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It slowly, as in ssslllllloowwwww motion, arched towards me. She sagely giggled some more. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. But he had a ripe period when he played – and again smashed - Gibsons. Read More. Fun Fact:Pete Townshend wrote this song about a revolution. ...“She was carried off to hospital. The roadie was about halfway to the wings when Townshend stalked over and stomped on the guitar, instantly snapping the head off the neck and vehemently shook his head NO! "Esther, we've got to take a cab. (Photo: Jmann7702/Public Domain). As the mastermind of the Who, Pete Townshend is an unparalleled creative force. Before the Monterey Pop Festival, Hendrix already pulled of and somehow mastered his stunt. That guitar... was... coming... my way. There has also been a Pete Townshend signature Rickenbacker limited edition guitar of the model 1998, which was his main 6-string guitar in the Who's early days. The guitar was thrown into the hands of a roadie. Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapter. Esther had seen the glance too. His solution? Can you imagine? I nodded. With exaggerated care, he wrapped the strap around the body, walked to the edge of the stage, looked straight at me again, and with a shrug of his shoulders, and a quick nod, asked me with his body language if I was ready. And yes, they do get their broken guitars repaired, generally. As he played, a roadie slithered out onstage on all fours, grabbed the strap of the out of tune SG, and started slowly pulling it offstage, trying hard not to be noticed by Pete. I was, of course, still living at home in Brooklyn. Pete Townshend When it comes to guitar vandalism, Pete Townshend is without a doubt the godfather of them all. season 1 # episode 8 # the adventures of pete and pete. About eight weeks later, Sunday, June 7th, 1970... and... it was Show Time. The front row was like being in the 8th or 9th row at the Fillmore East. The half-joint laced with angel dust! Townshend learned not to throw a lot of sentimental value into his rock machines, but every axe-grinder has their own approach to the guitar-destruction process. Her answer yes sent me into thankful ecstasy. The Who walked out onstage. To my distinct disappointment, instead of the expected and much anticipated destruction, Pete very carefully leaned his Gibson SG Special against one of the stacks without so much as one bang or toss and the boys took their bows and walked off. With "Tommy" over and done, they played a few "oldies" and finished up with "My Generation." See. Here’s a brief rundown. Offer subject to change without notice. At a show in Tacoma, Washington in 1989, he was windmilling so aggressively that he accidentally pierced his hand with the guitar's whammy bar and needed hospital treatment. For those of you who don't know - think of literally every picture you've ever seen of AC/DC's Angus Young or Pete Townshend at Woodstock. One thing to remember: If you’re going to destroy a guitar, make sure it’s not valuable. The Who performing in Toronto, 1980. One of Townshend’s hallmarks as a songwriter is his use of intertwined electric and acoustic guitar sounds. They went into "Young Man Blues" and Pete's solo consisted of smashing E chords... and nothing else! Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. With obvious contempt, he spit on the stage. If you don't know this song, you are missing one of the greatest tunes in The Who's entire catalog. I took three tokes up in my room while Esther started to giggle and off we went to the subway. Virtually every other person on line, and by Sunday afternoon there was almost a hundred of us, were indeed, true Who loonies. and Esther and I then staggered towards the rear of Lincoln Center where the Met stood, looking waaay too grown-up-fancy, the Met, that is, not us. That alone deserves some recognition here at the home of heavy guitar. He threw the poor thing on the stage like it was a dinner plate he wanted to shatter, walked into the wings and came back out with another SG Special, plugged it in and tried valiantly to get back his focus. Some, like Kurt Cobain, made an artform out of guitar destruction. I was instantly dismayed and deeply disappointed. He assumed it was an inexpensive prop. I don't recall who was on the bill that night, but I remember saying hello to John Genzale as he walked into the late show. It was infuriating. (He can’t play the other; it was stolen from his apartment in 1995.). Pete Townshend Talks Mods, Recording, and Smashing Guitars In part one of the 1968 interview, Townshend spoke about his guitar smashing techniques, why he … guitar # cbc # rage # smash # dragons den # rock # guitar … (I'd never brought a grrrrl to a Who concert before). “My God, they’re throwing guitars out there,” a lyric from the song goes. It was a Who party on the filthy streets of the East Village. Fortunately, Gibson helped him out and repaired it for him, ensuring he’d be able to play “Sex On Fire” for another day. That led the band to reach out to a few luthiers who could salvage their treasured instruments. He’s a rock star; he just bought a new one. