And determined to get this precious event noticed by the audience. Pete: (After cracking the headstock) I was expecting everybody to go, “Wow, he’s broken his guitar, he’s broken his guitar,” but nobody did anything, which made me kind of angry in a way. The next gig at the Railway, the crowd expected him to smash a guitar again. His first public guitar smashing, where he cracked the headstock of his guitar on a low ceiling, pulling it out and realizing the damage, he smashed the remainder in disgust, then turned to pick up his Rick 12 and continued playing. The Railway Tavern, Harrow and Wealdstone, London, England Smashed guitars, by date/venue (incomplete) And most importantly, your eyewitness accounts! This information has been compiled from various resources, primarily including The Who Concert File, by Joe McMichael and “Irish” Jack Lyons, and Anyway Anyhow Anywhere, by Andy Neill and Matt Kent. A very incomplete list of documented guitar smashes by Pete Townshend.
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