Fact #194639
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The Who play at The Guild Hall, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe, and are seen on the first part of US tv show Shindig's special edition Shindig Goes To London, performing Anyway Anyhow Anywhere.
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Binky Philips (fan, Shindig viewer) : They did Generation and, during the break, Daltrey took his mike stand and started bashing the drum set. Moon was going berserk! His hair was plastered to his head because it was so wet. Townshend looked furious. He'd play a few chords and every few seconds walk up to his amp and turn it up. He was playing a Rickenbacker and suddenly he takes it off holds it over his head, and rams it into the speakers. I fell off my bed.
I wasn't supposed to watch TV during the weekdays, so I had the volume real low. I was flipping, so I turned it up and couldn't give a shit anymore. He was getting weird noises now by wrenching it around in the speaker and when he pulled it out the neck from the third fret up was gone.
He looked at it and got furious so he threw it over the amps into the curtain. He stalked offstage like a robot with an incredible scowl on his face. You could see people stand next to the amps with their mouths open. Townshend stalked the stage with another Rickenbacker and finished the song. I wouldn't shut up about it the next day at school.
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I wasn't supposed to watch TV during the weekdays, so I had the volume real low. I was flipping, so I turned it up and couldn't give a shit anymore. He was getting weird noises now by wrenching it around in the speaker and when he pulled it out the neck from the third fret up was gone.
He looked at it and got furious so he threw it over the amps into the curtain. He stalked offstage like a robot with an incredible scowl on his face. You could see people stand next to the amps with their mouths open. Townshend stalked the stage with another Rickenbacker and finished the song. I wouldn't shut up about it the next day at school.