"I could spend eight months at a computer desk writing a book, lyrics, poems—that's what I love to do," Pete Townshend says. The famously literate rock star, who co-founded the Who in 1964, has always ...

Album cover for The Who’s 1973 rock opera, “Quadrophenia,” which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. The Who’s “Quadrophenia” — a rock opera composed by guitarist Pete Townshend is turning ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: No songwriter has ever captured the combustible mix of teenage fury and frailty as well as The Who’s Pete Townshend. The band’s violent interplay and interpersonal ...

Nobody smashed a cello. No tympani were blown up. Make no mistake, though. “Classic Quadrophenia,” complete with orchestra and choir, is a rock show. It’s a classical-ized version of what Pete ...