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The Who got paid 4000 pounds during those days, but we always smashed our equipment that cost more than 5000 pounds.
Pete Townshend
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Pete Townshend
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 19
Banjoist
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Guitarist
Mandolinist
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Screenwriter
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Singer-Songwriter
London
England
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend
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