The Who’s Pete Townshend “never really got into Led Zeppelin,” says he felt they were “trying to pinch our audience”

The Who’s Pete Townshend has revealed that he “never really got into Led Zeppelin” and felt like they were “trying to pinch our audience”. READ MORE: Pete Townshend tells us about his new Quadrophenia ballet and the future of The Who The guitarist opened up while featuring on a new episode of the Classic Album Review YouTube channel. During the show, host Barry Robinson asked him about his thoughts on how The Who impacted the music industry, and whether they could be considered pioneers of heavy metal. The question seems to reference past comments made by the band’s frontman Roger Daltrey, who told Rolling Stone earlier this year that he thinks the group “were the first heavy metal band” and that they paved the way for the genre in the ‘60s. Asked if he agreed with the statement, Townshend said: “No, I don’t necessarily think so. I think [our 1970 live album] ‘Live At Leeds’ is probably as explosive as it got.” He also added that while they did have “some heavy stuff” in their discography, they didn’t centre purely around that sound. He went on to speak about other bands of that era, and said that “the only heavy metal I really listened to was AC/DC”. “I never really got into Led Z...