Pete Townshend was born in London in 1945 and came of age during a peak period in British rock history, leading the Who as their guitarist and main songwriter. He penned classics like 'I Can't ...

Between his blues-centric riffs and his proclivity for destroying his equipment on stage, Hendrix especially instilled a new fear in the Who’s lead guitarist, Pete Townshend, who had previously ...

The Queen guitarist posted to Instagram on May 20 and heaped praise on The Who co-founder, claiming Townshend "basically invented" rock guitar and expressing gratitude for having witnessed his ...

Queen's Brian May Says The Who's Pete Townshend 'Basically Invented' Rock Guitar: 'My Playing Owes So Much to Him' 'Classic Quadrophenia' : Pete Townshend Rocks the MET While Revisiting the Who's ...