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The Who are one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and
'70s. They have influenced bands such as Green Day, The Jam, Black
Sabbath, Aerosmith,, Motley Crue, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC,
Deep Purple, Queen, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, Iron
Maiden, Rush, The Clash,, U2 (with Bono calling U2 the "Heirs to
The Who") and Pearl Jam (with Eddie Vedder saying, "The one thing that
disgusts me about The Who is the way they smashed through every door in the
uncharted hallway of rock 'n' roll without leaving much more than some debris
for the rest of us to lay claim to").
Slash and Eddie Vedder have cited Townshend's guitar work as an
influence.
The Who's Mod genesis inspired bands of the Britpop wave in the mid-1990s, such
as Blur, Oasis, and Ash.
The Who have been called "The Godfathers of Punk" , due to their loud,
aggressive approach to rock and the snotty attitude evinced in songs like "My
Generation." The Stooges, MC5, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The
Clash, Green Day, and many other punk rock and protopunk rock bands,
point to The Who as influence.
The group has been credited with devising the "rock opera" and it made one of
the first notable concept albums. Following Tommy were David Bowie's The Rise
and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Lamb Lies Down on
Broadway by Genesis and Pink Floyd's The Wall in the 1970s. Later efforts in the
rock opera vein include My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade and Green Day's
American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown releases.
Pete Townshend 2007In 1967 Townshend coined the term "power pop" to describe The
Who's sixties singles. The guiding lights of the seventies power pop
movement, from the Raspberries to Cheap Trick, take inspiration from The
Who. The Who's influence can also be seen in early incorporation of
synthesizers, with Who's Next featuring the instrument prominently.
"My Generation" is the band's most covered song. Iron Maiden, Oasis, Sweet,
Pearl Jam, Patti Smith, Green Day, McFly, Hawk Nelson, Di-Rect and Hilary Duff
have recorded it. Oasis used it as their closer during the 2005 tour. The
Zimmers, "the world's oldest rock band", made a tongue-in-cheek version as their
first single, a hit in Britain. David Bowie covered "I Can't Explain", "Pictures
of Lily" and "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere". The Sex Pistols, the Ramones and Great
White covered "Substitute" which was also played by a combined Silverchair and
Powderfinger on their joint Across The Great Divide tour in 2007. The Jam and
The Breeders have covered "So Sad About Us". The Shadows have done an
instrumental medley of "Pinball Wizard" and "See Me Feel Me" on their 1973 album
Rockin' with Curly Leads.
The Clash incorporated the riff of "I Can't Explain" into "Clash City Rockers"
and "Guns on the Roof". Pearl Jam performed "Baba O'Riley" and "The Kids Are
Alright" during tours in the 1990s and 2000s. Pearl Jam also played songs such
as "Leaving Here", "Blue, Red, & Grey", "Love, Reign O'er Me", "The Real Me" and
"Naked Eye". German band Scorpions covered "I Can't Explain" while W.A.S.P.
covered "The Real Me". Van Halen covered "Won't Get Fooled Again" on their 1993
live album Live: Right Here, Right Now, describing it as "a tribute to The Who"
and in 1995, Phish covered Quadrophenia for their second Halloween tradition of
performing another band's album, which was released as Live Phish Volume 14.
Phish continued to cover "Drowned" in live performances. The Grateful Dead
covered "Baba O'Riley" in the early 1990s, as did Nirvana and Mr. Big. "Baba
O'Riley" was also covered by Dropkick Murphys during their tour, "All Roads Lead
to Boston" in 2009. Rush covered "The Seeker" on their 2004 "Feedback" EP and
live during their R30 tour that same year. The Foo Fighters covered "Bargain"
and "Young Man Blues" (itself a cover of Mose Allison's original) on tour.
McFly covered "Pinball Wizard" for the B-side to their 2005 single "I'll Be OK",
and played the song on their 2005 tour. Fish (ex Marillion) covered "The Seeker"
during his Songs from the Mirror period. The Smithereens covered "The Seeker" on
the album, Live, and released it as a single. They released The Smithereens Play
Tommy in 2009. Green Day played "A Quick One, While He's Away" on their 2009
tour. The Beatles played it during their Get Back sessions. Alice in Chains and
Tenacious D played acoustic versions of "Squeeze Box". Many other artists,
ranging from Buddy Rich to Richard Thompson to U2 to Petra Haden (who covered
The Who Sell Out in its entirety), have covered Who songs.
The music of The Who is still performed by tribute bands, such as Bargain, My
Generation, The Ohm, The Relay, The Substitutes, Townzen in Japan, The Whodlums
(UK), The Wholigans, The Who Show, Who-Dunnit, Who's Next USA, Who's Next UK,
Who's Who UK. All three versions of the American forensic drama CSI (CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY) feature songs written and
performed by The Who as theme songs, "Who Are You", "Won't Get Fooled Again" and
"Baba O'Riley" respectively. The CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men once did a brief
CSI spoof called Stiffs with the theme song "Squeeze Box". In the Fox drama
House Hugh Laurie can also be seen playing piano to "Baba O'Riley".
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