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Dang! 2) I didn't own a Gibson for the longest time. All the ushers from the Fillmore East were there dressed in actual tuxedos, augmenting the clearly-mind-blown staff of the Met. Occasionally, though, he breaks a guitar he really likes. 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In the middle, they overthrow those in power, but in the end, the new regime becomes just like the old one (“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”).Townshend felt revolution was pointless because whoever takes over is destined to become corrupt. (Jennifer Jason Leigh, who was playing the guitar seconds before it was smashed, was aware of its value. Whatever had happened while they were offstage, they'd come back out just flaming! Today is National Voter Registration Day! Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. The first row was a good 25 feet from the lip of the stage. [8] United Airlines, who met their match in 2009 after mishandling a $3,500 Taylor guitar belonging to Dave Carroll, a Canadian singer-songwriter. As soon as it was in my hands, I looked back at Pete. Rolling Stone Magazine included his smashing of a Rickenbacker guitar at the Railway Tavern in Harrow and Wealdstone in September 1964 [6] [7] in their list of "50 Moments That Changed Rock & Roll". I instantaneously somehow understood. Pete Townshend smashed his guitar up and put the neck into the amp. The smashed guitar is currently on display at the EMP Museum in Seattle. Listen to the last 30 seconds of this... But he doesn’t repair guitars – he destroys them. Muse’s Matthew Bellamy, in the meantime, smashed 140 six-strings druing a 2004 tour, setting a Guinness record. That guitar, the Manson Red Glitter, was heavily used by Bellamy, in part because it had a built-in MIDI touch pad. That is a Gibson SG - with the two sharp small curved cutaway horns on either side of the neck. In the first verse, there is an uprising. on Monday, Bill Graham opened the Fillmore East up to everyone on line and served free coffee and donuts while showing cartoons on the Joshua's Light Show screen. I can't walk." We were completely blasted... and thoroughly enjoying ourselves and each other. Click to expand... Another version is that he chucked it randomly , but roadies went after it and retrieved it. The following week Moon followed up by kicking over his drum kit. Now, as a true Who freak knows, you were always in for a great show if Pete was pissed off. Oh, and "Christmas," "Acid Queen" and "See Me, Feel Me Up...". It came back all original,” Robinson told Music Radar in 2014. A Gibson Les Paul. Bad sad scary people hassled us dopey Who freaks constantly for the full two days, although less so as our numbers grew. Next, they debuted "Water", a new song with a stunning intro and hook line...and then, "For the very last time..." (ahhh... if only that had been true, dammit) they did an hour's worth of "Tommy." I bought a Strat because I saw Wayne Kramer playing one. We’ve been remunerated for the insurance value, but it’s not about the money,” said Dick Boak, the director of the Martin Guitar Museum, in an interview with The Independent. I vividly recall that as we drove to Manhattan, the windows of the cab seemed to be little movie screens with the outside world 2-D flat. Pete's first use of auto-destruction occured when he smashed his guitar at the Railway Hotel in Harrow, West London in September 1964. The destroyed guitar from the shoot was preserved in Lucite and displayed at the Rolling Stone offices. It must've gone up 15 feet. He stepped back a foot or two, judging the distance of the orchestra pit, and with one Zen motion tossed the guitar high in the air. It was April 1970 and I had slept out for two nights to the immediate south of the marquee of the Fillmore East to get tickets for the Who's Final Performance of "Tommy" at the absurdly ostentatious and downright silly venue, The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. After repeated abuse, the six-string was eventually damaged beyond repair on tour because of a stage malfunction. Problem was, it was a Gibson ES-325, a guitar with massive sentimental value that he frequently plays at shows. Jimi Hendrix set fire to his guitar in an effort to outdo The Who, Kurt Cobain smashing his guitar at SNL is a thing of legend. The Who’s Pete Townshend has played – and smashed – many different guitar brands over the years. I can still see Roger looking over at Pete with a look of "Holy Fook" on his happy face. I arrived on Saturday evening while people were leaving the early show of that weekend's performance. Oh boy... now, Pete was furious again. We sort of floated down the right aisle to our seats. RS Guitarworks played a key role in saving Rich Robinson’s Gibson ES-335. Jimi was annoyed at this and asked for some lighter fuel. Probably, no, not probably, the only time that venue ever reeked of reefer. (Photo: Chris Combe/CC BY 2.0). But his plans are foiled when — to his intense irritation — he sees Pete Townshend not only destroy his guitar, but also shove the broken instrument's neck