Members of the Who
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This page is a list of the various personnel and line-ups that have been a part of the English rock band the Who, from their origin as the Detours in 1962 to the present day.
Contents
Personnel
| Timeline | |
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| 1964–1978 | |
| 1979–1988 |
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| 1989–2002 |
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| 2002–present |
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Members
- Current members
- Roger Daltrey – lead guitar, vocals (1962–1963) lead vocals (1963–present)[1]
- also harmonica, rhythm guitar, percussion
- Pete Townshend – guitar, vocals, primary songwriter (1962–present)
- also keyboards, synthesizer
- Former members
- Colin Dawson – lead vocals (1962–1963)
- Gabby Connolly – lead vocals (1963)
- also bass guitar
- John Entwistle – bass guitar, vocals, secondary songwriter (1962–2002; died 2002)
- also brass instrument, keyboards, synthesizer
- Doug Sandom – drums (1962–1964)
- Keith Moon – drums (1964–1978; died 1978)
- also occasional vocals
- Kenney Jones – drums (1979–1988)
Long-standing supporting musicians
- Zak Starkey – drums (1996–present)
- Simon Townshend – guitars, mandolin, backing vocals (1996–1997, 2002–present)
- Pino Palladino – bass guitar (2002–present)
- John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards, backing vocals (1979–1981, 1985–2012)
Other personnel
- Peter Meaden – manager, image consultant, songwriter (1964; died 1978)
- Kit Lambert – co-manager, producer (1964–1973; died 1981)
- Chris Stamp – co-manager, producer (1964–1975; died 2012)
- Bill Curbishley – manager, producer (1974–present)
- Bob Pridden – sound engineer (1967–present)
Fully detailed timeline
| The Detours (1962–January 1963) |
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| The Detours (January–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)[3] |
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| Keith Moon dies (7 September 1978) |
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| The Who Who Are You Tour (1979–1980) |
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| The Who Face Dances Tour (1981) |
with
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| The Who It's Hard Tour (1982) |
with
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| Hiatus (1983–1988) |
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| One-off performances at Live Aid (1985) and the BPI Awards Ceremony (1988) |
with
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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) |
with
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| Hiatus (1990–1995) |
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| The Who Quadrophenia Tour (1996–1997) |
with
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| The Who (1999–February 2002) |
with
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| The Who (February–June 2002)[7] |
with
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| John Entwistle dies (27 June 2002) |
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| The Who (July 2002–2012) |
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| The Who Quadrophenia and More Tour (November 2012–February 2013) |
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| The Who The Who Hits 50! Tour (2014–2015) |
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Members
Notes
- ↑ "History". thewho.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ 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, including Mitch Mitchell and Dave Golding.
- ↑ 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 Julian Covey and Chris Townson on the final UK leg.
- ↑ Keith Moon lost consciousness during a show in San Francisco on 20 November 1973, and was substituted for by audience member Scot Halpin.
- ↑ John Bundrick was not able to join the band at The Concert for New York City in 2001, and was substituted for by Jon Carin.
- ↑ This line-up rehearsed for the 2002 tour, but did not actually perform in concert, as John Entwistle died shortly before the first show of the tour.
- ↑ John Bundrick was tending to his terminally ill wife between November 2006 and March 2007 and was substituted for by his keyboard tech Brian Kehew.
- ↑ Brian Kehew was unable to join the band on 8 November 2006, and was substituted for by J.J. Blair.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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.
External links
- http://thewholive.de/ List of every concert performed by The Who, including the personnel for each concert.
