- #THE DETOURS WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF WHICH BAND MOD#
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In 1965 the Who started a long term partnership with the producer Shel Talmy, famous for his works for the Kinks, who got a record contract for the band to Decca Records in the U.S. It was during this period when Pete also developed his unique poses while playing guitar, inspired by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.The image of PeteTownshend jumping, spinning his right arm like windmills and then smashing his guitar became the Who's signature. On the next performance Townshend repeated his new number and Keith Moon joined too by smashing his drum kit. Word-of-mouth recommendations helped and we ended up breaking all previous records. But when we started there, the audiences weren't very big. Mouths open, great rows of teeth showing. Really, you should have seen the audience. And the next day the place was packed." (April 1980 Issue of Sound International) Keith moon told to Beat Instrumental magazine in 1968: " My most memorable moment at the Marquee was when Pete Townshend started smashing up his guitar. So I smashed this guitar and jumped all over the bits and then picked up the 12-tring and carried on as though nothing had happened. And everybody started to laugh and they went, ‘Hah, that’ll teach you to be flash.’ So I thought what I was going to do, and I had no other recourse but to make it look like I had meant to do it. And it just led to when, one day, I was banging my guitar around making noises and I banged it on this ceiling in this club and the neck broke off, because Rickenbackers are made out of cardboard. Townshend explains how everything happened: " I just started getting into feedback and expressed myself physically. However in a few weeks the Who broke the attendance records which remained during all of their appearances at the Marquee.ĭuring the early days of the band the Who became one of the most popular bands of the London scene for their legendary smashing gear shows, which started after Pete Townshend hit the ceiling of the Railway Tavern in Harrow and Wealdstone with his guitar in September 1964, cracking the neck of the instrument. The show was published by the new band's managers who printed special black and white posters of the Who and concession cards under the tag line of "Maximum R&B". On the rainy and dark evening of November the 24th 1964 the Who performed their first gig at the Marquee club for an audience no bigger than 40 people, which actually was the start of a Thursday residency that lasted for seven weeks. Lambert and Stamp were a definitive influence in the band's career and later started writing songs for them. At this stage the band started a new management with Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, changing it's name back to the Who.
#THE DETOURS WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF WHICH BAND MOD#
Meaden decided to renamed the band to the High Numbers and also wrote the single "I'm the Face" which was a commercial failure but turned the band into a mod cult band.
In May 1964 the Who started working under the management of Pete Meaden, who was one of the most influential figures of the British mod scene. On April 1964 Doug Sandom was invited to leave the band to be replaced by Keith Moon, who did an audition with the band and got the job after smashing Doug Sandom's foot pedal. In 1964 the band changed it's name to the Who, by suggestion of Pete Townshend's school friend Richard Barnes, after finding out another band using the same name. During the early 60's the Detours were one of the first bands of the British rhythm & blues scene. After Dawson's departure Roger Daltrey took charge of the vocal parts.
#THE DETOURS WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF WHICH BAND PLUS#
The Who was originally formed as the Detours in late 1962 when guitarist Roger Daltrey joined bassist John Entwistle and guitarist Pete Townshend, who used to play in a Dixieland band as teenagers, plus drummer Doug Sandom and vocalist Colin Dawson. Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar, vocals), John Entwistle (bass), Keith Moon (drums).
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