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Behind Blue Eyes

The Life of Pete Townshend

by Geoffrey Giuliano

BEHIND BLUE EYES is the first-ever biography of Pete Townshend, one of rock's greatest innovators, the brains behind The Who, inventor of the rock opera, and an enduring presence as a performer and composer throughout his long and death-defying career. Geoffrey Giuliano has known Townshend intimately for almost 20 years and includes many interviews with close friends, co-workers, and fellow musicians, including Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and Keith Richards, as well as with Townshend himself. Giuliano recounts episodes such as Townshend's upbringing in a dysfunctional family in a rough section of London, his devastating addictions to heroin and alcohol, his volatile and sometimes violent relationships with fellow band members, and his recent admission of his bisexuality. Appendices feature a complete discography of Townshend's recordings over the last three decades and a detailed chronology of major events in the artist's life.

Available editions of Behind Blue Eyes

	9780815410706, Paperback, Cooper Square Pub, 2002 $5.24 (Good) Other copies of 9780815410706

	9780525940524, Hardcover, Penguin USA, 1996 $4.68 (Used - Good) Other copies of 9780525940524

	9780452275621, Paperback, Penguin USA, 1997 $8.98 (New Never been read. Pages are crisp and there are no markings on the cover.) Other copies of 9780452275621

Publisher Notes

He was the brains behind the innovative and phenomenally popular band The Who. He invented the rock opera with Tommy, and his new version of that show was a long-running Broadway smash. He is an outstanding guitarist whose career has flourished over more than three decades. Pete Townshend has lived a fascinating, often troubled life, but strangely, he has never been the subject of a biography—until now. Rock authority Geoffrey Giuliano, who has known Townshend intimately for almost twenty years, provides a complete look at Townshend’s turbulent and eventful life. Giuliano details Townshend’s stellar career with impressive insight, candor, and compassion. Giuliano also delves into the sensational aspects of Townshend’s much-talked-about personal life, including his devastating addiction to heroin and alcohol, his volatile and sometimes violent relationships with fellow band members, and his recent admission of his bisexuality. • Appendices feature a complete discography of Townshend’s recordings over the last three decades and an exhaustive chronology of events. Relying on countless interviews with close friends, co-workers, and fellow musicians (including Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, and Keith Richards), as well as with Townshend himself, Giuliano draws an enlightening and entertaining portrait of rock’s often contradictory and all-too-human elder statesman.

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