The Who on the Who

Interviews and Encounters

Sean Egan

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN:
  9781613736166
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music Biographies

The Who were a mass of contradictions. They brought intellect to rock but were the darlings of punks. They were the quintessential studio act yet were also the greatest live attraction in the world. They perfectly meshed on stage and displayed a complete lack of personal chemistry offstage.
Along with great live shows and supreme audio experiences, the Who provided great copy. During the 1960s and '70s, Pete Townshend, messianic about contemporary popular music and its central importance in the lives of young people, gave sprawling interviews in which he alternately celebrated and deplored what he saw in the "scene." Several of these interviews have come to be considered classic documents of the age. Roger Daltrey, Keith Moon, and John Entwistle joined in. Even when the Who were non-operational or past their peak, their interviews continued to be compelling: changes in allegiances and social mores left the band members freer to talk about sex, drug-taking, business, and in-fighting.
By collecting interviews with Who members from across fi ve decades, conducted by the greatest rock writers of their generation—Barry Miles, Jonathan Cott, Charles Shaar Murray, John Swenson, and Greil Marcus among them— The Who on The Who provides the full, fractious story of a fascinating band.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Making of The Who - John Heilpern | March 20, 1966 | Observer Colour Magazine (UK)
• Miles Interviews Pete Townshend - Barry Miles | February 13–26, 1967 | International Times (UK)
• Pete Talks About Tommy - Barry Miles | May 23–June 5 [part one] and June 13–28 [part two], 1969 | International Times (UK)
• A Talk with Pete Townshend - Jonathan Cott | May 14, 1970 | Rolling Stone (US)
• The Who Puts the Bomp or They Won’t Get Fooled Again - John Swenson | December 5, 1971 | Crawdaddy (US)
• Chatting with Pete Townshend - Connor McKnight and John Tobler | Approx. February 1972 [part one], July 1974 [part two], August 1974 [part three] | Zigzag (UK)
• Who’s Still Who - John Lawless | March 19, 1972 | Observer Colour Magazine (UK)
• Four-Way Pete/Who’s Jimmy? - Charles Shaar Murray | October 27 [part one] and November 3 [part two], 1973 | New Musical Express (UK)
• Pete Townshend - Roy Carr | May 24, 1975 | New Musical Express (UK)
• Who’s Last? - Tony Stewart | August 9, 1975 | New Musical Express (UK)
• John Entwistle: The Who’s Great Bass Guitarist - Steve Rosen | November 1975 | Guitar Player (US)
• Who Said That! The 1978 Pete Townshend Interview - Tony Stewart | August 12, 1978 | New Musical Express (UK)
• The Keith Moon Exclusive - Eamonn Percival | September 1978 | International Musician and Recording World (UK)
• The Rolling Stone Interview: Pete Townshend - Greil Marcus | June 26, 1980 | Rolling Stone (US)
• The Guitar Greats: Pete Townshend - John Tobler and Stuart Grundy | 1983 | The Guitar Greats (UK)
• Who’s Back - Charles M. Young | July 1989 | Musician (US)
• “It’s Like Climbing Mount Everest”: Roger Daltrey - Sean Egan | January 2002 | Previously unpublished in this form
• “Any Cunt Can Be an Entertainer”: Pete Townshend - Sean Egan | 2003 | Previously unpublished in this form
• Generation Terrorists - Simon Garfield | September 2006 | Observer Music Monthly (UK)
• Amazing Journey: Roger Daltrey - Sean Egan | 2007 | Previously unpublished in this form
• Kenney Jones, Drummer of Small Faces, Faces with Rod Stewart and the Who, Looks Back (and Forward) - Binky Philips | January 17, 2014; updated March 19, 2014 | Huffington Post (US)
• Look Who’s Talking! - Adrian Deevoy | October 26, 2014 | Mail on Sunday/Event (UK)
• Credits
• About the Contributors
• Index