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In a new interview with the Toronto Sun, THE WHO guitarist Pete Townshend said that fans shouldn't be surprised that the band's first new album in 13 years, "Who", bears little resemblance to THE WHO in terms of that classic ferocious rock sound. "It doesn't sound like THE WHO from those early heavy metal years," he explained. "We sort of invented heavy metal with [our first live album] 'Live At Leeds' [1970]. We were copied by so many bands, principally by LED ZEPPELIN — you know, heavy drums, heavy bass, heavy lead guitar and some of those bands, like Jimi...

A prison governor has been arrested by police investigating child pornography on the Internet. Terry McLaren, 47, the deputy head of Bullingdon Prison, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, was bailed by police... Who guitarist Pete Townshend was also arrested and bailed in connection with the inquiry. A civil servant with the London Assembly has also been arrested as part of the inquiry. The 39-year-old, named in London's Evening Standard as Yusef Azad, was arrested at his home in Brixton, south London, and his computer equipment seized by child protection officers.