* Pete Townshend's 1982 solo album, All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes, contained the track " Stardom in Acton " in reference to his home town, while the accompanying video was filmed on and around Acton High Street.

While the original novel remains unpublished, elements from this story were used in Townshend's 1993 solo album Psychoderelict.

The band continued to work together sporadically, reuniting for the Live Aid concert and recording songs for Daltrey's solo album Under a Raging Moon and Townshend's solo album Iron Man.

This is Townshend's last solo album to date.

Originally titled " Revolution ", but later renamed because the Beatles had released a song of that name in 1968 ( the B-side of " Hey Jude "), " Something in the Air " captured post-flower power rebellion, marrying McCulloch's majestic electric rhythm and lead guitars, Keen's powerful drumming and falsetto, Newman's legendary frostbite-in-boxing-gloves piano solo and Townshend's ( uncredited ) electric bass.

Furthermore, Townshend's solo song " Dance It Away " was borne out of shorter jams on this same tour.

U. S. versions of Who solo albums such as Pete Townshend's 1972 release Who Came First were released by Track / Decca.

Several of Townshend's essays have been posted online, including " Meher Baba — The Silent Master: My Own Silence " in 2001, and " A Different Bomb ", an indictment of the child pornography industry, the following year.

The Ray High character would resurface in 2005 as the central character in The Boy Who Heard Music, a novella written by Townshend for his Web site ; and again the following year in Townshend's mini rock opera adaptation of that story, Wire & Glass.

Moon was credited as composer of " I Need You ", which he also sang, and the instrumental " Cobwebs and Strange " ( from the album A Quick One, 1966 ), the single B-sides " In The City " ( co-written by Moon and Entwistle ), " Dogs Part Two " ( 1969 ) ( sharing credits with Townshend's and Entwistle's dogs, Towser and Jason ), " Tommy's Holiday Camp " ( 1969 ), " Waspman " ( 1972 ), and " Girl's Eyes " ( from The Who Sell Out sessions ; featured on Thirty Years of Maximum R & B and a 1995 re-release of The Who Sell Out ).

Pete Townshend suggested " The Hair " and Townshend's roommate Richard Barnes suggested " The Who.

At the invitation of producer Martin Lewis he created a highly acclaimed classical-rock fusion duet with celebrated rock guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who for Townshend's anthemic Won't Get Fooled Again for the 1979 Amnesty International benefit show The Secret Policeman's Ball.

Pete Townshend's official web site, stated that Starkey was invited to become a full member of The Who after this tour, stating that " Some of you may have noticed in one of my recent diary postings that I welcomed Zak into the Who as a permanent member.

He was also Pete Townshend's and Roger Daltrey's first choice to fill the position left by John Entwistle as the bassist for The Who.

Antonioni had wanted The Who in Blowup as he was fascinated by Pete Townshend's guitar-smashing routine.

Some characters and issues presented in this work were continued in Townshend's later opus The Boy Who Heard Music, first presented on The Who's album Endless Wire and then adapted as a rock musical.

The album also makes use of Townshend's earlier song " Who Are You " which is sampled on the track " Meher Baba M4 ( Signal Box )".

Lifehouse's story was inspired by Pete Townshend's experiences on the Tommy tour: " I ’ ve seen moments in Who gigs where the vibrations were becoming so pure that I thought the whole world was just going to stop, the whole thing was just becoming so unified.

* The Lifehouse-web site devoted to The Who and Pete Townshend's " Lifehouse " Project

While the Who was struggling to articulate Townshend's Lifehouse concept, Lambert shopped a film version of Tommy without the band's authorization.

* Pete Townshend's album Empty Glass includes a song entitled " Jools and Jim "; an attack on British journalists Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons for derogatory remarks about The Who drummer Keith Moon.

It features 18 Who classics and two new tracks —" Real Good Looking Boy " and " Old Red Wine "— which were the first Who originals since " Dig " from Pete Townshend's 1989 album The Iron Man.

In addition to Who music, the album also contains songs from Townshend's decades-old albums such as The Iron Man: A Musical and All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.

These songs are propelled by Keith Moon's aggressive drumming and Pete Townshend's distinctive power chords, and have strong melodies and euphonic harmonies.

Another version of this song is available on the DVD, At Kilburn 1977 + Live at the Coliseum, with Townshend's long explanation of the song and constant humorous comments by Keith Moon.

The song was written by Townshend, and although there is a misconception that Moon sings on the track, the version on the album is Townshend's demo.

There was speculation that the blast started Townshend's tinnitus problems ..

Parts of the rock-opera Tommy ( May 1969 ) were inspired by Townshend's study of Baba, to whom the album was dedicated.

Townshend's brother Simon ( who also became a musician ) was born in 1960.

The Story of Tommy, a book written by Townshend and his art school friend Richard Barnes ( now the Who's official biographer ) about the writing of Townshend's 1969 rock opera and the making of the 1975 Ken Russell-directed film, was published by Eel Pie the same year.

Lambert was also Pete Townshend's artistic mentor and challenging him led to renewed tension within the band.

An example of his fiery oratory was his response to Charles Townshend's observation when introducing the Stamp Act resolutions that the colonies should " contribute to the mother country which had planted, nurtured and indulged them ," to which he replied:

Walpole attempt's 1730 at conciliation with the offer of Townshend's place and of a peerage was spurned.

In October 1716, Townshend's colleague, James Stanhope afterwards 1st Earl Stanhope, accompanied the king on his visit to Hanover, and while there he was seduced from his allegiance to his fellow ministers by Sunderland, George being led to believe that Townshend and his brother-in-law, Sir Robert Walpole, were caballing with the Prince of Wales, their intention being that the prince should supplant his father on the throne.

However, Alexander Pope mentions him in Imitations of Horace, Epistle II, as a turnip obsessed person and says, in a note, that " that kind of rural improvement which arises from turnips " was Townshend's favorite conversational topic.

Charles Townshend's eldest son by his second wife was George Townshend ( 1715 – 1769 ), who after serving for many years in the navy, became an admiral in 1765.

" Townshend's mistaken belief that Americans regarded internal taxes as unconstitutional and external taxes constitutional ", wrote historian John Phillip Reid, " was of vital importance in the history of events leading to the Revolution.

Some members of Parliament objected because Townshend's plan was expected to generate only ₤ 40, 000 in yearly revenue, but he explained that once the precedent for taxing the colonists had been firmly established, the program could gradually be expanded until the colonies paid for themselves.

Fan reception was divided: some felt that Townshend's ideas were too pretentious even for him, while others have embraced it as the first worthy concept since Who's Next.

" However, many other critics at the time panned the album that was more artsy and New Wave-influenced than Townshend's previous work.

In the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop music critics ' poll, the album placed 7th overall for 1980, beating out such better selling releases as Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, Stevie Wonder's Hotter than July and Pete Townshend's Empty Glass.