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Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player
The Who's guitarist and bassist said their inadvertent switching of the lead guitar and bass roles confused fans, while it defined the Who's sound
Pete Townshend on the awful gift that made the Who one of the world's greatest rock bands
Pete Townshend says he doesn’t like being onstage, and would rather work alone
The guitarist is still as creative as ever but is retreating further away from live shows and collaborative projects
Why the Beatles couldn't have made "Helter Skelter" without the Who
McCartney was seduced by the idea of a “screaming record” after reading about the Who, and said the Beatles cut their track “in madness and hysterics”
Pete Townshend ponders using AI to re-create his ‘70s heyday for fans who prefer the Who's classic songs
The guitarist says he's growing increasingly frustrated by fans clamoring for him to play his old hits at solo shows
Phil Manzanera talks Page, Beck, Townshend and the 10 albums that changed his life
The guitarist behind Roxy Music’s groundbreaking albums reveals the records that shaped him as a musician
Pete Townshend on how Jimi Hendrix led him to write ‘Tommy,’ the Who's 1969 breakthrough
“I realized that what I had was a bunch of gimmicks which he had come and taken away from me,” the Who guitarist told us. “I took refuge in my writing”
Leslie West revealed the picking techniques that made him a singularly great guitar hero to Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Pete Townshend
Speaking to Guitar Player in 1972, the Mountain guitarist laid out his use of "harmonic jumps" and high volume to achieve a wide range of articulations
