Fact #98387
When:
Short story:
When a group called Johnny Devlin And The Detours appears on UK tv
pop show Thank
Your Lucky Stars, Pete Townshend decides to change the name of his group from The Detours to The
Who.
Full article:
Keith Moon (drummer, The Who) : First they were called The Detours, then The Who, then The High Numbers, then The Who again. I joined in the second phase, when they were changing from The Detours to The Who. I was in another group on the same pub circuit called the Beachcombers. (Source : Interview with Jeremy Hopkins, Rolling Stone, Dec 21, 1972)
Keith Moon (drummer, The Who) : I don't really know whose name The Who was. I think it was a guy named Barney, who was a friend of Pete's. And he said, '"Well, as you know, there's The Searchers, The Seekers, The Lookers, The Watchers, but let's have something abstract - Who! Yeah!
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Keith Moon (drummer, The Who) : I don't really know whose name The Who was. I think it was a guy named Barney, who was a friend of Pete's. And he said, '"Well, as you know, there's The Searchers, The Seekers, The Lookers, The Watchers, but let's have something abstract - Who! Yeah!