Simon Townshend
| Simon Townshend | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
10 October 1960 Chiswick, Greater London, England |
| Genres | Rock, new wave, hard rock, acoustic |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, mandolin |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Labels | Stir Music |
| Associated acts | The Who, Casbah Club, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Pearl Jam, Dave Grohl, Jeff Beck |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
| with P-90 pick ups | |
Simon Townshend (/ˈtaʊnzənd/; born 10 October 1960) is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of The Who's guitarist Pete Townshend, and is most associated with The Who and the various side projects of its original members. Simon Townshend has also performed with numerous other acts including Pearl Jam, Dave Grohl and Jeff Beck.
Townshend was born in Chiswick, London, the same area and town where older brother Pete Townshend was born. He grew up into a musical family. He was the youngest of three sons born to Cliff Townshend, a professional saxophonist in The Squadronaires, and his wife Betty Townshend (née Dennis), who had an early career as a singer. By the time he was born, his father's career as a jazz musician was winding down, while Pete became successful as the primary songwriter of the rock band The Who in the mid-1960s. At the age of nine, Simon Townshend recorded backing vocals to the track "Smash the Mirror" with Paul Townshend on The Who's rock opera Tommy and in 1975 appeared as the Newsboy in the 1975 film, Tommy.
In 1974, Townshend released his debut single When I'm a Man at the early age of 13 and 9 years later in 1983 he released his first solo album Sweet Sound and then Moving Target in 1985. In 1989 Simon Townshend also appeared on Pete Townshend's fifth solo album The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, singing on the short song "Man Machines" and an alternative version of "Dig".
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