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PETE TOWNSHEND - The Age of Fear: An Art Novel

11. September 2020

PETE TOWNSHEND- Das Zeitalter der Angst: Ein Kunstroman

In addition to his main job at The Who, Pete Townshend has earned an extra income as an editor for various publishers. The sideline became a passion which he now crowns with his first novel. "The Age of Fear: An Art Novel" is also intended as the basis for an upcoming rock opera.

The following book excerpt describes a reunion concert by Walter, who had retired from the music business for a long time because he was plagued by visions of other people's fears. Together with his old band and his father, after 15 years he discovers his new creativity and transforms the sounds he hears into tangible, if disturbing music. It is the beginning of a liberation

Extract from the book by Pete Townshend (from page xxx to page xx)

THE WHO - "Getting old without getting old - that's the solution!"

10. February 2020

THE WHO - „Alt zu werden, ohne alt zu werden – das ist die Lösung!“

THE WHO are just experiencing their third spring at the age of 70. Because their current album "Who" has become a convincing collection of eleven tracks. One is reluctant to attribute the album to "late work" because the protagonists Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend on the record sound more like mid-twenties than mid-seventies

We meet Daltrey (75) and Townshend (74) - one after the other, of course, because love doesn't go that far to face an interview together - in an old-fashioned hotel in central London. The Who's singers and guitarist are in the best of moods. The joy about releasing a new album with "Who" 13 years after "Endless Wire" is great

eclipsed: Roger, your colleague, Pete Townshend, says he wrote the new songs with you in mind. Is that how you see it?

THE WHO - Drums & Drugs: The last years of the Keith Moon

16. March 2019

THE WHO - Drums & Drugs: Die letzten Jahre des Keith Moon

The stories about his freaks and escapades aren't all right. It starts with the date of birth. For decades, August 23, 1947 was considered a fact by biographers, journalists and fellow musicians alike - because it was spread by Moon himself. Only in 1998 the British journalist Tony Fletcher discovered for his 750-page work "Dear Boy - The Explosive Life of Keith Moon" that Moon was exactly one year older: one of many stories that the musician had invented or decorated in such a way that the truth content could often only be guessed at.

ROCKPALAST DVD, Part IV

22. August 2017

eclipsed No. 162 / 7/8-2014

09. September 2014

THE WHO
The Story of Quadrophenia

"'Tommy' changed everything and saved us," Pete Townshend remembers in the introductory essay to the 2011 re-release of "Quadrophenia". Basically, The Who had been a singles band in the sixties; the sudden intellectualization of pop music had posed a new, unexpected challenge to its thought leader. "People suddenly wanted to hear 'serious' music from pop groups.

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Between heaven and earth

THE WHO - The Story of Quadrophenia

27. June 2014

THE WHO - The Story of Quadrophenia

"'Tommy' changed everything and saved us," Pete Townshend remembers in the introductory essay to the 2011 re-release of "Quadrophenia". Basically, The Who had been a singles band in the sixties; the sudden intellectualization of pop music had posed a new, unexpected challenge to its thought leader. "People suddenly wanted to hear 'serious' music from pop groups. By recording a rock opera - in our opinion just a sequence of good singles, but implying a cohesive and therefore more significant and challenging musical experience - we as a band have survived one of the most turbulent periods in rock history"

eclipsed No. 108 / 2-2009

10. April 2014

GENESIS - THE GABRIEL YEARS

It's done: After years of waiting, the last of the three Genesis box sets has finally been released! It contains the albums of the years 1970 to 1975. For many die-hard fans, this period is the essential, most innovative phase of the English prog formation. Eclipsed also shows its colours and takes a look back at the glorious Gabriel Years - garnished with exclusive comments by legendary Genesis producer John Burns.

The eclipsed annual review

eclipsed No. 79 / 2-2006

09. April 2014

eclipsed No. 68 / 12-2004 - 1-2005

09. April 2014

eclipsed No. 54 / 7/8-2003

09. April 2014