[Brian Krashpad]

Despite being a punk rocker and a huge Pete/Who fan, this whole smashing business has always bugged me. Reportedly it began with Pete actually really pissed off at a guitar for some reason or other, then people began to expect it as part of the show.

Culminating in the infamous Smothers Brothers TV show pyro incident in the US, where several different people, all unbeknownst to each other, put extra explosives in Keith's kit for a planned blow-up at the end of the song. Result: band members bloodied from shrapnel and Pete deaf in one ear for a time.

God I love rock and roll.