into an amp. To learn more or withdraw consent, please visit our cookie policy. After a frustrating bout with busted sound, Caleb Followill tore apart his vintage Gibson guitar on stage. Since then, because he used SG Specials on some of their classic albums, he has become associated with the guitar and as a result, Gibson began working with him to create signature models. But she came back a few hours later and told us she was ‘very honoured’ to have been smashed over the head by Pete Townshend’s guitar. I don’t think anything can really remedy this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Je0NOfZyMY&NR=1. The Who's lead guitarist and main songwriter Pete Townshend commonly plays his guitar with a fast windmill motion, inspired by watching Keith Richards' warm-up exercise. Someone had brought a guitar, and on Sunday night, I treated everyone to the entire "Tommy." Sheff, pondering the question of guilt in regards to smashing such an expensive instrument, saw Townshend reveal his plans to auction off the crumbled guitar for charitable causes. Cobain was a notable user of cheap guitars of all sorts, and he left a trail of busted amps that went back for miles. I'd be curious to see if my memory is correct regarding the brutal nose-thumbing crudity of this solo. Wwwwwow! His staff gave out numbers so everyone got to keep their place in line, as it were, while relaxing, munching and watching Bugs Bunny. Perhaps Pete Townshend’s work for the Who is a paradigmatic example of this duality. approval and for a moment had a tiny secret smile on his face. Up until then, I was playing on a $20 nylon-string classical guitar. (Photo: Julio Enriquez/CC BY 2.0). Townshend went into the solo and started playing blistering lead guitar, absolutely wailing. The Monterey Pop Festival, 1967. I got home, filthy, exhausted, but totally psyched. (Photo: Freedom to Marry/CC BY 2.0). Around 6a.m. Not to be outdone, or appear a loser, I quickly went upstairs and found the half-joint I'd had hidden for over a month. Evan ", He then walked over and picked up the bridge of the guitar and slowly walked backwards offstage, miming as if the headstock was a little dog and the strings were the leash, making barking sounds, looking at John for humor-approval, with Ox John laughing out loud. The guitar glided in, face first, and I literally caught it by it's two SG horns. Hendrix intends to finish his performance with a grand gesture by smashing his guitar to pieces. When the box office opened, bang, I got the exact seat I wanted for myself for both shows and the seat next to me for the matinee. This happened by accident, when Pete broke the neck off of his Rickenbacker guitar after banging it on the low damp ceiling above the stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Je0NOfZyMY&NR=1. This promotional poster by Annie Liebovitz for Rolling Stone features Pete Townshend demonstrating how he smashes his instruments on stage. Over the years, Townshend has given various reasons as to why he first smashed his guitar in September 1964. and "late show" (that started at 7pm!) I started having trouble breathing. Oh boy... now, Pete was furious again. for The Met shows. to the hapless roadie, who scurried away back into the wings. As Townshend alludes to, he only does the guitar smashing when he is in the mood to do so, making it a special and almost symbolic moment. I was suddenly totally fine, totally lucid, and stoned on....The Who. Adams, the artist behind most of our important schmaltz-rock, had most of his instruments tagged by Egyptian customs officials who couldn’t care less whether they were handling a 1957 Martin guitar or a guitar promoted by the guy from Maroon 5. By Guitar World Staff . I hadn't thought of that! This piece of performance art inspired guitarist Pete Townshend of the Who, who was the first guitar-smashing rock artist. I knew about two-thirds of them. Adams was heartbroken, but in his honor, we’re gonna cut him off a little slice of heaven. Slash performing with his band Velvet Revolver. It wasn’t, and Russell destroyed the guitar before anyone had the chance to replace it with a cheap equivalent. She was horrified.). From alligator to zoot suit, jazz musicians speak about the language of the scene. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the world’s hidden wonders. During the shooting of The Hateful Eight last year, Kurt Russell failed to heed this advice, and as a result, he smashed an 1870s-era Martin guitar. Anyway, weeks earlier, I'd decided that I would screw up the courage to ask Esther (imagine Cher with Twiggy's haircut... stunning and all legs) to go to the matinee with me. The song ended. Scatman John was more than a one-hit wonder. