If I didn’t stick with The Who, I would be a sheet metal worker for the rest of my life.” He later reflected, “I thought if I lost the band I was dead. Daltry swore that he wouldn’t be physically violent anymore. Seven days later, Daltrey was allowed to return to the band, but he had to be put on probation. Daltry had to assess his strategy for dealing with conflict with others. After their first hit single Daltry’s bandmates in The Who kicked him out of the band after he beat up Who drummer Keith Moon for providing drugs to Pete Townshend and John Entwistle. He worked as a sheet metal worker by day and musician by night. He learned how to play guitar and became the lead singer and lead guitarist for a skiffle band called The Detours, in 1959. Roger Daltry was born in East Acton, a suburb of London, in 1944. They had their first Top Ten single in the UK and in Vancouver in 1965 titled “ I Can’t Explain”, which peaked at #8 in the UK and #2 in Vancouver. The Who stand alongside The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as among the most influential rock bands from Britain. At the Railway Hotel in Wealdstone, England, in June, 1964, Peter Townshend destroyed his guitar on stage and smashed it into other instruments. The Who early on were known for outlandish antics on stage. The band were innovators of new genres in rock n’ roll with their rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia. But in America they only charted one single into the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, “ I Can See For Miles”. In Vancouver the band had eleven Top Ten hits, while in the UK they charted fourteen singles into the Top Ten. The band enjoyed popular singles, such as “I Can See For Miles”, “Pinball Wizard” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”. The Who are an English band who emerged in 1964 with singer Roger Daltry, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon.
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