" In the words of Pete Townshend, " The production of our Who's records has got nothing to do with sound.

She wears ridiculous outfits ( which often bare her midriff ), has bright red hair, a big nose ( think Pete Townshend ) and perpetually chews gum.

However, Townshend has since denied the connection.

Over the years, DeMartini has cited many legendary guitarists or other musicians as his primary musical influences such as Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Robbin Crosby, Steve Lukather, Uli Roth, Joe Walsh, Jake E. Lee, Joe Perry, Tommy Bolin, Miles Davis, Eddie Van Halen, George Lynch and Randy Rhoads.

Townshend has never had formal lessons in any of the instruments he plays.

Townshend has also been a contributor and author of newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, books, and scripts, as well as collaborating as a lyricist ( and composer ) for many other musical acts.

In addition to his work with The Who, Townshend has been sporadically active as a solo recording artist.

Townshend has also recorded several concert albums, including one featuring a supergroup he assembled called Deep End, who performed just two concerts and a television show session for The Tube, to raise money for a charity supporting drug addicts.

From the mid-1990s through the present, Townshend has participated in a series of tours with the surviving members of The Who, including a 2002 tour that continued despite Entwistle's death.

After the Who performed at half-time at the Super Bowl XLIV, Townshend stated that he is concerned that his tinnitus has grown to such a point that he might be forced to discontinue performing with the band altogether.

Townshend has withdrawn from the press on occasion.

Nevertheless, Townshend has maintained close relationships with many journalists, and sought them out in 1982 to describe his two-year battle with cocaine and heroin.

In a BBC Radio 4 interview, first broadcast on 27 October 2009, Townshend informed the audience that from the time he was involved in writing the music for the Who's first album, he has been influenced by the works of the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell.

Throughout his solo career and his career with The Who, Townshend has played ( and destroyed ) a large variety of guitars – mostly various Gibson and Fender models.

Since the late-1980s, Townshend has used the Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster, with Lace Sensor pick-ups, both in the studio and on tour.

There has also been a Pete Townshend signature Rickenbacker limited edition guitar of the model 1998, which was his main 6-string guitar in the Who's early days.

Over the years, Pete Townshend has used many types of amplifiers, including Vox, Fender, Marshall, Hiwatt etc., sticking to using Hiwatt amps for most of four decades.

It has been recounted by others during the start of popularity of Jim Marshall's guitar amplifiers, that Townshend became a user of these amps.

Since the late 1980s Townshend has predominantly used Synclavier Digital Audio systems for keyboard composition, particularly solo albums and projects.

Although known for his musical compositions and musicianship, Pete Townshend has been extensively involved in the literary world for more than three decades, writing newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, books, and scripts.

Townshend has written several scripts spanning the breadth of his career, including numerous drafts of his elusive Lifehouse project, the last of which, co-written with radio playwright Jeff Young, was published in 1999.

Feedback has since become a striking characteristic of rock music, as electric guitar players such as Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend and Jimi Hendrix deliberately induced feedback by holding their guitars close to the amplifier.

Jones has guested as drummer on many recording sessions, which included appearances on albums by the Rolling Stones, Andy Fairweather-Low, Joan Armatrading, Marsha Hunt, Mike Batt, Pete Townshend, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, David Essex, John Lodge, and Wings, He was also on a Top of the Pops performance with Status Quo, performing their 1986 hit single, " Red Sky ".

His influence has been acknowledged by many musicians including Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin ( who named the song " Hats Off to ( Roy ) Harper " after him ), Pete Townshend of The Who, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd ( who invited him to sing guest lead vocals on their song " Have a Cigar "), and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull ; who stated Harper was his "... primary influence as an acoustic guitarist and songwriter.

Moon also co-composed the instrumental " The Ox " ( from the debut album My Generation ) with Townshend, Entwistle and keyboardist Nicky Hopkins.

1550 – 1618 ), also served in public life, and through his daughter, Anne, Nicholas is an ancestor of the Marquesses Townshend.

* Scoop ( album ), a 1983 collection of out-takes and demo versions by Pete Townshend ; also similar projects

In 1994, she appeared in A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend.

Many studio recordings also feature Townshend on piano or keyboards, though keyboard-heavy tracks increasingly featured guest artists in the studio, such as Nicky Hopkins, John Bundrick or Chris Stainton.

Townshend also got the chance to play with his hero Hank Marvin for Paul McCartney's " Rockestra " sessions, along with other respected rock musicians such as David Gilmour, John Bonham and Ronnie Lane.

McAnuff and Townshend later co-produced the animated film The Iron Giant, also based on the Hughes story.

Townshend also used a Gibson EDS-1275 double neck very briefly circa late 1967, and both a Harmony Sovereign H1270 and a Fender Electric XII for the studio sessions for Tommy for the 12-string guitar parts.

Townshend also worked with synthesisers that made their debut on Who's Next that included the EMS VCS3, the ARP Instruments, Inc. ARP 2600, some of which modified a Lowrey TBO Berkshire organ.

Townshend also wrote three sizeable essays for Rolling Stone magazine, the first of which appeared in November 1970.

Lane also worked on an album with Who guitarist Pete Townshend, Rough Mix.

Jones joined The Who after the death of Keith Moon ; McLagan stated in a summer 2004 interview with reporter Scott Smith of the Times Record in Fort Smith, Arkansas, that Townshend also asked McLagan to join The Who, but McLagan had already promised Keith Richards that he would tour as a Rolling Stones sideman.

Many of the same musicians and vocalists also appeared with Townshend for later performances and also with The Who for selected engagements.

This prompted Pete Townshend of The Who to give one of his guitars, also un-signed with the note " Mine's as good as his!

* During some period Thomas Townshend was also a governor of the Charter House.

Palladino also played with The Who at the Super Bowl XLIV half-time show, in February 2010, alongside other backing artists: Simon Townshend on guitar, Zak Starkey, drums and percussion, and John " Rabbit " Bundrick, on keyboard instruments.

He had the support of his cousin Thomas Townshend who was also a minister in the government.

This also occurs in names such as Clapham, Townshend, and Hartshorne, and is not marked here either.