The Who Struggle to Capture Old Sound

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The Who "feel the ghosts" of Keith Moon and John Entwistle. The group's guitarist Pete Townshend admits he and bandmate Roger Daltrey find it difficult to capture the essence of the band without the late members, and it has been particularly hard since bassist John died in 2002.

"We feel the ghosts of Keith and John. The second phase of the Who in a sense was really when we started to tour again around the year 2000, 2001. We were still able to evoke the sound, particularly with [drummer] Zak Starkey. Now it's much more difficult even though Zak's there.

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Taylor Momsen Inspired by Nirvana

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Taylor Momsen became a rock musician after growing up listening to AC/DC and Nirvana.

The Pretty Reckless frontwoman - currently working on a follow-up to the group's 2010 debut Light Me Up - was inspired to start making heavy rock 'n' roll music by her father's albums.

"My dad has a massive record collection. So I grew up listening to vinyl, you know all the classics, Beatles, Zeppelin, Who, Pink Floyd, you know AC/DC, Soundgarden, Nirvana. So I just, I kind of grew up with it, and it just stuck," she said.

The 18-year-old singer-and-actress was "so excited" when the "Miss Nothing" hitmakers completed their debut album, but she thinks it's the "most incredible feeling in the world" when fans sing her own songs back to her during live performances: "Finishing the record was the first thing. When it was actually done, you know, I was so excited. But then, you know writing any type of song - any time you finish something that's like the best feeling in the world. And then what comes after that is playing it live, and then from, translating from playing it live to having the fans sing every word to every song back to you is just the most incredible feeling in the world."

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VIDEO: Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder Perform on Conan Tour

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What are you missing if you don’t have a ticket to Conan O’Brien’s road tour? Well, in addition to appearances from Andy Richter, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Coco himself, possibly some great musical numbers.

On Sunday (Conan O’Brien’s birthday), surprise guest Dave Matthews - with help from some audience members in Seattle - sang “Happy Birthday” to the late-night host before leading into a performance of “Bartender.”

The next day, Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam both visited the show and rocked the house with a cover of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.” (You can see that performance after the jump.)

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Quote of the Day: Roger Daltry Rates The Who’s Super Bowl Number

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“I thought it went OK. I understand. It’s a TV show. Cameras were everywhere. I was so blinded that I couldn’t see… And I really wished the crowd would have gotten into singing the songs with us more. That’s how it is in Europe for our soccer matches. I wanted more banter.”

-The Who‘s Roger Daltry offering his opinion of his band’s performance at yesterday’s Super Bowl.

(Make sure to check out our other notable quotes.)

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The Who May Rock the Super Bowl

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The Who is already played three nights a week on CBS, so why not make it a fourth?

The rock band behind “Who Are You”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Riley” (a.k.a. the three different CSI theme songs) is now rumored to be Super Bowl XLIV’s halftime act.

Although the report has not yet been confirmed by the NFL, it would be just like that network to milk a series - or band - to death.

The championship game will be played February 7, 2010 in Miami.

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