In 1965, while a member of Joker’s Wild , Gilmour had watched the Tea Set.
In early 1965, the Who made their first appearance on the TV music show, Top of the Pops , at the BBC ‘s Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester , with “I Can’t Explain”.
In 1965, after being introduced to the Velvet Underground by filmmaker Barbara Rubin , Andy Warhol became the band’s manager and suggested they use the German-born singer Nico (born Christa Päffgen) on several songs. Warhol’s reputation helped the band gain a higher profile. He helped the band secure a recording…
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The next single, ” My Generation “, followed in October. Townshend had written it as a slow blues, but after several abortive attempts, it was turned into a more powerful song with a bass solo from Entwistle. The song used gimmicks such as a vocal stutter to simulate the speech…
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“I Can’t Explain” became popular with pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline . Pirate radio was important for bands as there were no commercial radio stations in the UK and BBC Radio played little pop music. The group gained further exposure when they appeared on the TV programme Ready…
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In December 1964, they secured their first recording time, at a studio in West Hampstead, through one of Wright’s friends, who let them use some downtime free.
By late 1964, the Who were becoming popular in London’s Marquee Club , and a rave review of their live act appeared in Melody Maker . Lambert and Stamp attracted the attention of the American producer Shel Talmy , who had produced the Kinks . Townshend had written a song,…
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“I Can’t Explain” was recorded in early November 1964 at Pye Studios in Marble Arch with the Ivy League on backing vocals, and Jimmy Page played fuzz guitar on the B-side, “Bald Headed Woman”.
Mason moved out after the 1964 academic year, and the guitarist Bob Klose moved in during September 1964, prompting Waters’s switch to bass.
Rutherford in September 1964