The Who Codexery

Band Members & Collaborators

15 entries in the The Who compendium.

John EntwistleThe low-end thunder that held the chaos together — The Ox in the machine.Keith MoonThe man who turned a drum kit into a controlled demolition and made the audience cheer for the wreckage.Zak StarkeyDrummer for The Who from 1996 to 2022, son of Ringo Starr, godson of Keith Moon.Kenney JonesThe drummer who replaced Keith Moon and kept the beat for the Who through the 1980s.John BundrickThe keyboardist and vocalist who worked with the Who from 1979 to 1981 and again at Live Aid in 1985 through…Jon ButtonThe bassist who replaced Pino Palladino on tour with The Who.Simon PhillipsThe thunderous successor to a drumming throne he never sat, yet always echoed.The BeatlesThe other giant of '60s British rock—parallel, not subordinate, and forever in the same conversation.Pete TownshendCo-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Who; author of two…The KinksThe other London rock institution that defined the era alongside The Who.The Pretty ThingsRough, raw, and restless — the other face of 1960s British rock.The Small FacesThe mod-rock twin flame of The Who's era—same streets, same swagger, different guitar.John LennonThe parallel titan of British rock — Lennon ran beside The Who's orbit, never inside it.Glyn JohnsThe engineer who made the early Who sessions sound so great.Roger DaltreyThe voice that turned a London pub band into a global thunderclump of sound and fury.
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