The Who - Substitute (live Monterey 1967)

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass) and Keith Moon (drums). They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction. The Who have sold about 100 million records and have charted 27 top forty singles in the United Kingdom and United States with 17 top ten albums, with 18 Gold, 12 Platinum and 5 Multi-Platinum album awards in the United States alone.
Moon died at the age of 32 in 1978, after which the band released two studio albums, the UK and US top five Face Dances (1981) and the US top ten It's Hard (1982), with drummer Kenney Jones, before disbanding in 1983.

The Who are one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and '70s, influencing artists from Led Zeppelin to The Clash. Bono of U2 said, "More than any other band, The Who are our role models." Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder said, "The one thing that disgusts me about The Who is the way they smashed through every door in the uncharted hallway of rock 'n' roll without leaving much more than some debris for the rest of us to lay claim to."

The Who's Mod genesis inspired Mod revival bands such as The Jam, as well as later bands of the Britpop wave in the mid-1990s, such as Blur and Ash. The band has also been called "The Godfathers of Punk" due to their loud, aggressive approach to rock and the attitude evinced in songs like "My Generation". Many protopunk and punk rock bands from the MC5 to the Ramones to Green Day, point to The Who as influence.
The group has been credited with originating the "rock opera" and it made one of the first notable concept albums. Following Tommy were David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis and Pink Floyd's The Wall in the 1970s. Later efforts in the rock opera vein include My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade and Green Day's American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown releases.
In 1967 Townshend coined the term "power pop" to describe The Who's sixties singles. The guiding lights of the seventies power pop movement, from the Raspberries to Cheap Trick, take inspiration from The Who. The Who's influence can also be seen in early incorporation of synthesisers,with Who's Next featuring the instrument prominently.

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[BobaBaggins]

I think what's so amazing about this video is not only John Entwistle's insane bass playing, but also the fact that he's playing like that in 1967. No one had ever played bass like that, cutting through the mix so much, at that point. And Entwistle was the first to do it.

[MrNAGAMASA]

この曲はポップで好きです...

[jbassman666]

@BOGATA9 this was one of their first live apperances in North America so they were all playing borrowed amps and drum kits

[tatethompson1234]

@BobaBaggins I agree to a point, but tobe honest Pete Quaife doesen't get enough credit. His bass playing was very loud and cut through the mixes in 1963,1964,1965. The Kinks were very important to The Who, Pete and John really respected the Kinks. The Kinks were the reason why Pete wrote I Can't Explain also.

[Freethequeen1]

fuck sake, moon is a whirlwind !!

[knot4u11]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROG THE MOD

[kickdrumfish]

Keith at 2:34........GREAT LIVE!!!!

[NickOLarse999]

I love it at 0:22...Keith Moon attacks the drums like a crazy fucking animal. Not surprising really, I suppose, because he was a crazy fucking animal. 

[BOGATA9]

I thought Keith Moon only played premier drums. Here he`s clearly bashing on a beautiful silver glass Slingerland.

[Easleytee]

@BobaBaggins

I always subscribed to the notion that Entwistle was the best Rock bassist. I read somewhere Ian Anderson echoed the same sentiment.

I love Entwistle's work with Simon Phillips on the Who live release.