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John Entwistle

John Entwistle

Actor · 1944 – 2002 · Chiswick, London, England, UK

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound ("full treble, full volume") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He had a collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death, reflecting the different brands he used over his career: Fender and Rickenbacker basses in the 1960s, Gibson and Alembic basses in the 1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all-Carbon fibre basses in the 1990s.

Movies18

  • Movie6.5

    Tommy

    1975 · 387 votes

  • Movie7.6

    Woodstock

    1970 · 302 votes

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    Live Aid

    1985 · 54 votes

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    Monterey Pop

    1968 · 96 votes

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    Lambert & Stamp

    2014 · 14 votes

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  • Movie
  • Movie

    Guitar

    1991

Series9

  • TV8.0

    The Simpsons

    1989 · 11K votes

  • TV6.6

    Top of the Pops

    1964 · 44 votes

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  • TV7.1

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    1996 · 65 votes

  • TV7.3

    Behind the Music

    1997 · 17 votes

  • TV7.7

    Classic Albums

    1997 · 8 votes

  • TV10.0

    Rockpalast

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV10.0

    The BRIT Awards

    1977 · 1 votes

  • TV7.0

    MTV Rockumentary

    1989 · 1 votes