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Additional Reading
Gary Herman, The Who (1972), an early biography, offers useful cultural background and insights. Dave Marsh, Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who (1983), is much more detailed but loses interest in the group after Keith Moon’s death. Billed as a visual history, Richard Barnes, The Who: Maximum R&B, rev. ed. (1996), offers an insider’s perspective as well as extraordinary images. Keith Moon has been the subject of several books, including Dougal Butler, Full Moon (also published as Moon the Loon, 1981), a vivid ramble of recollections by his personal assistant. Tony Fletcher, Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend (1998), is far more ambitious and credible. Ed Hanel (compiler), The Who: An Illustrated Discography (1981); Joe McMichael and “Irish” Jack Lyons, The Who Concert File (1997); and Stephen Wolter and Karen Kimber, The Who in Print: An Annotated Bibliography, 1965 Through 1990 (1992), are for serious students of the Who.
Representative Works
- The Who Sell Out (1968)
- Tommy (1969)
- Who’s Next (1971)
- Who Are You (1978)
- The Who: Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (1994)
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- Ira A. Robbins
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: TeachRock - The Who. | Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: TeachRock - The Who. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Added the album WHO. | Jan 27, 2021 | ||
| Noted the band's continued performances and their 1990 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | Sep 06, 2018 | ||
| Changed "Kenny Jones" to "Kenney Jones." |
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Oct 30, 2015 | |
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The Who. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - The Who. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - The Who. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Aug 30, 2012 | ||
| Noted that Daltrey and Townshend were awarded Kennedy Center Honors and added notable recent performances. | Aug 13, 2012 | ||
| handled for the cross-ref removal 4 cluster | Jan 26, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 16, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: thewho.net. | May 18, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 23, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Nov 08, 1999 |