Best Of ClashMusic Music Features and Interviews

With internal bust-ups and tranquilizer overdoses punctuating a continuous creative power-struggle, The Who’s ‘rock opera’ Quadrophenia pushed the definition of a concept album to its limits while demonstrating the transparency of youth subculture. The album told the story of Jimmy, an archetypal Sixties mod. With sharp gear, tailored suits and slim-line Italian scooters key to mod life ....