The Who - Maximum Rock
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by Christoph Geisselhart (Author)
The English rock band The Who, a driving force in British rock music alongside The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd from the mid-sixties, is back. Hits like "My Generation," "Happy Jack," "Substitute," "Magic Bus," "Pinball Wizard," "Won't Get Fooled Again," and "Behind Blue Eyes" have shaped the musical memory of an entire generation and inspired many subsequent musicians. While the tirelessly pushing-the-boundaries quartet, led by ingenious songwriter and guitar-destroyer Pete Townshend, artfully celebrated chaos and anarchy on stage, real catastrophes lurked behind the scenes. Huge debts, violent disputes between the four very different band members, drug and alcohol excesses, and the unpredictable escapades of drum legend Keith Moon threatened the cohesion and existence of the group for fourteen wild years. When "Moon The Loon" died in 1978, the end seemed to have truly arrived.
Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle nevertheless continued. The Who survived the eighties, overcame their midlife crisis, and rallied for new stage creativity in the nineties, even at the risk of becoming a "tribute band" to themselves, as mastermind Townshend critically noted. Success proved him wrong. The Who confirmed their reputation as a great live band well into the third century. Not even the surprising death of bassist Entwistle, on the eve of the 2002 US tour, could harm the band, which was always more than the sum of its members.
After their legendary debut album "My Generation" and the LP "It's Hard," the surviving Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey have recorded a new, highly acclaimed Who album, "Endless Wire." Bolstered by Ringo's son Zak Starkey on drums (who rose to fame with Oasis) and with super bassist Pino Palladino, The Who have freed themselves from their myth as classics.
It's time for Hannibal to dedicate a comprehensive biography in German to what their fans consider "The Greatest Rock Band Ever." The artist Christoph Geisselhart has extensively traced the group's history and skillfully interwoven it with the biographies of the band members. Almost novel-like, with many carefully researched details and original quotes, an impressive picture emerges of a rock group that visionarily anticipated social trends and transformed them into very personal, timeless, and characterful statements in their music.
Roger Daltrey about Pete Townshend:
"He never learned what normal kids are really interested in because he doesn't know what it's like to have to work hard every day. Pete lay in bed all day when he was at art college; honestly, he was mostly in bed with a joint and only got up when he felt like it, and he rarely felt like playing a gig. Someone had to go and knock on his damn door, and that was me. I couldn't wait to get out of the factory, and I channeled all my energy and frustrations into the music. I had to set up the equipment. It was incredible; you could barely get the others to even carry an amplifier out. We didn't have roadies; that was me."
Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle nevertheless continued. The Who survived the eighties, overcame their midlife crisis, and rallied for new stage creativity in the nineties, even at the risk of becoming a "tribute band" to themselves, as mastermind Townshend critically noted. Success proved him wrong. The Who confirmed their reputation as a great live band well into the third century. Not even the surprising death of bassist Entwistle, on the eve of the 2002 US tour, could harm the band, which was always more than the sum of its members.
After their legendary debut album "My Generation" and the LP "It's Hard," the surviving Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey have recorded a new, highly acclaimed Who album, "Endless Wire." Bolstered by Ringo's son Zak Starkey on drums (who rose to fame with Oasis) and with super bassist Pino Palladino, The Who have freed themselves from their myth as classics.
It's time for Hannibal to dedicate a comprehensive biography in German to what their fans consider "The Greatest Rock Band Ever." The artist Christoph Geisselhart has extensively traced the group's history and skillfully interwoven it with the biographies of the band members. Almost novel-like, with many carefully researched details and original quotes, an impressive picture emerges of a rock group that visionarily anticipated social trends and transformed them into very personal, timeless, and characterful statements in their music.
Roger Daltrey about Pete Townshend:
"He never learned what normal kids are really interested in because he doesn't know what it's like to have to work hard every day. Pete lay in bed all day when he was at art college; honestly, he was mostly in bed with a joint and only got up when he felt like it, and he rarely felt like playing a gig. Someone had to go and knock on his damn door, and that was me. I couldn't wait to get out of the factory, and I channeled all my energy and frustrations into the music. I had to set up the equipment. It was incredible; you could barely get the others to even carry an amplifier out. We didn't have roadies; that was me."