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Those guitars Pete Townshend smashed onstage with the Who? He glued them back together in order to smash them again
By Richard Bienstock published
“As long as the neck didn’t break you could glue the body back,” frontman Roger Daltrey explains

Pete Townshend reveals how he first connected Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson in tribute to late guitar legend
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Who guitarist says he was asked to play on Thriller, but suggested EVH instead

The Peter Green tribute concert: 10 guitar highlights from David Gilmour, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, Pete Townshend and more
By Scott Rowley published
We went to Mick Fleetwood & Friends’ celebration of Peter Green's music and this is what we learned

Footage of David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Kirk Hammett and more rehearsing for Peter Green tribute concert released
By Richard Bienstock published
“It’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music,” says Mick Fleetwood

Pete Townshend would smash a guitar again - but only for charity
By Richard Bienstock published
"I haven't smashed guitars for a long time - for me, it was an expression of youth,” the Who legend says

Guitar's biggest names tell us what really happened at Woodstock
By Alan di Perna published
Carlos Santana, Stephen Stills, Pete Townshend and more recall the trials and tribulations behind their era-defining performances

Pete Townshend: today's players have “literally exhausted the possibilities of the guitar”
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Who legend claims that rock isn’t dying, but guitar-based rock is

The secrets behind Pete Townshend's tone on The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again
By Chris Gill published
Learn how the legendary guitarist got his "sound from paradise” on this classic track
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