Quadrophenia defined a generation and in 1979 inspired the cult classic feature film of the same name. Now it's back – this ...

Over a year ago, The Who’s Pete Townshend let the cat out of the bag that Elton John and Brandi Carlile were making an album ...

Any artist is looking to make that one watershed record, but these albums ended up coming at a cost for the legends who made ...

I was drawn to it immediately,” the journeyman player says of the guitar in question. “It's got colors and knobs and bits of Lego” ...

Looking back, though, the extent of this attitude brings some regrets for Who songwriter Pete Townshend. A disciple of rock and roll rebellion from a young age, Townshend initially set his sights on ...

Many classic rock groups still tour, even though they’re getting long in the tooth and have lost their edge. Not Hot Tuna.

Tackling themes such as parenthood, the anxieties of middle age, and nostalgia for his North London adolescence, Gary Kemp is ...

"We said, 'Let's be Fleetwood Mac doing Albatross, just to get going,'" said George Harrison. "It never really sounded like ...

When Chicago founder Terry Kath accidentally killed himself, the world was robbed of one of its greatest guitarists ...

Art has value; if it’s got value ... look at the roll call: Roger (Daltrey) and Pete (Townshend, of The Who) couldn’t stand each other at the time, yet they put down the battle axes.

Usher joins a string of other stars who have contributed to the Words + Music series, including John Legend, Beck, Pete Townshend, Snoop Dogg, James Taylor, St. Vincent, Billie Joe Armstrong ...