Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career. His career with The Who spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the rock era, in addition to being "possibly the greatest live band ever." Townshend is the primary songwriter for The Who, writing well over one hundred songs for the band's eleven studio albums, including the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia and the well-regarded rock radio staple Who's Next, plus dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations such as Odds and Sods. He has also written over one hundred songs for his solo albums and rarities compilations. Although known mainly for being a guitarist, he is also an accomplished singer and keyboard player and has played many other instruments on his solo albums, and on some Who albums (such as banjo, accordion, synthesizer, piano, bass guitar, drums). He is rated as the 50th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone. He has also written newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, books, and scripts. Born into a m
1 | Fake It | Psychoderelict |
2 | Face the Face | White City: A Novel |
3 | The Sea Refuses No River | All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes |
4 | Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box) | Psychoderelict |
5 | Stop Hurting People | All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes |
6 | Gonna Get Ya | Empty Glass |
7 | Exquisitely Bored | All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes |
8 | Slit Skirts | The Best of Pete Townshend |
9 | White City Fighting | White City: A Novel |
10 | Stardom in Acton | All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes |
11 | Give Blood | The Best of Pete Townshend |
12 | Brilliant Blues | White City: A Novel |
13 | English Boy | The Best of Pete Townshend |
14 | Let's Get Pretentious | Psychoderelict |
15 | Outlive The Dinosaur | Psychoderelict |
16 | Baba O'Riley (Demo) | Psychoderelict |
17 | A Friend Is A Friend | The Best of Pete Townshend |
18 | Dialogue introduction to "Outlive The Dinosaur" | Psychoderelict |
19 | I Am Secure | White City: A Novel |
20 | Empty Glass | Empty Glass |