The Who - Art of Destruction

[@sdjono]

If only he knew how much a 60's strat cost nowadays 😂

[@nigelbevan8449]

He didn't give a flying fart...

[@tristanmouw9077]

If he only knew how much his les Paul deluxe would cost nowadays

[@spacemanapeinc7202]

They were actually broke from destroying all of those instruments for first few years of their popularity.

[@squidardle]

Now imagine how much a 60’s strat smashed up by Pete Townshend goes for nowadays

[@ЗамирОоганов-р2ц]

Этод дурак роет себя могилу !

[@MegaLochgelly]

So many hours of hard work making those beautiful expensive guitars.

[@riceman9813]

I've always wanted one

[@itsMrNoble]

It’s just a guitar. Who cares? There’s no shortage of them in the world.

[@kevinalejandrodanielcalder5067]

@@itsMrNoble Well i have the inner thought of instruments have a soul, without my bass possible i'm already die. And they without their instruments never had been anyone. Instruments have a soul

[@ronswanson1704]

And what a way to go out.

[@kendrickbritto8556]

@@itsMrNoble yea, okay please send me a Gibson Les Paul then or a fender American professional Stratocaster!!!

[@RecoveringReporter]

Entwhistle off to the side "No way I'm smashing up me bass, I'll just stand over here and keep the rhythm."

[@alzathoth]

"Hey John, can i borrow your base for a minute?" - Pete

[@georgeprice4212]

Actually…..

[@travelerworld4212]

Townsend and Hendrix always were the most graceful guitar distroyers of rock.

[@tiplady]

Townsend recently said of the early days, quote: “I used to glue them back together for the next show!”

[@hesspet]

I saw the Who in Frankfurt in the Festhalle 1977 or 1978 . There are balconies around the stage, so you have a very good looking what's happening on the stage (and behind). Something I mentioned from the look above. Before the destruction begins, Pete changed the guitar. Maybe a cheaper or a prepared one? And the amp they kicked down doesn't have a glowing lamp and when it fall down, there was no powercord visible. The show must go on.... the cheaper way.

[@fitepitsnbonfires]

Yeah that at least is a better idea if your going to destroy a beautiful expensive guitar that way

[@jerrystewart6232]

I love the raw primal nonconformist attitude that was displayed during the live shows that were prevalent in the late later years of their careers

[@HDJair]

Pete bounced guitars into the ground, jimi properly sacrificed them.

[@johnsmith866]

Pete Townshend made destruction an art form that would be imitated for decades and decades. Jimi Hendrix simply copied him.

[@kazcnepj]

Missed the best one when they were on the Smothers Brothers and Keith packed the bass drum with explosives and blew out Pete’s eardrum.

[@bil2340]

*That's how rock n roll works*

[@tjampman]

Oh' back in '82 when I was 3 my dad gave up on me teaching me guitar, when I kept breaking them. I still kind of remember some cool band breaking their guitars on stage on black and white TV.

[@gwendolynmarlow9929]

Oh no! I feel a deep loss for those who find this boring or think about the cost of the instrument in today’s market…😢. My life is so much richer from the ability to recognize what was happening here. The instruments & drums were actually being “milked” for every drop of sound. I’m grateful for their risks ❤

[@miguelospina5276]

Wow, Pete can play violin too? 3:36

[@josephbuckley5961]

Mostly any instrument you can think of lol

[@ghettocracker5005]

That was unexpected sort of 👍😜

[@andyreilly1126]

Think hes a different sort of fiddler

[@naturepark4684]

Why is an innocent musical instrument destroyed?

[@jesurenbnb]

Rock n roll stuff i guess?

[@georgeprice4212]

1. Anger, although not always aimed at equipment failure. 2. Pure Adrenaline. Often times, the performer “leaves the conscious plain” and doesn’t even realize what’s occurred. 3. It’s Pete Townshend, just breaking a string will set him off. 4. Kurt Cobain…his destruction was more a release than anything.

[@melikevideosya]

They were into Dada-ism. It was a political statement, a non-artistic artform, self-expression and nothing

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Instruments: *Exist* The Who: I'm going to break you.

