#ROGER DALTREY IMDB MOD#

Keith made his only solo album, Two Sides of The Moon, in 1975 while living in California, for MCA Records. He put on too much weight and his lifestyle showed his drumming was becoming unpredictable. Other albums followed as well as concerts, during the earlier 1970s.īut as the money came pouring in, the four members took individual lives and sometimes concerts and albums were far between, the most noticeable difference was with Keith Moon, his over indulgence in drugs and drink were taking their toll.

This double album came with its own problems, such as playing with backing tapes at the live concerts. Quadrophenia, the concept album about a 1960s Mod, came out in 1973. What followed was a live album, Live at Leeds, from Leeds University, England, and recorded on Valentines Day night, 1970. This was also done with the help of their highly controversial double concept album from 1969, Tommy. This performance catapulted them into the American market and World domination, mainly because the whole festival was filmed and released in major cinemas within the year.

The Who played here, in front of an average crowd of 300,000 plus. This was to climax in one of the World's most famous of music festivals, Woodstock the Music and Arts Fair, in August 1969. The name fluctuated between The High Numbers and The Who the High Numbers was quickly abandoned and The Who was born.Īs their popularity gained momentum, by being one of the better live acts on the circuit and with Pete destroying his guitars, and Keith with his drums too, on stage, this gave them maximum publicity with the predominantly working class audience that had come to see them.Īs the sixties drew to a close, the Hippy movement had swamped the World, with its ideology of Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out.

#ROGER DALTREY IMDB MOD#

The High Numbers, as the four musicians were now calling themselves, had become a Mod band, with the help of new manager Pete Meaden. In the meantime, The Detours had become a four-piece band the drummer was changed with Keith Moon during early 1964. Sometime later, on John's recommendation, Pete Townshend was added to the line up. Roger Daltrey formed the Detours in 1962, with several member changes and role swaps abound, John Entwistle joined. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.

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