Pete Townshend On Keith Moon, John Entwistle: Thank God They’re Gone

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, The Who‘s Pete Townsend made remarks suggesting he is glad former bandmates Keith Moon and John Entwistle have passed away.

“Thank God they’re gone,” Townsend said, sharing that they were difficult to play with onstage; Entwistle’s “bass sound was like a Messiaen organ. Every note, every harmonic in the sky. When he passed away and I did the first few shows without him, with Pino [Palladino] on bass, he was playing without all that stuff. … I said, ‘Wow, I have a job.'” he shared.

With Moon, Townsend added, “My job was keeping time, because he didn’t do that. So when he passed away, it was like, ‘Oh, I don’t have to keep time anymore.'”

“I think my musical discipline, my musical efficiency as a rhythm player, held the band together,” he said.

Meanwhile, the remaining members of the band, Townsend and Roger Daltrey are gearing up to release the follow-up to their 2006 album, Endless Wire, simply titled Who on Friday, December 6.

The new album was separately recorded by the duo from London and Los Angeles without having met more than once.

“I used to say that I love him, but with my fingers crossed,” said Townshend of Daltrey. “Now, I like him too. I like all his eccentricities, his foibles, his self-obsession, and his singer thing. Everything about him.”

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