[@WilkinsonX]

3:07 A move rarely attempted by rockers today- the barrel roll.

[@summeronio9751]

The Chariot, maybe

[@smashit]

Yeah. For me as a kid it was the ultimate end of a show. Never saw Pete do it, but I saw Richie with Deep Purple & Rainbow, Wow! the noise, the feedback and the excitement of the destruction.

[@smwrbd]

Where did you see it. I saw it in Detroit, dont remember the venue.

[@smashit]

I'm in the UK. Deep Purple was in Manchester, I think. Saw Rainbow at the Bingley Hall in Stafford. great venue. Second time I saw them could have been Newcastle, I think.

[@thomasbell7033]

Yes, kiddies, this is what gramma and grandpa took part in.

[@robertarisz8464]

No wonder that Keith was always looking at Pete during concerts. Sure Keith was the crazy one but Pete was the destructive one.

[@emmalouie1663]

This is one of the more entertaining videos I've seen on KZbin it's better than all those pet videos. Definitely The Who were great and also destructive. :) For sure destruction is metaphorically related to death and renewal. It's pure ART.

[@CC-gf3nt]

The fools commenting 'the WHO' SUCK, HAVE NO GOOD SONGS are the same fools that listen to top 40. Certainly have not taken the effort..ie; WORK, to actually research the Band. One of the Greatest of all time....Zep, Stones, THe Who.

[@georgeprice4212]

Ironically, that fool doesn't realize that The Who have several Top 40 singles, but only one (!!!!!) Top 10!

[@smashit]

Great seeing this. Loved the band and their music and enjoyed seeing them smash up their gear as a kid.

[@youliart]

I saw a Jerry Lee Lewis concert, I had it recorded on VHS tape, where at the end he cuts his piano with an ax and gives out sticks, splinters and rattles from the piano to the ecstatic audience. But it's not on KZbin unfortunately, otherwise I would have played it, it was a great show. As they say nothing new under the sun.

[@norbertrivera]

4:36 wow! Pete townshend pure energy guy.

[@jackcrane7853]

Thank God nobody played church organs here...

[@rabbidsnipes5654]

damn, why so much hate in the comments?

[@bil2340]

Yeah they don't know what is "rock n roll" mean

[@farhanisfarhan7192]

Yes this people were idiotic trash

[@losvaire]

3:07 If I could do that my journey as a musician would be complete

[@rdsaplala]

The scary part about thrashing guitars is you have at least 6 strings that wanna get back at you.. better wear goggles boys.. safety first LOL

[@chavruta2000]

Pete often ended sets bleeding in various places.

[@jmd33352]

The who just came in like, “ that’s really cute guys” 💀💀💀💀💀

[@immrnoidall]

John's like stay away from my shit and wheres my money.

[@georgeprice4212]

John smashed a few as well….just not as often.

[@TCDL11]

​​@georgeprice4212. Really.....is this true??? John would NEVER smash up his bass. He was far too cool and too smart to destroy it. 😮 because of the insurance costs probably.

[@georgeprice4212]

@@TCDL11 John DID in fact smash equipment…but just not as often as Pete and Keith did. And, John actually had enough parts that were usable to create other basses, like his Frankenstein Precision bass…the Fenderbird (the red bass with the Fender bass neck)…and the anchor bass.

[@KobeCali24]

Wow. What a lot of time and effort put into making this incredibly annoying video.

[@jesurenbnb]

Nope its not annoying

[@richarddelgado2723]

Not annoying… but just see it once and? NEXT!!! though 😮…

[@gertvos4111]

Who's idea was it to put Johan Strauss over the whole video? Just play the original sound to give the video the impact that it deserves .... This is funny for a few seconds but not for more than 5 minutes ...

[@survive323]

There wasn't a good example of Keith Moon kicking all of his drumkit completely off stage while destroying it. Definitely the king of drumkit destruction.

[@mahadirga1000]

Before Nirvana and Kurt cobain

[@sandipbiswas766]

Eh, he was like the 1000th person to do it.

