[Grando Calrissian]

Glad to hear it as well. Townsend is one of the most talented musical minds of his generation (no pun intended), and that's saying a lot. The whole pop punk movement of the past 10 years owes a lot to the early Who albums, as well as the early Kinks.

[don-o]

The whole pop punk movement of the past 10 years

Be quiet.

The adults are talking here.

[WRhine]

Townsend is one of the most talented musical minds of his generation (no pun intended), and that's saying a lot. The whole pop punk movement of the past 10 years owes a lot to the early Who albums, as well as the early Kinks.

Interesting observation. I never thought about The Who in this way but come to think of it, it makes sense. The Who in many of their songs had Stop, Pause, Resume Play characteristic that is the hallmark of Punk music. And you are absolutely right about Pete Townsend. He was always on the cutting edge of Rock and a heck of a guitar player to boot.