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Pete Townshend Taking ‘PsychoDerelict’ to the Stage

By Eric Boehlert

Eric Boehlert

P ete Townshend is busy reworking another one of his albums for the stage but not the one that many people expected. When the Who  returned this summer to perform their 1973 landmark rock opera, Quadrophenia , at London’s Hyde Park and later at New York’s Madison Square Garden, there was some speculation that Quadrophenia was bound for Broadway, following in the footsteps of the 1993 staging of Tommy . According to a source close to Townshend, however, the piece that he is concentrating on is his 1993 solo album, PsychoDerelict , which could reach the Great White Way by the fall of ’97.

“He’s very proud of that early work [such as Quadrophenia and Tommy ],” says the source. “But it’s important for him to live in the present, not the past.”

PsychoDerelict is the tale of an aging rock star who battles industry indifference. Townshend performed the piece, complete with actors, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York, in ’93. That version later aired as a PBS special. The source says that there are tentative plans for a more fleshed-out stage show to debut in St. Paul, Minn., next spring, and then slowly make its way to Broadway.

This fall, the Who are continuing their Quadrophenia revival, taking the production to approximately 15 cities.

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[Review] Pete Townshend: Psychoderelict (1993)

Pete Townshend’s latest musical finds him long in the tooth and a bit too close to the truth.

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It hit me when the 18th individual track rolled around, a stretch of talking called “Dialogue Introduction to Now And Then (Reprise),” how unnecessarily complicated this all was. If you thought Radio K.A.O.S. was work, it’ll feel like a vacation next to this. In light of Pete Townshend ’s recent travails (which appear to be unfortunate for everyone involved), I’ll leave discussion of the principal action—an aging rock star corresponds with what he believes to be a 15-year-old girl—for another, brighter day.

Psychoderelict is ambitious, telling the story of a ‘70s rock star who tries to revive his career with a live performance on the Grid (something of an evolution on the Internet that allows people to escape their own realities) while simultaneously being manipulated via a smear campaign architected by a rock critic whom he falls in love with. Complicated, I know, but luckily there’s the lyric sheet to follow—except that half of the lyrics are printed upside down. Apparently, this was a group conspiracy.

The dialogue from the trio of unsympathetic characters (Ray Hines, his manager and bitchy Rosalyn) covers the listener in a greasy, uneasy feeling much of the way. Even when Ray redeems himself with the revelation that leads to “Fake It,” it’s hard to feel good about any of this. In fact, it seems like a weak whitewashing of events after all the dark ugliness that has been squeezed from the story. By album’s end, Townshend’s concept acknowledges its own inability to deliver a better world, once again saving his most scathing remarks for himself.

Salvaging songs from this convoluted concept is probably fool’s work, but here goes: “English Boy” is nearly as fun as “ Face the Face ,” the combination of “Meher Baba m4 (Signal Box)” and “Early Morning Dreams” is strangely transcendent, and “Outlive the Dinosaur” has a quiet intensity to it. Still (and I never thought I’d say this about any work of art that features gratuitous spanking) I don’t like Psychoderelict . Note that the album was also released in versions with the dialogue edited and the dialogue removed, which results in less talk but not more action.

1. English Boy (5:08) 2. Meher Baba M3 (3:31) 3. Let’s Get Pretentious (3:37) 4. Meher Baba M4 (Signal Box) (2:23) 5. Early Morning Dreams (3:55) 6. I Want That Thing (3:58) 7. Dialogue Introduction To “Outlive The Dinosaur” (0:33) 8. Outlive The Dinosaur (3:25) 9. Flame (demo) (1:08) 10. Now And Then (4:25) 11. I Am Afraid (4:35) 12. Don’t Try To Make Me Real (3:00) 13. Dialogue Introduction To “Predictable” (0:34) 14. Predictable (2:17) 15. Flame (Simon Townshend/Josh Phillips-Gorse/Gavin Lewis/Mark Brzezicki/Jaz Lochrie) (2:41) 16. Meher Baba M5 (Vivaldi) (2:36) 17. Fake It (Pete Townshend/Jon Astley/Billy Nicholls/Jon Lind) (3:30) 18. Dialogue Introduction To “Now And Then (Reprise)” (0:33) 19. Now And Then (Reprise) (2:58) 20. Baba O-Riley (demo) (1:21) 21. English Boy (Reprise) (7:04)

All songs written by Pete Townshend unless noted.

