This is the conclusion of the Rolling Stone Interview with Pete Townshend, guitarist, composer and leader of the Who. In the first part of the interview he spoke of his guitar smashing techniques, why he does it, the mod revolution in England and narrated the story of his next record, an opera titled Deaf, Dumb and Blind Boy. The interview was conducted by Jann Wenner one night after the Who’s recent appearance at the Fillmore West. The subject again returns to rock and roll in general, as the questions and answers meander in and out from his personal life to his public life. It always gets back to the main theme: what is it? “It concerns far more than 20-year-olds. It’s lasted too long,” says Townshend, “it concerns everybody now.” You talked about maturing and settling down. How has this affected you?It gives me a far more logical time aspect on the group. I’m not as frantically working as I used to. I always used to work with the thought in my mind that The Who were gonna last precisely another two minutes. If the tax man didn’t get us, then our own personality clashes would. I never would have… Read full this story
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