The Who\u2019s legacy as rock \u2018n\u2019 roll musicians extends far beyond their discography and into their commanding, aggressive, and physically violent stage presence, thanks to the guitar-smashing, microphone-cord-lassoing, drum-exploding antics of their members: Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and Keith Moon, respectively.<\/p>\n
John Entwistle, for whatever it\u2019s worth, opted not to engage in this destructive schtick. \u201cSomeone has to play,\u201d the bassist once said<\/a>. \u201cI once got very paranoid because the kids weren\u2019t screaming my name. One night, I had a few drinks and came on-stage moving, and they started screaming my name. So, I thought, \u2018Okay. I\u2019ll go back to standing still. They scream at anything that moves.\u201d<\/p>\n But for his bandmates, physical aggression was part of the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll process. Sometimes, that aggression turned inward toward one another. This was especially true in the contentious relationship between Daltrey and Townshend. During one particularly nasty fight, Daltrey landed Townshend in an ambulance. Ironically, given the sequence of events, Daltrey accompanied Townshend all the way to the hospital as a sign of support and concern.<\/p>\n Such is the way of bandmates.<\/p>\n Roger Daltrey Still Feels Bad About This One Fight With Pete Townshend<\/p>\n The Who has had its fair share of fights over the years, often fueled by drugs, adrenaline, or a cantankerous combination of the two. Roger Daltrey often cited his bandmates\u2019 substance use as one of his key grievances, as it made it difficult to do his job, which was to glue the whole song together with his lyrics and vocal performance. During one such fight, Pete Townshend attacked Daltrey with a tambourine, who proceeded to beat Townshend so aggressively in response that the band fired him<\/a> for about a month. Fortunately for Daltrey, the cymbals of the tambourine didn\u2019t nick his eye like they could have, and he was able to walk away from the fight without an ambulance trip to the hospital.<\/p>\n