The Players

Pete Townshend with Jeremy Allom, Jon Astley, Richard Barnes, Paul Bonnick, Ian Broudie, Mark Brzezicki, John “Rabbit” Bundrick, Chyna, Allan Corduner, Bruce Davies, Julia Duff, Nick Goderson, Linal Haft, Deidre Harrison, Steve Hill, Peter Hope-Evans, Nicola Joss, Kick Horns, Roger Knapp, John Labanowski, Jamie Lane, Dee Lewis, Gavin Lewis, Jody Linscott, Jaz Lochrie, Andy Macpherson, Billy Nicholls, Michael Nicholls, Tessa Niles, Phil Palmer, Josh Phillips-Gorse, Bob Pridden, Jan Ravens, Simon Rogers, Adam Seymour, Paul Stevens, Paul Townshend, Simon Townshend, Nigel Walker, Cleveland Watkiss, Suzy Webb, Lee Whitlock, Paul “Tubbs” Williams, Ian Wilson.

The Pictures

Photography by Andrew Eccles. Cover design by Tom Bowman. Booklet design by Frank Gargiulo.

The Plastic

Released on compact disc and cassette in June 1993 worldwide (Atlantic, 82494); reached #118 on the US charts. Released as promotional 2CD in 1993 in the US (Atlantic, 5103) with and without censored dialogue. Re-packaged as compact disc and cassette in September 1993 in the US (Atlantic, 82535) without the dialogue as Psychoderelict (Music Only) .

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I had the music-only CD. Much better.

I used to have a copy of the much harder to find ‘music only’ version of this CD, and it is a *lot* better. I have a theory that (almost) any album that was recorded in the CD era (not greatest hits collection, actual albums) can be improved by cutting it down to 35 to 40 minutes, as if it had to fit on 2 sides of vinyl. The music-only Psychoderelict would have been a cracker at 40 mins. Of course, we might have argued about what to leave off…

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Pete Townshend, The Who’s guitarist and principal songwriter, was born into a musical family in Chiswick, West London, on May 19, 1945. His father Cliff played the alto saxophone with the RAF dance band The Squadronaires, and his mother Betty Dennis sang professionally. An aunt encouraged him to learn piano but after seeing the movie Rock Around The Clock in 1956 he was drawn to rock’n’roll, an interest his parents actively encouraged.

Having dallied briefly with the guitar, Pete’s first real instrument was the banjo which he played in a schoolboy trad jazz outfit called The Confederates. The group featured John Entwistle on trumpet but after John took up the bass guitar the two friends joined another schoolboy band, The Scorpions, with Pete on guitar. Pete and John both attended Acton County Grammar School where another, slightly older, pupil Roger Daltrey had a group called The Detours. Roger invited John to join and about  six months later the nucleus of The Who was in place when John persuaded Roger that Pete should join too.

Meanwhile Pete had enrolled at Ealing School of Art to study graphic design, where he broadened his mind on a diet of radical performance art and American blues music, both of which would influence The Detours as they worked their passage through the West London club and pub circuit. With the arrival in 1964 of drummer Keith Moon and managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, The Who were on their way, with Pete increasingly cast in the role of leader and spokesman.

Pete soon found himself at the forefront of the British musical boom of the Sixties. As guitarist and composer of the band, he became the driving force behind one of the most powerful, inventive and articulate bodies of work in rock. From early classic three-minute singles like ‘My Generation’, ‘Substitute’ and ‘I Can See For Miles’, through to complete song cycles in the shape of Tommy , Lifehouse and Quadrophenia , Pete established himself as one of the most gifted and imaginative musicians working in the rock field.

Pete spent all of the Sixties and much of the Seventies concentrating his creative energies on The Who. In concert he became recognised as the most visual guitarist of his and future generations, careering around the stage, leaping into the air and spinning his arm across the strings in his trademark ‘windmill’ fashion. He developed a unique guitar style, a cross between rhythm and lead which veered from furiously strummed chord patterns and crunching power chords to chromatic scales and delicate finger-picking. On top of this, he frequently smashed his guitar into smithereens at the climax of a performance.

