Vedder hails the band for breaking down barriers and setting the standard for modern rock bands to follow while he also dubs them the best live band in the world.

He tells Rolling Stone: "The Who began as spectacle. They became spectacular. Early on, the band was in pure demolition mode; later, on albums like 'Tommy' and 'Quadrophenia', it coupled that raw energy with precision and desire to complete musical experiments on a grand scale."