three weeks after the release of Who Are You on 7th September from an overdose. Kenney Jones of The Small Faces and Faces took over on drums after Moon’s death. The band would release two more studio albums: the top five Face Dances in 1981 and the top ten It’s Hard in 1982, before officially disbanding in 1983.
The Who rose to fame in the United Kingdom with a pioneering instrument destruction stage show, as well as a series of top ten hit singles (including the celebrated
My Generation) and top five albums, beginning in 1965 with their first single release I Can’t Explain. They first hit the top ten in the USA in 1967 with I Can See For Miles. The 1969 release of Tommy was the first in a series of top five albums for the group in the USA, followed by Live At Leeds(1970), Who’s Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), and Who Are You (1978) among others. Live at Leeds, along with Deep Purple’s ‘In Rock’, Black Sabbath’s eponymous album and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Led Zeppelin II’, was one of the albums that brought hard rock into the mainstream during the early 70’s after the flowery acid infused rock of the mid 60’s.Keith Moon passed away three weeks after the release of Who Are You on 7th September from an overdose. Kenney Jones of The Small Faces and Faces took over on drums after Moon’s death. The band would release two more studio albums: the top five Face Dances in 1981 and the top ten It’s Hard in 1982, before officially disbanding in 1983.
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Greatest Hits
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Who's Next
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My Generation - The Very Best Of The Who
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Shoutbox
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s_libretto wrote:
to be honest, it sounded shit but a lot of these shows don't translate well to tv anyway. Even Townshend's jangled chords would have sounded better in the stadium ... then again they may not because stadium's have shit acoustics anyway.
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dominic_john wrote:
So some of the papers and fans on here have criticised the Who's performance but personally I thought it was awesome. So they can't play like they did back in 1970, but are we really so suprised? I saw them in 2006 and they were incredible. At the end of the day it's the Who. They could have played Boris the Spider, Heinz Baked Beans and I would have been chuffed. In the end they played some of their biggest hits and bloody rocked the halftime show.
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h3ath3r88 wrote:
dude the superbowl halftime was awesome!!
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srm90 wrote:
The Super Bowl performance was good I thought. Better than any pop band could do.
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babybling10 wrote:
Wow guys really.......i thought they did good
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backtothelight wrote:
Props to Pete and Roger for putting on a great show!
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tmanrocker wrote:
i give them much cred ....
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Ginger_Warrior wrote:
It was an incredible performance in a great night of entertainment and drama.
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Thiago_Milagres wrote:
I thought the performance was awesome!!! I had no expectations going into it and it turned out to be one of the best halftime shows they have ever had, far better than the rolling stones one a few years back. And who cares if they dont sound exactly the same its not 1960 anymore[2]
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JScully85 wrote:
I thought the performance was awesome!!! I had no expectations going into it and it turned out to be one of the best halftime shows they have ever had, far better than the rolling stones one a few years back. And who cares if they dont sound exactly the same its not 1960 anymore
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diego_musikk wrote:
Super Bowl show was fantastic!! [2]
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Empty_Skies wrote:
Super Bowl show was fantastic!!
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EpsilonX wrote:
yeah, the members of the band all have tremendous hearing loss. I mean, that's the price you pay when you put on the loudest rock concert of all time. I think it'd be really hard to play if you can't hear anything.
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Shatartar wrote:
Ugh yeah, I saw that performance. I dunno what was up with the mashup though.
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henry_hudson wrote:
i understand they are both in their mid sixties but their Super Bowl performance was pretty tragic; the only solace is that it wasn't really the who- just two guys who used to be in the band.
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stillnotahero wrote:
I think they should stop with music and just remain legends, they'll be remembered and respected better that way. Just my opinion.
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Acenate wrote:
"Yeah I hope I die before I get old" -The Who, 1965
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Sundays_Slave wrote:
old fartzz~
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Eibel wrote:
half time in super bowl yeah!!!!!
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ilovejewishpork wrote:
omg, worst ive seen who ever. if ur that old, cut your losses and remain legends.
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Teenage Cancer Trust: The Who Play Quadrophenia
Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
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The Who
Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy
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News
THE WHO'S GREATEST HITS and GREATEST HITS LIVE are now available Worldwide.
9 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thewho
THE WHO'S GREATEST HITS and GREATEST HITS LIVE are now available Worldwide.Also, a new Double CD set, GREATEST HITS AND MORE, has just been released and is available in all territories except for the . …
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