In this episode, we have a founding member of The Who, Pete Townshend. At the time of this interview in 1996, Townshend was 51 years old and was promoting his greatest hits record. In the interview, Townshend talks about his plan to no longer make records, the remixing process of Quadrophenia, what’s now important to him, and finding a Jimi Hendrix master in his warehouse. The interview is conducted by Steve Harris. To learn more about Steve please check out our podcast-only interview with him, which is out now.Full transcript 00:00 - Intro01:00 - Start of Pete Townshend interview01:38 - His non-defined image of himself04:19 - His ability to write story-oriented albums05:41 - Why it’s very hard to write songs06:51 - His plan to no longer make records08:26 - Why he is releasing a compilation album09:33 - The notion that he hates the Japanese11:30 - Developing Quadrophenia for a concert theater piece12:57 - Which album he thinks is The Who’s best15:08 - The backstory of when The Who revived ‘Quadrophenia’ for Prince’s Trust Concert18:58 - Remastering old Who albums20:23 - Writing chamber plays21:32 - The difficulty of working in movies22:26 - His lack of enjoyment for music theater23:28 - What connects music from the ’50s and animation24:37 - What’s important to him now26:12 - The remixing process of Quadrophenia26:57 - The previous poor mastering process of Who records28:36 - Finding a Jimi Hendrix master in his warehouse29:38 - The unfinished rock opera “Lifehouse”32:04 - The mods 30 years later33:35 - What he found hypocritical playing Black music37:39 - Chapter 2539:01 - The songwriting that went into “My Generation”41:32 - Kurt Cobain and the song “My Generation”43:18 - Seeing Jimi Hendrix a couple of weeks before he diedHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.