Teenage Wasteland: The Who at Winterland, 1968 and 1976

An all-access account of the Who's 1968 and 1976 appearances at the Winterland arena in San Francisco

In February 1968 and March 1976, the Who performed shows in the same venue, almost ten years apart: San Francisco’s Winterland. Generally considered as two marginal years in the Who’s career, they are only apparently so. These two years represent a screen grab of the band taken in its purest form: live, and harder than ever, right before and right after the huge success the Who struggled t...