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Today In Metal History 🤘 May 23rd, 2024 🤘 ENTOMBED, THE WHO, KISS, HELLOWEEN, DOKKEN, NILE
Heavy Birthdays 51st Alex Hellid (ENTOMBED far right above) - 1973 (band photo above by Mez) Heavy Releases 55th THE WHO’s Tommy - 1969 54th THE WHO’s THE WHO’s - 1970 45th KISS' Dynasty - 1979 37th HELLOWEEN's Keeper Of The...
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ROGER DALTREY - "I’ve Been Friends With ROBERT PLANT For 50 Years And To Have Him On Stage With Me – Two Old Farts Having A Good Time – It Was Heaven!"
TIL that there is an Afro-Caribbean version of The Who’s Tommy, called Hommy. I’ve never actually listened to Tommy but am going to live dangerously and listen to Hommy first.
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Bill Maher Takes Off The Gloves And Wonders Why Roger Daltrey Didn’t Wear A Shirt On ‘Real Time’
Bill Maher had some fun with the Who's Roger Daltrey.
High School in the 70s. The first live show I went to was "The Who" I have no idea what the opener was but this was one of the songs I am sure they played and one I went to hear.
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Legendary classic rock star: Im on my way out after 80th birthday
The frontman explored old age and morality in a recent piece with The Times.
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When we first came to New York, we'd play four times a day. I only had one guitar, so I'd have to break it and fix it four times a day: Pete Townshend talks guitar smashing, and what he had to do to keep his gear functioning
John Hiatt once sang, Oh, it breaks my heart to see those stars smashing a perfectly good guitar, but you'll never hear...
This week on Memory Muses:
Marlon Brando & Sascheen Littlefeather, the film Tommy, and Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl and the obscenity trial around it.
Memory Muses is my weekly arts almanac, with a Word of the Week, & a poem or two, all in about five minutes. Members of my Patreon can hear this week's now at https://patreon.com/wkeithtims
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Today In Metal History 🤘 March 16th, 2024 🤘NANCY WILSON, JON ZAZULA, ALICE COOPER, WOLFGANG VAN HALEN, ACCEPT, THE WHO
TALENT WE LOST R.I.P. Ritchie Teeter (TWISTED SISTER, DICTATORS): , 1951 - 2012 R.I.P. Jonathan “Jon” Zazula (Megaforce Records Founder): 1952 – 2022 (aged 69) HEAVY BIRTHDAYS 76th Michael Owen Bruce (ALICE COOPER) - 1948 70th Nancy Wilson...
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Today In Metal History ?? March 1st, 2024 ??THE WHO, DIMMU BORGIR, PINK FLOYD, MAX WEBSTER, KROKUS
HEAVY BIRTHDAYS 80th Roger Daltrey (THE WHO) - 1944 61st Rob Affuso (SKID ROW) 1963 54th Leandro Florence (WIZARDS) - March 1, 1970 47th SILENOZ (Real name Sven Atle Kopperud; DIMMU BORGIR, INSIDIOUS DISEASE) - March 1, 1977 HEAVY RELEASES 51st PINK FLOYDs Dark...
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Bob Rock Names Drummer Whose Style Was Most Comparable to Lars Ulrich
Producer Bob Rock says that The Who's Keith Moon is the drummer who had a playing style most comparable to Metallica's Lars Ulrich.
My dad was a huge audiophile who was very into Quadraphonic LPs. He was a classical music buff who didn't ordinarily buy much of anything else, but he did deign to purchase this all-star orchestral version of Tommy. It's a beautifully packaged little thing. #NowPlaying@vinylrecords#TheWho