The first time Pete Townshend smashed a guitar: “Smashed it to smithereens”

Pete Townshend reveals that the first time he smashed a guitar was when he was just 13 years old and quickly became his ...
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Pete Townshend on the first guitar he ever broke — at age 13 — and John Entwistle's hilarious response

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images When Pete Townshend’s touring days ...
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Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey don’t see eye to eye on his guitar-smashing past

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Desert Trip It’s been ages since Pete Townshend smashed a ...
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Pete Townshend Thinks He Might Have Started Smashing Guitars for This Sad, Subconscious Reason

When The Who smashed their guitars and drums on stage, it felt like an extension of their loud, abrasive, and defiant rock ‘n’ roll. Years later, Pete Townshend would suggest that his “smashing ...
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Queen's Brian May Says The Who's Pete Townshend 'Basically Invented' Rock Guitar: 'My Playing Owes So Much to Him'

May heaped praise on Townshend and said he's been "lucky enough to be there watching" The Who co-founder's journey to icon status Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital ...

‘Tea & Theatre’: Why The Who didn’t close their final gig with a hit

Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey could have closed their last ever gig with any number of legendary songs, but the choice of ...
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Pete Townshend on his desperate search for the guitar behind the Who’s status as rock legends

One of the the early 1970s’ most iconic rock images is of Pete Townshend in a white jumpsuit playing a cherry-red Gibson SG Special. The Who were rock’s newly christened gods in 1970, thanks to the ...