The Who
Fifty Years of My Generation
Published on 10. December 2015
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-63106-161-5 (ISBN)
Description
Explore 50 years of The Who with stories, photos, memorabilia, and more.
Famed music journalist Mat Snow celebrates fifty years of the Who's debut album, My Generation, with this complete illustrated history of the legendary rock band. Loaded with photos, memorabilia, and stories of rock decadence like no other, this book is the ideal visual companion for Who fans all over the world.
The Who formed in 1964 with lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwhistle, and drummer Keith Moon, and continued on to become one of the best-selling bands of all time.
With an in-depth look of the Who's hit albums, including My Generation (1965), A Quick One (1966), The Who Sell Out (1967), Tommy (1969), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who By Numbers (1975), and more, The Who is a must-have addition to any music library.
Famed music journalist Mat Snow celebrates fifty years of the Who's debut album, My Generation, with this complete illustrated history of the legendary rock band. Loaded with photos, memorabilia, and stories of rock decadence like no other, this book is the ideal visual companion for Who fans all over the world.
The Who formed in 1964 with lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwhistle, and drummer Keith Moon, and continued on to become one of the best-selling bands of all time.
With an in-depth look of the Who's hit albums, including My Generation (1965), A Quick One (1966), The Who Sell Out (1967), Tommy (1969), Who's Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who By Numbers (1975), and more, The Who is a must-have addition to any music library.
Reviews / Votes
"It's chock full of great imagesEUR|the perfect introduction for the Who newbie...comprehensive enough even hardcore fans will want..." - Examiner.com "The Who: 50 Years of My Generation" needs to be the new starting point of every discussion of the band." - JP's Music BlogMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
250 color and b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 235 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-63106-161-5 (9781631061615)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
E-Book
11/2015
Race Point Publishing
€38.99
Available for download
Person
London-born journalist and author Mat Snow is the award-winning former editor not only of the world-renowned music magazine Mojo but also the hardly less prestigious soccer magazine FourFourTwo. He has interviewed the Rolling Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Kinks, half the Beatles, and many more. A regular writer for the British music magazines New Musical Express and Q in the 1980s and '90s, he has followed U2 since seeing them third on the bill at Manchester Polytechnic in May 1980.