[@dave4590]

You had to be there at the time to appreciate it. Eve of destruction, tax deduction

[@guillaumerumeau9218]

BTW...Yes, The Who came first in terms of instruments smashing. Not Hendrix, who was still doing his Doo Wop moves in 1964-65. (ps : i love Hendrix though, probably the greatest musical genius of the 60s)

[@rsuman]

Yet art is long and time is short, the evil fate 🎸💥

[@magicspiral]

3:27 RIP 1960’s Stratocaster 😭 Pete Townshend’s participation in the Auto Destructive Art Movement has left a casualty of many collectible electric guitar instruments in its wake.

[@fionncaomanac339]

And now those smashed guitars go for auction for more than their market value as a piece of rock n roll history.

[@duncefunce1513]

I love The Who so much I actually forgot they smashed their instruments.

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

I loathe them so much it’s all I remember.

[@germanrodriguezcenturion6015]

Beautiful

[@amletourso7376]

When Pete Townsend goes to a guitar center: Guitars: NOOOO PLEASEEE NOT MEEEEEEE!!!!

[@smashit]

I love watching bands smash up their gear. It's entertainment and all part of the show.

[@dinigadong]

At 3:12 Pete whacks himself in the forehead

[@instrumentetools-zerstorun4138]

Rock n Roll baby.... this is real artistic expession. Pure ART!

[@smashit]

Couldn't agree more. Great to watch this again.

[@carolbuckley7900]

HELL yess! Fu** the Beatles!

[@jerrystewart6232]

Keith Moon,a true rock and roll legend

[@johngoard8272]

Yes Jerry and I put him at the top of the drummers or at least along with Phil Collins eh?

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

If you’re gonna do “The Who” act and destroy your equipment afterwards make sure you’re not playing a Fender. It’s best to have a Gibson that’ll explode after one strike. Fenders with their bolt on necks + truss rods are much tougher to break.

[@mattshaheen5333]

Gibsons have truss rods, too, but I understand what you're getting at.

[@mario486waluigi2]

Instrument Destruction was the most iconic thing about the Who

[@jackcrane7853]

Nah, actually, it was their MOOOZICK

[@marialenaho5249]

The Who were talented for breaking musical instruments!

[@maciek4671]

Dude, why everyone is mad? That is the history of rock n roll, they're not freaking killing people! They're just destroying instruments, what's wrong with that? Do you think that Gibson, Rickenbacker, Fender, or any guitar brand care about the guitar smashing? And don't even try to describe townshend's guitar playing by the stuff he did with his guitars, because that is just dumb

[@georgeprice4212]

Actually, Pete - until a few years ago - never regarded himself as a guitar player....or, at least a great one.

[@teachereliandro9656]

Funny thing: people who is complaining about this are Nirvana fans 🤣🤣🤣

[@carolbuckley7900]

I LOVE when Keith Moon’s drums exploded!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I’m in LOVE!! 👠👠👠👠

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

HEY BE NISE 😡🤬

[@arzunsunuwar6576]

What the fuck was that audio in the middle.. Just put original sound if you want to make these kind of videos The fucking audio is giving me migraine...lol

[@whiteeye00__54]

Sheesh at least don’t swear

[@WhoisVinnie]

3:18 Is it just me? Or did someone scream at this part? It might've been Pete's guitar

[@lzasyr]

Man, no guitars sound like that to my knowledge

[@WhoisVinnie]

@@lzasyr I knew someone screamed!

[@lzasyr]

Asperger's Guy I would too if everybody was destroying their instruments! That would be crazy

[@WhoisVinnie]

@@lzasyr That's just the Who. They're the craziest band out of every band in the British Invasion

[@WhoisVinnie]

@@lzasyr Also, John Entwistle was the only one who didn't destroy his instrument

[@RegularDude00]

3:26 ooohhhh that hurts to watch

[@arroiochui289]

Sunburst😢

[@rachellangenfeld3161]

Love these guys. This is rock history

[@philippedecomble2495]

Les who à jamais les plus grands

[@WhoisVinnie]

How was 4:36 destruction? Pete was just dancing about.

