"Pete Townshend's a god of guitar and always will be," read one of his previous comments. Related: Jelly Roll Joins Limp ...

May credited Townshend with fundamentally shaping the sound of rock guitar, stating, "I can’t imagine Rock Guitar without ...

Even though the whole world puts respect on the names of these two iconic guitarists, The Who's Pete Townshend never really cared for them at all.

I found him very charming, very easy, a very sweet guy.” Pete Townshend wasn’t the only guitar player who found themselves intimidated by the late great Jimi Hendrix. Fellow British guitarist ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions The man who made his name smashing guitars on stage here argues for the guitar as an instrument of the salon. Pete Townshend sings the praises of the ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions One of the most fascinating interviews across the whole series, here Pete Townshend explains what the attraction of the electric guitar was to the bands of ...

In doing so, he reshaped England's rock and roll hierarchy, which until then had been dominated by players like Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend As Townshend told Guitar Player ...

"In the lower ground floor of the house, Ronnie Wood commissioned a music studio — in fact, Pete Townshend helped him construct it and design it, so he was involved in that way back then," adds ...

Prior to forming Led Zeppelin, guitarist Jimmy Page was one of London's most sought-after session musicians, lending his skills to the likes of The Who.

But they had something most of them did not: a guitar-slinging songwriter whose aspirations went beyond the usual songs about cars and girls. Pete Townshend first revealed his intentions on the Wh ...

While Mountain’s music was a yin-yang mix of West’s gutbucket blues rock and Pappalardi’s prog-inspired balladry, what was common to all of it was West’s guitar, overdriven and snarling as ...