Does the guitar have anywhere left to go as an instrument? The Who guitarist Pete Townshend recently made an interesting argument that its musical possibilities may indeed be depleted. Surely it can't ...

Townshend explained that he never felt any regret about destroying his instruments because he never formed an emotional attachment to them. “Young kids that buy their first really good guitar end up ...

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Pete Townshend may have done the unprecedented with The Who, but he considered this guitarist in a class all of his own.

Pete Townshend has been known to give journalists juicy soundbites throughout his now-60-plus-year career. He once said “Jimi Hendrix was a great player, but he wasn't really creative.” Meanwhile, in ...

For all of the magic Pete Townshend wielded, he knew that most were merely scratching the surface of what the guitar could do ...

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What Pete Townshend considered to be a curse throughout his childhood turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it inspired him to pick up the instrument that would lead to his ascent to rock ‘n’ ...

Pete Townshend argued that rock music wasn’t dead, but that guitar-based rock was, simply because virtuoso players had “exhausted the possibilities” of the instrument. However, the Who guitarist said ...

Pete Townshend has never been shy about giving his opinion about other bands. When an interviewer asked him about The Beatles in 1966, The Who’s guitarist and primary songwriter replied that the Fab ...

A guitar played by The Who's Pete Townshend on the 'Quadrophenia Tour' has netted just over $50,000 (£30,750) at auction. Townshend's guitar was just one of many items sold as part of a rock ...

When you look back at the guitar giants who emerged in the ’60s, you notice how many hit the ground running. Jimi Hendrix, whom Jimmy Page and countless others have called the best to ever play the ...