The Who personnel
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This page is a list of the various members of The Who.
This page documents the various personnel and line-ups that have been a part of the band over the years.
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[edit] Personnel
- Colours indicate official members
| Pre-Moon era (1962 - Apr '64) |
"Classic Era" (Apr '64 - Sep '78) |
Post-Moon era (1979 - 1988) |
Post-Jones era (1989 - Jun '02) |
Post-Entwistle era (Jul '02 - present) |
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| Lead Guitar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Daltrey (1962 - 1964) |
Pete Townshend (1964 - present) |
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| Vocals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Dawson (1962) |
Gabby Connolly (1963) |
Roger Daltrey (Dec '63 - present) |
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| Bass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Entwistle (1962 - Jun '02) |
Pino Palladino (Jul '02 - present) |
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| Drums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Sandom (1962 - Apr '64) |
Keith Moon (Apr '64 - Sep '78) |
Kenney Jones (1979 - 1988) |
Simon Phillips (1989) |
n/a (1990 - 1995) |
Zak Starkey (1996 - 2006) |
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| Keyboard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| n/a | "Rabbit" Bundrick (1979 - 1981) |
Tim Gorman (1982) |
n/a (1983 - 1984) |
"Rabbit" Bundrick (1985 - Oct. 2006) |
Brian Kehew (Nov. 2006 - present) |
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| Second guitar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pete Townshend (1962 - Dec '63) |
n/a (1964 - 1988) |
"Boltz" Bolton (1989) |
n/a (1990 - 1995) |
Simon Townshend (1996 - 1997) |
n/a (1998 - 2001) |
Simon Townshend (2002 - present) |
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[edit] Additional big band members
The 25th Anniversary tour (1989)
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The Quadrophenia tour (1996 - 1997) |
[edit] Fully detailed timeline
- Note 1: The Who were briefly known as The High Numbers (July - October 1964)
- Note 2: Keyboardist John Bundrick was not able to join the band at The Concert for NYC in 2001, and was substituted for by Jon Carin.
- Note 3: Drummer Zak Starkey and bassist Pino Palladino were not able to join the band at Live8 in 2005, and were substituted for by Steve White and Damon Minchella of The Players.
- Note 4: Keyboardist John Bundrick is tending to his ill wife and his technician Brian Kehew has been filling in from Nov. 2006 - present.