Pete also emerged as one of rock’s most eloquent spokesman, a much sought-after interviewee who always had something interesting or controversial to say. In 1970 and ’71 he wrote series of pieces for Melody Maker which challenged the status quo in the music industry, cementing his position as a pioneer and a man who was uncomfortable with the trappings of celebrity.

In 1967 Pete became a follower of the Indian avatar Meher Baba which inspired him to release three privately circulated devotional albums. These led him to compile Who Came First (1972), the first of a series of non-Who albums, followed by  Rough Mix (1977), a collaboration with fellow Baba devotee Ronnie Lane, and then the solo albums Empty Glass (1980), All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (1982), White City: A Novel (1985), The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend , an adaptation of Ted Hughes’ children’s story (1988), and Psychoderelict (1993). In 1984, with The Who temporarily disbanded, he led an ad-hoc band called Deep End with whom he released a live album in 1986, and he has also issued a series of albums called Scoop which feature Pete’s demos for Who songs, solo material and miscellaneous unreleased projects.

Beginning in the Nineties Pete has toured, mainly in North America, with a solo band, initially performing Psychoderelict but as the decade wore on he presented shows that included his solo material as well as Who classics. Many such shows, including occasional concerts in the UK, have been done in aid of charities.

Having established himself as one of the most intelligent and articulate of rock performers, Pete has run his own book publishing company and worked as an editor at the publishing house Faber & Faber which in 1985 published Horse’s Neck , a collection of his short stories. Ever inquisitive about new ideas and technology, he was amongst the first rock stars to utilise the internet on which his regular and often frank journals and essays have provided essential reading for fans. In many ways Pete can be regarded as an internet pioneer, insofar as Lifehouse , the project that embraced the songs on the album Who’s Next , included ideas such as the ‘Grid’, a national communications network, and ‘experience suits’ where life programs were fed to individuals via the Grid. At the time most observers were unable to grasp these ‘science fiction’ ideas but with hindsight it’s clear that Pete’s concepts were not too far removed from the world wide web and virtual reality that we know today. In 1970, the technology wasn’t available for the project to be realised and it took Pete almost 30 years to see it through. It was only fitting that when he did get to perform the Lifehouse music in its entirety it was available to a global audience via a webcast.

A Lifehouse Method website was made available from 2007 to 2008 through which ‘sitters’ were able to create musical portraits on line. Pete has plans to do more with this process in the future. He has plans for future artistic endeavours using the internet and in the meantime contributes posts to his own blog on this website.

Pete continued to write and perform with The Who, and 2006 saw the release of Endless Wire , the band’s first new studio album in 24 years. In 2012 Harper-Collins published Pete’s long awaited autobiography Who I Am , a typically forthright memoir of his life inside and outside of The Who.

In the second decade of the new millennium Pete Townshend has deservedly ascended to a place of honour at rock’s high table, a grandee who commands enormous respect in the world of music. This current decade has seen The Who tour in 2006/7 and again in 2011/12 with Quadrophenia & More . In 2014 The Who celebrated their 50 years together by embarking on a two year tour and a greatest hits album The Who Hits 50! , the album and world tour both being an enormous success which culminated in two spectacular weekend concerts as part of the Desert Trip event at Coachella, California. 2017 saw The Who returning to the Royal Albert Hall, London to perform Tommy for the 100th concert in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust followed by a UK and US tour and, for the first time ever, a tour of South America.

In 2016 Pete signed to Universal Music for his solo work which saw the re-release of the first seven solo albums from his back catalogue including 1972’s W ho Came First right through to 1993’s Psychoderelict –  plus all three of Pete’s Scoop series of albums.

The spring of 2019 saw the announcement of the publication in autumn of this year of Pete’s new novel The Age of Anxiety which will be followed in 2020 by an album of his music of the same name

2019 also saw what for many was the unbelievable when Pete and Roger announced a new tour for the summer and autumn plus a return to the recording studio to record a brand new Who album called, simply,  WHO .

There is still no finer sight nor sound in rock than when Pete straps on an electric guitar, spins his right arm like a Catherine-wheel and slashes down across the strings to create the unmistakable resonance of those opening four chords of ‘I Can’t Explain’ – described by Pete himself as YAGGERDANG!

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Pete Townshend Suggests Another Who-Related Project Could Be Turned into a Musical

A fter reteaming with acclaimed theater director Des McAnuff for the Broadway revival of the musical based on The Who’s famous 1969 concept album, Tommy , Pete Townshend has his eye on another album project by his band that could be brought to the stage.

