В The Who’s guitarist Pete Townshend has revealed he is working on a new rock opera, with some of the songs set for inclusion on a new Who record.
Writing on his blog which features on the band’s official website, Townshend said: “I am writing a new musical. ‘Floss’ is an ambitious new project for me, in the style of ‘Tommy’ and ‘Quadrophenia’. In this case the songs are interspersed with surround-sound ’soundscapes’ featuring complex sound effects and musical montages.”
“When Walter (a pub rock musician) tries to return to music after a 15-year hiatus,” Townshend said of the musical’s story, “he finds that what he hears and what he composes evoke the ecologically rooted, apocalyptic mindset of his generation. Shaken by this and torn by personal difficulties, he and Floss (Walter’s wife) become estranged.”
Townshend, who has already written classic rock operas such as ‘Tommy’, in 1969, and ‘Quadrophenia’, in 1973, said he hopes to have the project ready by 2011.
The guitarist also confirmed that The Who are working on a new album for release in 2010. It would be the follow up to 2006’s ‘Endless Wire’.