Word: townshend
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...first song Pete Townshend ever wrote for the Who was called I Can't Explain. The title seemed particularly apt last week, after police in London questioned him for 80 minutes on suspicion of possessing child pornography taken from the Internet. Actually, Townshend insists that he can explain. One of rock's great human conundrums--aggressive softy, poetic guitar buster--Townshend has admitted that he once used his credit card to enter a child-porn site. But he maintains that he went there only because he is researching pedophilia for his autobiography, a book that he says will deal with...
...ARRESTED. PETE TOWNSHEND, 57, legendary guitarist of the seminal 1960s rock group the Who; on suspicion of possessing, making and incitement to distribute indecent images of children; in London. Townshend admitted to visiting child-porn websites as part of research for an autobiography exploring the possibility of his own childhood sexual abuse...
DIED. LONNIE DONEGAN, 71, Scottish rock and blues musician who in the 1950s introduced Britain to "skiffle"--a precursor to rock 'n' roll that combines folk, jug band, country, jazz and blues--inspiring musicians like John Lennon, Van Morrison and Pete Townshend; after a long battle with heart ailments; in Peterborough, England. Among his hits were Rock Island Line and Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight...
Shortly after John Entwistle died in his sleep at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, fans began calling to book the room where the bassist for the Who spent his final night. In light of such macabre tributes, the decision by ROGER DALTREY and PETE TOWNSHEND, the band's surviving members, to go ahead with a planned tour just days after Entwistle's death seemed relatively tasteful. That decision was questioned by some who thought it inappropriate to strike up the band so quickly. After canceling two dates and recruiting bassist Pino Palladino, they opened at the Hollywood Bowl...
...rock group the Who; of an apparent heart attack; in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Called by many the most influential bassist in rock's history, he held the band's rhythm together with a less bombastic and more disciplined style than Keith Moon's drumming or Pete Townshend's guitar. His songs for the group included My Wife and Boris the Spider...