The Who

The Who
instantia de: banda[*]
API: ˈhu
data de creation: februario 1964
sito web official: https://thewho.com
Commons: The Who

The Who es un gruppo anglese de rock, formate in London in 1964. Lor membros original era Roger Daltrey (vocales), Pete Townshend (guitarra), John Entwistle (guitarra basso) e Keith Moon (batteria). Illes era figuras importante del popularisation de hard rock, que etiam influentiava punk rock. Lor sono forte e intense veniva del usage de power chordes, distortion e realimentation sonic de Townshend; le stilo energetic de Moon; le virtuositate de Entwistle; e le usage de nove, potente systemas de sono. Illos etiam popularisava le rock opera e experimentava con synthetisatores.

Le banda era originalmente associate con le subcultura mod in le Regno Unite. Townshend ha scribite le majoritate de lor cantos. Illes habeva exitos con I Can't Explain, My Generation, Substitute e Happy Jack. Le banda ganiava attention in le Statos Unite e ha un exito con le canto I Can See for Miles. Lor quatre album Tommy (1969) era un rock opera, un album de concepto que narra un historia, que era un successo critical e commercial. Lor concertos al Monterey, Woodstock, Isle of Wight e le album de concerto Live at Leeds (1970) establiva lor reputation pro concertos intense, quando Townshend e Moon alcun vices destrueva guitarras e tambures.

Townshend se debatteva crear un nove album post Tommy e annullava su planos pro Lifehouse, un rock opera altere. In su loco, illes publica Who's Next (1971), con duo de lor cantos plus famose, Baba O'Riley e Won't Get Fooled Again. Illes retornava al concepto del rock opera con le album Quadrophenia (1973), un homage a lor origines in le subcultura mod. Durante le dece annos subsequente, le banda continueva crear discos e facer alcun toures, ma le sanitate de Moon declinava e ille moriva in 1978. Kenney Jones deveniva le batterista usque le dissolution del gruppo in 1983. The Who habeva qualque reuniones e faceva toures plus sovente post 1999. Postea le morte de Entwistle in 2002, Daltrey e Townshend ha publicate nove cantos e continuite facer toures. Illes habeva sonate con un ensemble de musicos, specialmente Zak Starkey (batteria), le fillo de Ringo Star, e Pino Palladino (guitarro basso, usque 2017).

The Who ha vendite circa 100 million recordes. Illes era inducite in le Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 e le UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Multe de lor cantos continue haber exposition in cultura popular.

Albumes

• My Generation (1965)
• A Quick One (1966)
• The Who Sell Out (1967)
• Tommy (1969)
• Who’s Next (1971)
• Quadrophenia (1973)
• The Who by Numbers (1975)
• Who Are You (1978)
• Face Dances (1981)
• It’s Hard (1982)
• Endless Wire (2006)
• Who (2019)