Family — the British hellraisers that John Lennon loved and Middle America hated

Lee Marlow — Classic Rock, Issue 177 (October 2012); republished on Loudersound 21 September 2025.

A long-form retrospective of Family’s 1966–1973 run, built on Roger Chapman, Rob Townsend and Poli Palmer interviews. Notable for surfacing John Lennon’s 1969 verdict on the band — ”musically, they’re about the most interesting band out there” — and for first-hand accounts of the 1969 Fillmore East disaster, the Family Entertainment mix grievance, the Kim Fowley naming, the Burlesque Townshend & Moon endorsement, and the October 1973 final gig + Holiday Inn pool-party riot at Leicester Polytechnic.

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