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The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey (lead vocals, harmonica and guitar), Pete Townshend (guitar, keyboards and vocals), John Entwistle (bass guitar, brass and vocals) and Keith Moon (drums and percussion). They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction. The Who have sold about 100 million records, and have charted 27 top forty singles in the United Kingdom and United States, as well as 17 top ten albums, with 18 Gold, 12 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone.
The Who rose to fame in the UK with a series of top ten hit singles, boosted in part by pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline, beginning in January 1965 with "I Can't Explain". The albums My Generation (1965), A Quick One (1966) and The Who Sell Out (1967) followed, with the first two reaching the UK top five. They first hit the US Top 40 in 1967 with "Happy Jack" and hit the top ten later that year with "I Can See for Miles". Their fame grew with memorable performances at the Monterey Pop,Woodstock and Isle of Wight music festivals. The 1969 release of Tommy was the first in a series of top ten albums in the US, followed by Live at Leeds (1970), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who by Numbers (1975), Who Are You (1978) and The Kids Are Alright (1979).
Actors: Augie Max Vargas (miscellaneous crew), Gary Natoli (miscellaneous crew), Arthur Lewis (miscellaneous crew), Roger Daltrey (actor), Hamish Hamilton (director), Angelo Ruzzo (miscellaneous crew), Eric Mentis (miscellaneous crew), Kristen Patterson Terry (miscellaneous crew), Ricky Kirshner (producer), Larry Shure (miscellaneous crew), Rod Wardell (miscellaneous crew), Jen Dunn (miscellaneous crew), Kelly Coffey (miscellaneous crew), Brad Duns (miscellaneous crew), Travis Johnston (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Augie Max Vargas (miscellaneous crew), Gary Natoli (miscellaneous crew), Arthur Lewis (miscellaneous crew), Roger Daltrey (actor), Hamish Hamilton (director), Angelo Ruzzo (miscellaneous crew), Eric Mentis (miscellaneous crew), Kristen Patterson Terry (miscellaneous crew), Ricky Kirshner (producer), Larry Shure (miscellaneous crew), Rod Wardell (miscellaneous crew), Jen Dunn (miscellaneous crew), Kelly Coffey (miscellaneous crew), Brad Duns (miscellaneous crew), Travis Johnston (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Sport,Actors: Eddie Vedder (actor), Bryan Adams (actor), Roger Daltrey (actor), John Entwistle (actor), Noel Gallagher (actor), Dick Carruthers (director), John Entwistle (composer), Pete Townshend (actor), Paul Weller (actor), Pierre Lamoureux (producer), Henry Stein (editor), Zak Starkey (actor), John Bundrick (actor), Kelly Jones (actor), Nigel Kennedy (actor),
Plot: For millions of fans around the world, The Who has defined the quintessential rock band for nearly four decades. On November 27, 2000, The Who crowned their six-month North American and U.K. tour with a special evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Eddie Vedder (actor), Bryan Adams (actor), Roger Daltrey (actor), John Entwistle (actor), Noel Gallagher (actor), Dick Carruthers (director), John Entwistle (composer), Pete Townshend (actor), Paul Weller (actor), Pierre Lamoureux (producer), Henry Stein (editor), Zak Starkey (actor), John Bundrick (actor), Kelly Jones (actor), Nigel Kennedy (actor),
Plot: For millions of fans around the world, The Who has defined the quintessential rock band for nearly four decades. On November 27, 2000, The Who crowned their six-month North American and U.K. tour with a special evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Eddie Vedder (actor), Bryan Adams (actor), Roger Daltrey (actor), John Entwistle (actor), Noel Gallagher (actor), Dick Carruthers (director), John Entwistle (composer), Pete Townshend (actor), Paul Weller (actor), Pierre Lamoureux (producer), Henry Stein (editor), Zak Starkey (actor), John Bundrick (actor), Kelly Jones (actor), Nigel Kennedy (actor),
Plot: For millions of fans around the world, The Who has defined the quintessential rock band for nearly four decades. On November 27, 2000, The Who crowned their six-month North American and U.K. tour with a special evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Eddie Vedder (actor), Bryan Adams (actor), Roger Daltrey (actor), John Entwistle (actor), Noel Gallagher (actor), Dick Carruthers (director), John Entwistle (composer), Pete Townshend (actor), Paul Weller (actor), Pierre Lamoureux (producer), Henry Stein (editor), Zak Starkey (actor), John Bundrick (actor), Kelly Jones (actor), Nigel Kennedy (actor),
Plot: For millions of fans around the world, The Who has defined the quintessential rock band for nearly four decades. On November 27, 2000, The Who crowned their six-month North American and U.K. tour with a special evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: Eddie Vedder (actor), Bryan Adams (actor), Roger Daltrey (actor), John Entwistle (actor), Noel Gallagher (actor), Dick Carruthers (director), John Entwistle (composer), Pete Townshend (actor), Paul Weller (actor), Pierre Lamoureux (producer), Henry Stein (editor), Zak Starkey (actor), John Bundrick (actor), Kelly Jones (actor), Nigel Kennedy (actor),
Plot: For millions of fans around the world, The Who has defined the quintessential rock band for nearly four decades. On November 27, 2000, The Who crowned their six-month North American and U.K. tour with a special evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Genres: Documentary, Music,[PUNK:]
You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you.
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave you.
You fell and cried as our people were starving,
Now you know that we blame you.
You tried to walk on the trail we were carving,
Now you know that we framed you.
[G.F.:]
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high Flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
But I grew and I bent
Don't you know? don't it show?
I'm the punk with the stutter.
My my my my my mmmm my my my.
GGGGG-g-g-g-g generation.
[PUNK:]
We tried to speak between lines of oration
You could only repeat what we told you.
Your axe belongs to a dying nation,
They don't know that we own you.
You're watching movies trying to find the feelers,
You only see what we show you.
We're the slaves of the phony leaders
Breathe the air we have blown you.
[G.F.:]
I'm the guy [etc.]
I have to be careful not to preach
I can't pretend that I can teach,
And yet I've lived your future out
By pounding stages like a clown.
And on the dance floor broken glass,
The bloody faces slowly pass,
The broken seats in empty rows,
It all belongs to me you know.
[PUNK:]
You declared [etc.]