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Does the guitar have anywhere left to go as an instrument? The Who guitarist Pete Townshend recently made an interesting argument that its musical possibilities may indeed be depleted. Surely it can't ...

Townshend explained that he never felt any regret about destroying his instruments because he never formed an emotional attachment to them. “Young kids that buy their first really good guitar end up ...

When The Who smashed their guitars and drums on stage, it felt like an extension of their loud, abrasive, and defiant rock ‘n’ roll. Years later, Pete Townshend would suggest that his “smashing ...

One of the the early 1970s’ most iconic rock images is of Pete Townshend in a white jumpsuit playing a cherry-red Gibson SG Special. The Who were rock’s newly christened gods in 1970, thanks to the ...

Pete Downes is one of those incredible talents that only surfaces once in a blue moon. Completely self taught, he is rapidly becoming one of Europe's leading guitarists in the modern jazz fusion genre ...

Revisiting one of his old quotes and expanding on it in a social media post, Queen's Brian May has credited one icon in particular having "basically invented" rock guitar playing. May reshared a post ...

This content can't be displayed right now. To view this embed, please accept targeting cookies. It's loaded from a third party and requires that permission to appear. Townshend covered up his mistake ...

Peter Sklaroff is a highly experienced guitarist and music educator with over 25 years experience of performing/touring and music education at Higher Education and Postgraduate level. He was most ...