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. “They had to put it in a dry room, get rid of all the mold, take everything apart and refinish—basically rebuild the guitar. Because everyone else in the front row was a Who pal of mine, and because Pete had made it so very clear for whom the guitar was intended, I could see in my peripheral vision everyone else leaning away from the guitar. One of them has pretty much lived as hard as Slash has—its neck has been broken numerous times and it has a number of cigar burns right on the body. Consequently, the tickets were going on sale at the Fillmore East's box office on the Monday morning of whatever week that was in early April. Please click below to consent to the use of this technology while browsing our site. Moon and Entwistle soon figured out that they had to provide the music and flew off into terrain that I've never heard on any recording... foookin' JAZZ. They launched into "Shakin' All Over" and I mean launched! When the floodwaters of last spring rolled through Nashville, instruments that were once played by Johnny Cash, Pete Townshend and Jimi Hendrix were forever hushed under some nine feet of water. His first … We must've looked like idiots. From the mid '60s to mid-‘70s – for many The Who’s glory days – Townshend relied on a variety of Gibson electrics and acoustics. That Melody Maker really changed my guitar-playing life. He has claimed he deliberately did it because he “was determined to get the precious event noticed by the audience.” Pete: I proceeded to … Pete was so into his soloing that he didn't realize he'd been slowly backing up toward his amps and when he did a huge windmill move, he inadvertently smacked the head of the guitar against one of the amplifier stacks so hard that he instantly and totally knocked it hopelessly out of tune. “It’s about the preservation of American musical history and heritage.”. I gave her the guitar.” 8–10 May 1974: King’s Theatre, Portsmouth, England What were they doing here ahead of me? A Brief History of Rock Stars Destroying Guitars. I was just swooning with visceral Who pleasure. Naturally, the crowd went insane for an encore. Deciding that the expensive replica Les Paul guitars that he used on Appetite for Destruction wouldn’t be safe on the road, he bought two “factory second” six-strings that he could beat up on tour. I mean, like, they're pretty cool, right!" The Who had another show to do in less than three hours and the Who don't do encores! But, he was angrier that I'd ever seen him in the 20 or so shows I'd been to before. Pete Townshend was known for destroying his guitar after every gig and so of course, Hendrix had to follow suit because apparently, his mad axeslinging skills weren’t enough. In the 1970s, the Portsmouth Sinfonia became briefly famous for butchering classical music. There was an anxious moment when Townshend’s falling Les Paul grazed a young extra’s head. Pete angrily shouted something to a roadie and booom!, off they went into John's superb "Heaven & Hell." The Grateful Dead and their hippie fans were, to my mind, the antitheses of the Who and their hipper-than-hip fans. Pete nodded back a kind of A Ha! 1) the first ever 'real' electric guitar I played was a borrowed single-pickup single-cutaway Melody Maker. Carroll fought back, of course, with music: That song created a PR nightmare for the airline, even affecting its stock price; it eventually scored over 15 million views on YouTube. Somehow, I was able to negotiate the paying-the-cab-driver (where did I get the money for a cab, anyway?) I took a deep breath, called Esther, told her how I'd just spent the weekend, and asked her if she wanted to sit in the front row with me on June 7th. But, just as I'd long known that AA113 was the front row on-the-aisle seat in front of Pete Townshend's mic stand at the Fillmore, I'd done my homework and knew, in advance, exactly what seat to request for both the matinee (a matinee!?) The guitar now lay onstage with it's headstock and bridge lying next to it, attached to each other by the six limp strings. Perhaps the saddest tale of guitar damage comes from The Black Crowes. Others, meanwhile, destroy a guitar they love in a moment of anger. While the area is funky-chic-gentrified these days, back then, it was one block from the Bowery's actual skid row and three blocks from the Hell's Angels' headquarters... more on one of them later. Supposedly, there's a bootleg available of this show. Pete Townshend used (and abused) many Fender Telecaster guitars between late 1965 and 1967. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. Pete is also responsible for inventing — or at least inspiring the Marshall stack. Pete has always been a surly cuss; part of his charm, I guess! (Photo: Dave Carroll, a Canadian singer-songwriter. We can all now thank Pete Townshend … But, notice him, Pete did. Bill Graham was organizing and promoting the show for the management of The Met. Another company with a bad run-in with guitar breaking? Herein: A history of broken guitars, from the accidental to the stage-smashing intentional. It seemed like it went on for at least five minutes. It’s not often that we get to say, “Poor Bryan Adams,” but a recent experience he dealt with at an Egyptian airport was definitely worthy of that phrase. Part of HuffPost Entertainment. He was playing the Met as if it was the Marquee Club on a shitty rainy Maximum R&B Tuesday night and no one had shown up... six years earlier. There was a damn orchestra pit! Pete Townshend. Jimi Hendrix is waiting backstage while The Who play their set. (Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin/CC BY-SA 2.0). (Photo: Caleb Followill on stage with his band Kings of Leon. Never heard the story of the roadies going into the audience to retrieve the guitar; One shouldn't be surprised, though, since it was one of the few Townshend guitars of the time to survive (relatively) intact! Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. To cover up for his mistake, Townshend destroyed the guitar. “The band and I exchanged a look, best described as terror.”. I still know "Pinball Wizard" (gorgeous intro included)... and... uh... that song that Jack Nicholson sings in Ken Russell's cartoon version. "Did you see the way Pete just looked at you?" Pete smiled, and with his eyes said, "Nice catch. All rights reserved. The guitar was eventually repaired, but around the time Nevermind was released, he smashed the guitar again during a live performance of “Endless, Nameless” in Chicago. While Moon and John thrashed around doing the big coda thing, Pete put down the "new" SG and walked over and picked up the headless SG that he'd bashed all those EE E EE E E E 's on, played the entire show on. Winner will be selected at random on 02/01/2021. Caleb Followill on stage with his band Kings of Leon. 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A huge number of the band’s guitars, amps, and other instruments—60 in all—were damaged and nearly destroyed. According to guitarist Pete Townshend, his first public act of destruction came about by complete accident: He was performing at London’s Railway Club in 1964 when he unwittingly cracked his guitar’s headstock when it hit the venue’s low ceiling. Since 1989 Townshend has played a Fender Stratocaster modified to meet his unique needs—and now the Fender Custom Shop is proud to present the Limited Edition Pete Townshend Stratocaster to players and fans. Townshend also admitted in a talk organised by Barnes & Noble in May 2001 that over the years: ...at a rough guess [he'd destroyed] around 200 guitars... on stage. Perhaps the most famous guitar the Nirvana frontman destroyed was a Fender Stratocaster built in Japan, which he smashed while in the studio recording “Endless, Nameless” on Nevermind. The story of guitar damage, of course, starts with Pete Townshend, The Who’s world-smashing guitarist. No purchase necessary. We'd gotten about half a block from my house and I realized I could barely put one foot in front of the other. (In case Bryan Adams is reading this, one other factoid: During the summer of ‘69, Pete broke just three guitars.). One of the world's first electronic music virtuosos left behind handy rules for playing the mysterious instrument. According to an analysis by TheWho.net, Townshend broke more than 35 guitars in 1967 alone. My hideously painful crush on Esther was finally getting some wonderfully tangible relief and hope. Our eyes met. Now, Esther had been playing hard-to-get with me for more than three years, but, no dummy, she agreed. But he still plays it all the time. “We can’t believe that it happened. Gibson USA Announces Pete Townshend Deluxe Gold Top ’76. Uh Oh... Pete was scowling, obviously furious! When we walked in, I burst out laughing. The story of guitar damage, of course, starts with Pete Townshend, The Who’s world-smashing guitarist. When the Martin company, who loaned the guitar to the Quentin Tarantino film, found out about the situation, they decided to ban any other movie from borrowing its guitars for any reason. Well, that’s partly true. I nodded back, yes. The first time he broke a guitar on stage, it was basically an accident—working on a stage with a low ceiling, he cracked the headstock on his Rickenbacker, then decided to follow through with the destruction. Concert after concert, Pete destroyed his guitar and amplifiers, which according to Pete himself, were a resource to attract fans to the band. Pete had calmed down a bit and threw himself into entertaining the rabble that was desecrating the seats of the Met. Also destroyed was the bass guitar that was used on Hank Williams, Sr.’s last album, the bass that you hear in the song, “Your Cheatin’ Heart“. Infamous for: Pete was the first guy to smash up his guitars and amps on stage, and despite all the challengers to that throne, he still probably ranks #1 in destroyed gear. But, Esther immediately distracted me though with a deep French kiss of thanks as soon as we sat down. Adams is far from the first artist to have a damaged guitar, and he’s certainly not the first to get it damaged at the airport. Most of the instruments were contemporary pre- and post-CBS models — i.e., non-vintage — and served one primary purpose: to be destroyed.With the Who’s ever-mounting debts, their guitar destruction stage act became increasingly expensive. The Who performing in Toronto, 1980. At one point, Pete made eye contact with me and sort of jerked his head towards Esther, as if to say, "That your bird, mate?" Atlas Obscura and our trusted partners use technology such as cookies on our website to personalise ads, support social media features, and analyse our traffic. 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