Artist:

The Who

Album:

Who’s Next

Composer(s):

Pete Townshend

Lyricist(s):

Pete Townshend

As the man who invented punk both in his playing and his onstage attitude, and as the man who wrote the most famous rock opera of all times (Tommy in 1969), Pete Townshend should be celebrated as one of Britain’s finest guitarist. But his taste for rhythmic work as opposed to lead has kept him in The Who’s shadow, a shadow that spans five decades of high-energy rock ‘n’ roll.