CautionClown Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 It was the first rock and roll show I ever saw. They were the greatest ROCK band Ever! From My Generation to Can You See The Real Me, what else can I say! Pull out the vinyl, Crank It Up! LONG LIVE ROCK Goodbye John "Everybody calls me the quiet one..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 A sad day for rock fans everywhere. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CautionClown Posted June 28, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 John Entwistle, the quiet one. Whilst Pete, Keith and Roger were busy competing for attention by smashing up their equipment on stage, John Entwistle simply stands and watches. What is he doing? Thinking dark, satanic thoughts? He is well known for his obsession with spiders and skeletons, who was this guy? John Entwistle was born in Chiswick on the 9th of October 1944. He was the only child of Herbert and Maud Entwistle, who separated shortly after he was born. From a very early age, John would draw pictures of the macabre. Skeletons, weapons and anything black! He was encouraged from an early age to take an interest in music and is the only band member to have any sort of formal music training. By the age of seven John was learning the piano. At eleven he began playing the trumpet before switching to the French horn, which he played with the Middlesex Youth Orchestra. John and Pete formed the Scorpions while at school in 1959. They played amateur trad jazz to a hand full of people, but it was all good practice! Within a year, The Scorpions had disbanded and John had a new interest in the Electric Bass Guitar. It was around this time that he met Roger Daltrey, joined The Detours, which became The Who. John gave up his job in the tax office to concentrate on The Who as they steadily became more famous. During the seventies John's stage clothes became more outrageous, a famous stage suit being the Skeleton suit. Johns 'dark' side emerging. John also penned a couple of Who songs, including Boris The Spider and My Wife, as well as having a fairly successful solo career with The Ox. During the period when The Who spent most of their time fighting each other, Keith and John were going to leave The Who. Along with two members of The Yardbirds, they were to become Led Zepplin, the name decided by John. From Maximum R&B website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 Wow, the first bass player that ever made me go "Wow"............. That is some very sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewie Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 holy shit! i just heard on the radio! holy fuck! died in his sleep (or so i hear) crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 Wow, what sad news. I was just saying this afternoon how great The Who are. Man, this sucks. John was such a great person. Always smiling. This just sucks. I'm gonna put on some Tommy and smoke one for John. Such a huge bummer.........mass, mass, sigh. R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 I'm devastated. Not arguably one of the greatest to ever play the instrument. Influential and the stabilizing backbone in The Who. Lead bass players everywhere owe a debt of gratitude and respect to The Ox. Listen to Live At Leeds and tip a pint or two for John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted June 28, 2002 Report Share Posted June 28, 2002 He was an awesome bass player. Probably because of his background with trumpet and the french horn, he played dozens of notes in a bass run where other players would have only played a few notes. I remember hearing a story where an early Who producer, upon seeing the band for the first time, said to John: "It's great that you play so many notes, but must you be so loud?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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