The Who
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The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential rock 'n' roll bands of all time.[1] Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1995, the band members have continued to perform as a live act. Their most recent studio album, Endless Wire, was released in 2006.
Noted for the dynamism of their performances and for their thoughtful and art-influenced music, the members of The Who are also acknowledged as rock pioneers, popularising, along with contemporaries The Kinks, the power chord and the rock opera (most notably Tommy). Their earlier "mod" albums, which boasted short, aggressive rock songs, Pete Townshend's distinctive power chords, Roger Daltrey's powerful vocals, John Entwistle's nimble bass style, Keith Moon's explosive drumming, and constant themes of youthful rebellion and romantic confusion, were formative influences on hard rock and power pop, while their loud and violent concerts helped pave the way for punk rock and heavy metal. In their early days they were notorious for auto-destructive art displays, destroying their instruments at the end of shows (an activity favoured both by infamous wildman Moon and by Townshend, whose guitar-smashing would become a rock cliché).
The Who are #8 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, #9 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock 'n' Roll and the #8 artist of all time on acclaimedmusic.net.
From mod rockers to rock operas to hard rock, The Who reigned triumphant as prime contenders, in the minds of many, for the title of World's Greatest Rock Band.
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March 1, 1944
Roger Daltrey was born.
October 9, 1944
John Entwistle was born.
May 19, 1945
Pete Townshend was born.
August 23, 1947
Keith Moon was born.
October 29, 1965
The Who release "My Generation."
October 28, 1967
The Who hit #9 with "I Can See For Miles".
July 7, 1968
The Yardbirds break up, guitarist Jimmy Page forms the New Yardbirds and changes the group's name to Led Zeppelin, allegedly on the advice of the Who's Keith Moon.
DECEMBER 11-12, 1968
The Rolling Stones film the 'Rock and Roll Circus', with guests Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and the Who.
June 6, 1969
'Tommy', the Who's rock opera, hits #2 in the UK and #4 in the US.
June 7, 1969
The Who's 'Tommy', a double-album rock opera, debuts on U.S. charts.
AUGUST 15-17, 1969
The year 1969 was the year of the rock festival. The largest was the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, held on the weekend of August 15-17 in the tiny town of Bethel, in upstate New York. An estimated crowd of 450,000 attended the event, which featured everyone from Jimi Hendrix and Joe Cocker, to Arlo Guthrie, the Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, Ravi Shankar and Country Joe McDonald. If Woodstock marked the apex of the hippie movement in America, the Rolling Stones' free concert in Hyde Park did the same for England. Held on July 5, the show drew nearly 300,000 people, the largest gathering in England since V-E Day.
November 28, 1970
The Who hits #12 in the US with "See Me, Feel Me" from 'Tommy'.
November 12, 1973
The Who hits #2 with 'Quadrophenia'.
December 29, 1973
The Who hit #76 in the US with "Love Reign O'er Me" from their rock opera 'Quadrophenia'.
September 7, 1978
Keith Moon of the Who dies of an overdose of the drug prescribed to control his alcoholism.
October 4, 1978
The Who hit #14 with "Who Are You".
May 9, 1981
The Who hit #18 with "You Better You Bet"
March 1, 1982
Pete Townshend, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger, Adam Ant, Pat Benatar, the Police and David Bowie kick off the "I Want My MTV" advertising campaign.
October 29, 1982
The Who hits #28 with "Athena".
1990
The Who are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
June 27, 2002
John Entwistle of the Who dies of a heart attack in Las Vegas, NV.
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