[@corentingvs7221]

Kurt Cobain is whatching this video

[@kevinstimelsky673]

1000%

[@georgeprice4212]

Ok, ummm…Neil’s WAS NOT destruction! As you see in the clip, the guitar is still in one piece.

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

But later he pooped his pants

[@georgeprice4212]

@@JAMESGANG-f5u that was Nugent

[@pdbordelon]

Why is when The Who destroy stuff its cool but when others destroy it looks lame?

[@kevinalejandrodanielcalder5067]

I guess is you prejudge. And obviously the context. 60's the fucking age of drugs and war. Chaos and rage was the motivation of destruction.

[@josephbuckley5961]

Because it's a art form to the who lol

[@aWildJosh213]

Pete was apparently one of the first people to smash his guitars

[@Guitar_Guy_69]

Nirvana’s destruction was awesome too.

[@bluesrocker91]

Because when The Who smashed their gear it was a performance, and they didn't hold back... The copycats think you just whack the guitar on the ground until it breaks. They're missing the point... Townshend would throw it, spin it, catch it and kind of dance with it before destroying it. And when he did smash it on the stage there was no hesitation, worrying about getting hurt. He just went for it.

[@johnraymond-pz9bo]

Very good! I'm smiling😂😂😂😂

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

They had to Sacrifice their music making equipment (and some claret) to please the Deity of Music...he was a fan also.

[@PaulFormentos]

And Keith Moon And John Bonham And Brian Jones All sacrificed

[@alzathoth]

IDK, i still think Townshend was the master of destruction.... ;)

[@matthewwillis4892]

Richie Blackmore does a very good job destroying a strat, pretty much everyone gets a piece to take home when he's finished.

[@geminiprodj]

You don't suppose that their mums didn't teach their boys to play nice with their toys!!!

[@carolbuckley7900]

JESUS I wish I was older like my brothers who SAW this stuff and more!!! I was about 8 or 9 damn it!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👠👠👠👠👠👠

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Aww.

[@thomasnolde2691]

Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore und Pete the real Stratocaster Killer, long live Rock n Roll.🙏🍀💜

[@Michiganvideoswithmyfriends.]

What do you mean amateur there ain’t no right or wrong way to smash a guitar

[@Tonixxy]

Pretty intense😁

[@BernieHolland-w4l]

Not really - more of a circus act !

[@payten8103]

I Have a special glass mic it shatters when I drop it The shattered Mic Drop 💔🍷🎤 I leave scars

[@philippedecomble2495]

Les stones à côté sont tout petits petits les who les mozat du rock à jamais les plus brillant

[@WhoisVinnie]

1:52 Footage?

[@ashura9706]

A gig on the Marquee in 1967 that aired on (I think French?) TV and is available here on KZbin. They played a 10min set of Happy Jack, My Generation and a rare So Sad About Us

[@TheLovie999]

Indeed. Very entertaining.

[@andyreilly1126]

should have smashed his computer up in 2003. Hows the book coming along then Pete😜

[@ponymalone3636]

😜

[@madcircle0461]

lol he didn't even get in trouble for that who cares

[@Aussieduderivs1]

Lots of triggered people in these comments 😂

[@АлександрЖуков-и1л]

Первый раз вижу Пита в таком наряде, красавчик! Пиджак со стразами, жабо! Он - прелесть******

[@drstrangelov3]

он невероятен...

[@АлександрЖуков-и1л]

@@drstrangelov3 Он - чудесен!!!

[@travellersdemise7669]

What's with that fucking music???!!!!! Just play the authentic sound Pete's making during his destruction... You really messed up this video bro 🤣.. ha ha #fail

[@ifreshace7350]

Fr fr

[@teachereliandro9656]

"art" of destruction. Haha he got a classic tune

[@donnyhud]

ughhhh god!! thoes old fenders and rickenbackers just destroyed!! painful to watch

[@darrencafaro5655]

The Who FIRST HEAVY METAL

[@raphaelzepeda980]

*punk band

[@VlxWIZzZARDxlV]

Uh no that's Black Sabbath buddy

[@laurala101]

Performance!!!!

