Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1914-11-22
- Died
- 1995-06-20
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Time and Chance
- The smallest pawns in the game
- Duel of Eagles
- Odds against us
- Time and chance
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1972-05-05
ambientmetalprogressiveprogressive metalprogressive rock
Discography
- Ocean Machine: Biomech1997
- Infinity1998
- Physicist2000
- Terria2001
- Devlab2004
- The Hummer2006
- Ziltoid the Omniscient2007
- Z²2014
- Empath2019
- Snuggles2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 358,015
- Total plays
- 3,699,511
Tags
classic rockrocksinger-songwritergenius80s
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and writer, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career. His career with The Who spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the rock era, in addition to being "possibly the greatest live band ever." <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pete+Tow
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Townsend
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Middlesbrough
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- St John's College
- Employer
- University of Bristol
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
Show 2 more facts
- date of death
- 2009-06-07
- date of birth
- 1928-04-06
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