In a new interview with Billboard focusing on The Who’s Tommy musical, Townshend and McAnuff were asked if another musical piece from the guitarist/songwriter’s catalog could be ripe for a theatrical interpretation.

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“Well for me, it’s Life House ,” Townshend answered, referring to the complex 1971 multimedia project he’d conceptualized but was unable to bring to fruition at the time, leading to the creation of the Who’s Next album.

“Songs like ‘Baba O’Riley,’ ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again,’ ‘Pure and Easy,’ ‘Behind Blue Eyes,’ those songs all emanated from a sci-fi piece that I wrote called Life House ,” Townshend explained. “[It] had a strong spiritual backbone and a lot of ethical issues are brought up in it. This was meant to be the follow-up to Tommy , and it began at the Young Vic theater [in London] in 1971, but was really a bit too ambitious, I think, to survive.”

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He continued, “I would love to do something theatrical or some kind of modern production based on that—that would be my dream, I think, right now. It feels like it has potential. I’ve recently shared some of the collateral of that with Des.”

About Life House

In brief, Life House is a sci-fiction tale set in a dystopian future where people are unable to go outside because of pollution. Instead, they wear special suits that offer them simulated life experiences. The story also involves a guru-like character who seeks to bring people together at a giant rock concert that will use music to help bring them to spiritual enlightenment.

When the project fell apart, The Who selected nine songs from Life House to make a single album, which is how Who’s Next was born.

Over the years, Townshend presented elements from the Life House project in various ways. In 2023, The Who released a massive box set gathering together the music from the Life House and Who’s Next sessions. It also included a graphic novel that told an updated version of the Life House story.

McAnuff Also Is Interested in a Life House Musical

In the Billboard interview, McAnuff shared, “I’m digging into the box set, Who’s Next/Life House, and I’m incredibly excited because I think that the music in Who’s Next, as with Tommy, is obviously masterful, brilliant songs that continue to bounce around in my brain all these years later.”

He also noted, “I also love [The Who’s 1973 rock opera] Quadrophenia —an extraordinary score. But for me it’s Life House next.”

Townshend added, “Give us another five years.”

About The Who’s Tommy Musical

The Broadway revival of The Who’s Tommy musical officially opened on March 28 at the Nederlander Theatre. The original production premiered on Broadway in 1993, and went on to win several Tony Awards.

Asked what the differences might be between the original musical and the new production, Townshend said to Billboard , “A number of people who saw the original show in ’93 have told me they think the storytelling is more solid and clearer somehow this time around.”

He added, “I don’t think it’s because there’s less distraction, because the stage is still a sleigh ride, a visual feast, an onslaught of image and light and color.”

The show currently is scheduled to run through November 24, 2024.

Tickets for The Who’s Tommy are available now via various outlets, including StubHub .

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• Panoramic Tour of Moscow: See Moscow beyond the postcard images on a private excursion by car through the city streets including a drive along the banks of the Moskva River. Visit the famous Bolshoi Theatre, pass by Gorky Park and the Novodevichy Convent, and admire the city from on high at the Sparrow Hill observation platform.
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On your final day, we’ll head beneath the city for a tour of the Moscow Metro and its famously ornate underground stations. Art lovers should hit up one of Moscow’s many world-class galleries such as the Tretyakov State Gallery, the Pushkin Museum or Garage, Moscow’s cutting-edge contemporary art museum. History fans can follow a Soviet trail through the city including Stalin’s Bunker, while those seeking a more indulgent experience can browse trendy neighbourhoods like Kitay Gorod or shop for everything from fashion to kitsch souvenirs at the enchanting Izmaylovo Flea Market. Foodies can head to one of the countless speciality stores sampling vodka, caviar and chocolate.

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Welcome to the glorious capital of Russia, Moscow! You’ll be met by your driver at the airport and taken to your centrally located hotel.

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• 1979 Rock Against Racism Rehearsals  ( 1 )
• 1979 Secret Policeman's Ball  ( 1 )
• 1981 Rock Against Racism  ( 1 )
• 1982 Prince's Trust Rock Gala  ( 1 )
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• 1993 Psychoderelict Tour  ( 15 )
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