Roger Daltrey is the voice of a generation. That generation was the first to rebel to step out
of the shadows of the Second World War... to invent the concept of the teenager. This is the
story from his birth at the height of the Blitz through tempestuous school days to his
expulsion age 15 for various crimes and misdemeanours within a strict school system. Thanks
to Mr Kibblewhite his authoritarian headmaster it could all have ended there. The life of a
factory worker beckoned. But then came rock and roll. He made his first guitar from factory
off-cuts. He formed a band. The band became The Who - Maximum R&B - and by luck and by sheer
bloody-mindedness Roger Daltrey became the frontman of one of the biggest rock bands on the
planet. This is the story of My Generation Tommy and Quadrophenia of smashed guitars
exploding drums cars in swimming pools fights arrests and redecorated hotel rooms. But it is
also the story of how that post-war generation redefined the rules of youth. Out of that the
modern music industry was born - and it wasn't an easy birth. Money drugs and youthful
exuberance were a dangerous mix. This is as much a story of survival as it is of success. Four
years in the making this is the first time Roger Daltrey has told his story. It is not just
his own hilarious and frank account of more than 50 wild years on the road. It is the
definitive story of The Who and of the sweeping revolution that was British rock 'n' roll.
