The two powerhouses of the band have always butted heads. The group were always fighting with one another, both verbally and physically. Not only was he recently shamed for his comments on Keith Moon and John Entwistle’s passing, but he has always been vocal about his dislike for Roger Daltrey.
Without a doubt, Pete Townshend hates his band more than any other group on this list, and that is no mean feat. And I don’t know if I have a problem, block too, because they, well that became so much bigger than The Who in so many ways, in their chosen field, I’ve never liked them.” It’s a real problem to me cause as people I think they are really really great guys. He continued through gritted teeth: “I just never ever liked them.
In 1995, Townshend was far more cutting of the record-breaking quartet: “I don’t like a single thing that they have done, I hate the fact that I’m ever even slightly compared to them.” We were copied by so many bands, principally by Led Zeppelin, you know heavy drums, heavy bass, heavy lead guitar,” said Townshend, aiming at the iconic quartet. We sort of invented heavy metal with (our first live album) Live at Leeds (1970). Instead of answering the question straight, Townshend saw this as the perfect opportunity to squeeze in a jab at Zeppelin: “It doesn’t sound like The Who from those early heavy metal years. Townshend was speaking to the Toronto Sun when he was asked about the deviation from the band’s early sound to the sonic nature of their most recent effort. “No, he never did,” Townshend said before adding: “You know, I could sit down and have a conversation with Paul about rock & roll, and we’d be talking about two different things.” Kurt Loder, who is interviewing Townshend, suggested it had “ virtually nothing to do with rock & roll,” to which Townshend replied by asking if McCartney “ever really had anything to do with rock”. Later, speaking with Rolling Stone in 1982, Townshend was asked about McCartney’s recent record, Tug of War. Whether or not Townshend has softened his view on The Beatles won’t ever really be known, but at that moment, you can tell that the guitarist has no love for the most famous band in the world. Townshend delivers his most telling line on the band’s output when he says: “When you actually hear the backing tracks of The Beatles without their voices, they’re flippin’ lousy,” it’s enough to hear an audible gasp from the audience. “Actually, this afternoon, John and I were listening to a stereo LP of The Beatles - in which the voices come out of the one side and the backing track comes out of the other,” he continued.
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