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Pete Townshend

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Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career. His career with The Who spans more than 40 years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the 1960s and 1970s, and, according to Eddie Vedder, "possibly the greatest live band ever." Townshend is the primary songwriter for The Who, having written well over 100 songs for the band's 11 studio albums, including concept albums and the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, plus popular rock and roll radio staples like Who's Next, and dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations like Odds & Sods. He has also written over 100 songs that have appeared on his solo albums, as well as radio jingles and television theme songs. Although known primarily as a...

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Discography

  • Empty Glass, 1995
  • Rough Mix, 1978
  • All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes, 1982
  • White City: A Novel, 1985
  • Who Came First, 2006
  • The Iron Man, 2006
  • White City, 2006
  • Psychoderelict (disc 2: Music Only), 2006
  • Psychoderelict (Music Only), 1993
  • Psychoderelict, 1993
  • Psychoderelict (disc 1: The Play), 2006
  • The Definitive Collection, 2008

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