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The Who, The Mods and the Quadrophenia Connection

Who, The

Television Director: Lindsell, Alec

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Year of Production: 2009

Playing Time: 01:42:15

Catalogue Number: SIDVD551

UPC: 823564519494

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There's barely any misinformation regarding the astonishing career path of The Who: the band formed in 1964, were adopted as figureheads by the British Mods, continued through the 1960s and 1970s making extraordinary record after extraordinary record (with a couple of "rock operas" thrown in for good measure), Keith Moon, their madcap drummer, died in 1978 - and then it all went a bit pear shaped. The remaining members have not made a standout track since.

But as far as the Mod movement which had guaranteed The Who's early success and the Pete Townsend-composed musical depiction of that movement, Quadrophenia, are concerned, the story has been twisted, complicated and misunderstood, but remains endlessly fascinating. The band, the movement, the album, the second wave, the movie and now the 30th anniversary of the latter two all make for a story that needs to be told in depth. That is exactly what this film does.

Using recently unearthed archive footage from the early movement, rarely seen performance and interview footage of The Who, plus expert contributions and commentary from a panel headed by a friend of Pete Townsend and the band's "Mr. Fixit" throughout their career, Richard Barnes, this film features Mod experts Paulo Hewitt and Terry Rawlins; the ever delightful owner of Acid Jazz records, DJ and broadcaster Eddie Pillar; members of Mod revivalists The Chords and The Purple Hearts; The Who biographer and 1960s expert Alan Clayson and a host of others.

The film also includes a wealth of news reports, film and video clips, location shoots and much more, all set to a backbeat of music from the greatest rock n' roll band of all time.