The Who personnel
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This page is a list of the various members of The Who.
This page documents the various personnel and line-ups that have been a part of the band over the years.
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[edit] Personnel
[edit] Official members
- Pete Townshend - guitar, vocals, primary songwriter (1962 - present)
- also keyboards, synthesizer
- Roger Daltrey - lead guitar, vocals (1962 - 1963) lead vocals (1964 - present)
- also harmonica, rhythm guitar
- John Entwistle - bass, vocals, secondary songwriter (1962 - 2002)
- also french horn, trumpet, other brass
- Keith Moon - drums (1964 - 1978)
- Kenney Jones - drums (1979 - 1988)
[edit] Long-standing supporting musicians
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick - keyboards (1971 - 1981, 1985 - present)
- Zak Starkey - drums (1996 - present)
- Simon Townshend - guitar (1996 - 1997, 2002 - present)
- Pino Palladino - bass (2002 - present)
[edit] Other personnel
- Peter Meaden - manager, image consultant, songwriter (1964)
- Kit Lambert - co-manager, producer (1964 - 1973)
- Chris Stamp - co-manager, producer (1964 - 1973)
- Bill Curbishley - manager, producer (1974 - present)
- Bob Pridden - sound engineer (1967 - present)
[edit] Fully detailed timeline
| The Detours (1962 - January 1963) |
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| The Detours (January 1963 - December 1963) |
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| The Detours (December 1963 - February 1964) The Who (February 1964 - April 1964) |
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| The Who (April 1964 - September 1978)[2] |
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| Keith Moon dies (September 7, 1978) |
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| The Who Face Dances Tour (1979 - 1981) |
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| The Who It's Hard Tour (1982) |
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| Hiatus (1983 - 1988) |
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| One-off performances at Live Aid (1985) and the BPI Awards Ceremony (1988) |
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| The Who 25th Anniversary Tour (1989) |
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| One-off performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1990) |
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| Hiatus (1990 - 1995) |
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| The Who Quadrophenia Tour (1996 - 1997) |
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| The Who (1999 - June 2002) |
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| John Entwistle dies (June 27, 2002) |
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| The Who (July 2002 - Present) |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ For a brief period between Doug Sandom's leaving and Keith Moon's joining, The Who employed a few session drummers to gig with them.
- ^ Between July and October 1964, the band were renamed The High Numbers by their manager at the time, Peter Meaden.
- ^ Keith Moon was injured during the band's 1967 European tour, and was substituted for by Chris Townson on the final UK leg.
- ^ Keith Moon lost consciousness during a show in San Francisco on November 20, 1973, and was substituted for by audience member Scott Halpin.
- ^ John Bundrick was not able to join the band at The Concert for NYC in 2001, and was substituted for by Jon Carin.
- ^ John Bundrick was tending to his terminally ill wife between Nov. 2006 and Mar. 2007 and was substituted for by his keyboard tech Brian Kehew.
- ^ Brian Kehew was unable to join the band on Nov. 8, 2006, and was substituted for by J.J. Blair.
- ^ a b Zak Starkey and Pino Palladino were not able to join the band at Live8 in 2005, and were substituted for by Steve White and Damon Minchella of The Players.
