Behind the Meaning of the Band Name: The Who

Flashback: Pete Townshend Recruits Phil Collins For 'Slit Skirts' in 1982

The Meaning Behind "Slit Skirts" by Pete Townshend and the Complex Emotional Territory It Covers

“When we first came to New York, we'd play four times a day. I only had one guitar, so I'd have to break it and fix it four times a day”: Pete Townshend talks guitar smashing, and what he had to do to keep his gear functioning

"Nobody's gonna tell me that a hunk of wood with strings stretched across it is sacred": Pete Townshend reveals all about why he became a guitar smasher

“The guitar head poked through the ceiling. When I brought it out, the top of the neck was left behind... They were laughing their heads off”: Pete Townshend's guitar-smashing became a controversial onstage ritual, but it started by accident