Around this time Townshend conceived an epic project called Lifehouse, a story set in a Crapsack World led by an authoritarian government in which hundreds of people gather at a concert and ascend to a higher plane of existence through The Power of Rock. The tour in support of this album, which took the band to Woodstock and often featured them performing Tommy in its entirety, established them as one of the most dynamic and exciting live acts of their day. Inspired by his new religion, and the rejection of psychedelic drugs that it called for, Townshend wrote what many consider the Who's best - the famous Rock Opera Tommy in 1969, about a deaf, dumb and blind kid who sure plays a mean pinball. In 1968, Townshend became a convert to the teachings of Meher Baba, an Indian guru who preached a gospel of love, pantheism, and music as the key to understanding the universe.
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This, plus their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival, marked their breakthrough in the US. Their first breakthrough was the 1967 Concept Album The Who Sell Out, which included their first Top 10 hit in the US, "I Can See for Miles". Guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend had more ambition though, and included the 9-minute "mini-opera" "A Quick One, While He's Away" on the album A Quick One, which was released the next year (and also featured the single "Boris the Spider", written and sung by Entwistle), as a taste of things to come. The album of the same name, however, was a rushed affair that generally lacked memorable songs. They finally struck gold in 1965 with the singles "I Can't Explain", "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" and the classic "My Generation". The group then spent a while beating around the bush as a mod-rock act, changing their name to the High Numbers and then back again to the Who. After firing founding drummer Doug Sandom, the band enlisted Keith Moon mid-gig. They became The Who in 1964 after hearing of another band also known as The Detours. With Townshend on guitar, Daltrey dropped the instrument and shifted to singing. After several line-up changes, by 1961 Daltrey (who played guitar in the band) recruited schoolmates John Entwistle on bass and Pete Townshend on guitar.
The band was founded by Roger Daltrey as the Detours in 1959. Don't take our word for it: Johnny Rotten, Johnny Ramone, and Joe Strummer (to name only three) are on record as saying something like, "If not for The Who." But of the four, only The Who actually spawned a whole musical genre. They are so influential that when people talk of the great rock bands of The British Invasion, it's often The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Kinks in the same breath. A famous, groundbreaking British rock band from Shepherd's Bush, London, known both for their many influential songs and for their pioneering of the art of instrument destruction.
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