🎼19 May 1945. Happy Birthday 🥳🍾 to Mr. Pete Townshend, born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend in Chiswick, England.
A self-taught guitarist 🎸 he has been for a lifetime the founder, songwriter and co-leader of The Who, a rock band still active since 1964 😳 which maybe was not as big as the Beatles and the Stones in terms of fame and success, but for sure of the same (if not higher) importance for the history and development of the entire rock scene ! 🤟💪
#PeteTownshend has written dozens of legendary rock songs plus rock operas and concept albums that still today are regarded as milestones🔝... and his stage performances were legendary too🔥, perhaps noone better than him has embodied that generation of rock rebels 😈
In the Chat Room... My Generation👇
#TheWho #MusicHistory #19May
A self-taught guitarist 🎸 he has been for a lifetime the founder, songwriter and co-leader of The Who, a rock band still active since 1964 😳 which maybe was not as big as the Beatles and the Stones in terms of fame and success, but for sure of the same (if not higher) importance for the history and development of the entire rock scene ! 🤟💪
#PeteTownshend has written dozens of legendary rock songs plus rock operas and concept albums that still today are regarded as milestones🔝... and his stage performances were legendary too🔥, perhaps noone better than him has embodied that generation of rock rebels 😈
In the Chat Room... My Generation👇
#TheWho #MusicHistory #19May
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Forwarded from Albums Released Today
📀 Album of the Week
@Venice_Rocks
📌19 May 1972
Uriah Heep
📀 Demons and Wizards
#HardRock #ProgressiveRock #HeavyMetal
50 years ago Uriah Heep from London, #UK released their 4th studio album Demons and Wizards.
There are works in Rock Music History that everyone should listen to once in a lifetime... this is one of that IMHO.
The album had generally positive reception and reviews, a fair commercial success, but became highly praised in following years, most notably within the Heavy Metal scene: drummer Lee Kerslake who had just joined #UriahHeep in 1972, later recalled that Demons and Wizards was the favorite and most inspiring album for legendary 🎸#RandyRhoads when the both were in Ozzy Osbourne's band.
Uriah Heep in this album were:
#DavidByron – lead vocals
#MickBox – lead guitar
#KenHensley – keyboards, backing, co-lead vocals, guitars, percussion
#GaryThain – bass
#MarkClarke – bass, co-lead vocals
#LeeKerslake – drums, backing vocals, percussion
#19May
🎧Listen to Demons and Wizards 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌19 May 1972
Uriah Heep
📀 Demons and Wizards
#HardRock #ProgressiveRock #HeavyMetal
50 years ago Uriah Heep from London, #UK released their 4th studio album Demons and Wizards.
There are works in Rock Music History that everyone should listen to once in a lifetime... this is one of that IMHO.
The album had generally positive reception and reviews, a fair commercial success, but became highly praised in following years, most notably within the Heavy Metal scene: drummer Lee Kerslake who had just joined #UriahHeep in 1972, later recalled that Demons and Wizards was the favorite and most inspiring album for legendary 🎸#RandyRhoads when the both were in Ozzy Osbourne's band.
Uriah Heep in this album were:
#DavidByron – lead vocals
#MickBox – lead guitar
#KenHensley – keyboards, backing, co-lead vocals, guitars, percussion
#GaryThain – bass
#MarkClarke – bass, co-lead vocals
#LeeKerslake – drums, backing vocals, percussion
#19May
🎧Listen to Demons and Wizards 👉 here
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Forwarded from Albums Released Today
📀 Album of the Week
@Venice_Rocks
📌19 May 1969
The Who
📀 Tommy
#Rock #HardRock #ProtoProg #ProgressiveRock
55 years ago, on 👉 Pete Townshend's birthday, The Who from London #UK, released their 4th studio album.
Tommy is considered the first #RockOpera in history! Townshend started working on it since their previous 👉 1967 concept album, also trying to translate in music the spiritual teachings of 👉 Meher Baba (of whom he was a follower).
Issued as a double album, Tommy was a critical and commercial success and was performed live during iconic festivals such as Woodstock, Isle of Wight, University of Leeds.
The album contains #TheWho signature singles "Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free", "See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You" (the latter inserted in various parts of Tommy and sublimated as closing track)❤️🔥
Legendary🤘
In this album:
#RogerDaltrey –Vocals, Harmonica
#PeteTownshend – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Banjo
#JohnEntwistle – Bass, Horn, Vocals
#KeithMoon – Drums, Vocals
#19May
🎧Listen to Tommy 👉 here
@Venice_Rocks
📌19 May 1969
The Who
📀 Tommy
#Rock #HardRock #ProtoProg #ProgressiveRock
55 years ago, on 👉 Pete Townshend's birthday, The Who from London #UK, released their 4th studio album.
Tommy is considered the first #RockOpera in history! Townshend started working on it since their previous 👉 1967 concept album, also trying to translate in music the spiritual teachings of 👉 Meher Baba (of whom he was a follower).
Issued as a double album, Tommy was a critical and commercial success and was performed live during iconic festivals such as Woodstock, Isle of Wight, University of Leeds.
The album contains #TheWho signature singles "Pinball Wizard", "I'm Free", "See Me, Feel Me/Listening To You" (the latter inserted in various parts of Tommy and sublimated as closing track)❤️🔥
Legendary🤘
In this album:
#RogerDaltrey –Vocals, Harmonica
#PeteTownshend – Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Banjo
#JohnEntwistle – Bass, Horn, Vocals
#KeithMoon – Drums, Vocals
#19May
🎧Listen to Tommy 👉 here
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