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Sat, 12 Jul 2008 8:00 PM
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The Who
VH1 Rock Honors The Who Tickets 7/12
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Los Angeles, California
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The Who Tickets Continued
The Who are often lauded as the greatest live rock and roll
band of all time. Noted for the dynamism of their performances and
for their thoughtful and art-influenced music, they are also
acknowledged as having been rock pioneers, popularizing, along with
contemporaries The Kinks, the power chord and the rock opera (most
notably "Tommy") under the leadership of Pete Townshend.
Their earlier "mod" albums, which boasted short, aggressive pop
songs, Townshend's distinctive power chords, Keith Moon's explosive
drumming, and constant themes of youthful rebellion and romantic
confusion, were formative influences on punk rock and power pop,
helping them earn the accolade "The Godfathers of Punk". In their
early days, The Who were notorious for auto-destructive art
displays, destroying their instruments at the end of shows.
The Who are set to release a new album in late-2006. It
will be their first full studio album of new material since 1982's
It's Hard. The new album will feature songs inspired by the
Beslan school hostage crisis and contain the band's first mini-opera
since "Rael" on 1967's The Who Sell Out. The new mini-opera is
entitled "Wire and Glass". The Who have a number of tour dates
scheduled in 2006.
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