Review: The Who performs 'Quadrophenia' and more at Staples Center

Few songwriters in British rock have had loftier goals, and more success, than Pete Townshend of the Who, and few works from the classic rock era are as accomplished and emotionally rich as "Quadrophenia," the Who’s 1973 double-album rock opera focused on rebel youth in working class England.

By Randall Roberts

January 31, 2013