[@patolucaspato163]

do you like dance the vals? come on lets play jajjj

[@chavruta2000]

really pathetic watching the 'amateurs'

[@chikamotokenji3217]

T E L L M E W H O A R E Y O U !

[@jean-pierreauroy2661]

Genius Crazy

[@jean-pierreauroy2661]

Pete towhsend est un Musicien génial tous les tubes des who c'est lui

[@carolbuckley7900]

I LOVE this!! Love when Keith Moon’s drums explode! I’m in LOVE!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👠👠👠👠👠

[@tomasmestre1316]

With the quantity of coke in pete townshend's blood it's crazy how he dindn't break more guitars.

[@georgeprice4212]

That was one thing Pete didn't touch. LSD, once, but not coke. Now Brandy, on the other hand.....

[@JusCuz410]

@George Price Pete was using frightening amounts of coke from 1980-81. Then switched to heroin in ‘81. He nearly died from an OD at The Club For Heroes. Phil Lynott fixed Pete and he turned blue. Nearly three years to the day of Moon’s passing.

[@georgeprice4212]

@@JusCuz410 Pete HIMSELF said he never did Cocaine or H. I don't know about you, but I'll take Pete's word.

[@PaulFormentos]

READ HIS BOOK @@georgeprice4212

[@stevemoss9759]

I stood by the stage while the Who played at Mother’s. No instruments were damaged and it has stayed with me for life. Likewise the Spalding ‘67 festival with Pink Floyd, Move, Cream, Zoot Money, Geno Washington SF5 in an incredible unforgettable day! Jimi Hendrix played at the end but ruined the set by smashing his Strat through an amp and plunged the entire tulip barn into darkness. Nobody cheered him as he was clearly on another planet! Not impressive at all yet he played Monterey the next week!

[@sergiodelrioreyes7655]

Holy shit how old are you?

[@enzojohnson6792]

5:25 ;-; a Gisbon

[@blankpool]

What the hell was Neil Young doing? Lol

[@georgeprice4212]

Breaking his strings.

[@averyadrian1534]

He did this during “a day in the life”… The Beatles tune… He took the strings off his guitar and would rattle the strings against his guitar pick ups with a fuzz pedal and it sounded like pure noise

[@andaorevienta6357]

This is attitude on stage.

[@musikbox7]

hahaha no felling no one could smash a guitar like pete hahaha

[@synthmalicious7541]

0:40 who is this?

[@bahbaroni9955]

Neil Young

[@jerrystewart6232]

Pure raw energy!!! That's definitely a massive way to destroy some shit

[@smashit]

Cool. Instruments destroyed live make fantastic f**kin noise and seein stuff get smashed up is f**kin awesomr

[@guitarplayer7400]

Pure raw stupidity...

[@cassiocorrea1562]

why the who? what are we? the who!!!

[@boringface1803]

I love Roger beating the drums ❤

[@Skywood91]

At least Nirvana destroyed cheap guitars

[@georgeprice4212]

And what makes you so sure those guitars were perfect? Pete has said that most of what he smashed was factory seconds - they already had some sort of problems to begin with.

[@georgeprice4212]

Neil Young shouldn't have been included, as that wasn't smashing, but breaking strings.

[@guillaumerumeau9218]

After The Who paved a (giant) highway for stage destruction, all the others that followed and emulated that looked a tad ridiculous, not to say pathetic. Cheers

[@TheMusicalElitist]

No one asked you.

[@Stoned2072]

@@TheMusicalElitist idiot !

[@richarddelgado2723]

Y the Blue Daniel Wave Waltz? 😅….

[@jasosmurray137]

smoking amps

[@caporalesoundsystem391]

Someone help Rogers mic problem stage!! Never seen before. .. jajaja. Asistent very expensive at this days jajaja

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

jajajaja 💩💩💩

[@chrisrolfing3393]

What a horrible waste of fine musical instruments!

[@georgeprice4212]

Who (pun unintended) says that they were “fine” to begin with? Pete’s said that the Deluxes he smashed up were Factory Seconds- they already had some issues to begin with. And the others, he repaired just enough to make it through a few shows before it was completely unrepairable. So, yeah….