" 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.

Townshend has also attributed the start of his hearing loss to Keith Moon's famous exploding drum set during The Who's 1967 appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

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Townshend has withdrawn from the press on occasion.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.

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.

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.

* " Mary ," a song by Pete Townshend written for the concept album Lifehouse

Townshend is the primary songwriter for The Who, having written well over 100 songs for the band's 11 studio albums, including concept albums and the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, plus popular rock and roll radio staples like Who's Next, and dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations like Odds & Sods.

An early example of Townshend's writing came in August 1970 with the first of nine instalments of " The Pete Townshend Page ", a monthly column written by Townshend for the British music paper Melody Maker.

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.

* February 14-Tempe Restored, a masque written by Aurelian Townshend and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace.

All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.

Psychoderelict is a concept album written, produced and engineered by Pete Townshend.

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.

All songs written by Pete Townshend.

In 1967 the group released the single " Lazy Fat People ", a satirical song written by Pete Townshend of The Who.

" Overture " is a song by English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend.

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All songs written by Pete Townshend except where noted.

All songs written by Pete Townshend, except where noted.

" A Quick One, While He's Away " is a 1966 medley written by Pete Townshend and recorded by The Who for their album A Quick One.

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The Massachusetts Circular Letter was a statement written by Samuel Adams and passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in February 1768 in response to the Townshend Acts.

All songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise noted.

One song, for example, was a medley of psychedelic styled " Something in the Air ", a mixture of a Townshend inspired album of songs written by a roadie, John Keen, who had written a track on his band's album, The Who Sell Out, and " The Revolution Will Not Be Televised " by African-American activist, Gil Scott-Heron.

" I Can't Explain " is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend, and produced by Shel Talmy.