January 20th, 1977 - Pete with Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols
Pete and band manager Chris Stamp went clubbing at The Speakeasy in London, where they saw John Otway performing. Later that night Paul Cook and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols stop by. Mistaking them for Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious, Pete huddles with them at their table and tells them The Sex Pistols will have to carry the '
rock 'n' roll banner' as The Who are finished
Instead of the snarled response he expects, the two Pistols express their admiration for The Who and declare they don't want them to break up
Pete and the Pistols are snapped by a NME photographer, who has punches thrown at him by a very inebriated Pete
Pete then tears up a million-dollar check he had just been given as a settlement for his U.S. copyrights, leaves The Speakeasy and passes out in the gutter where he is recognised by a policeman, who brings him around
The rozzer tells him that if he is drunk, he will be arrested, but if he can get up and walk home, he will be let go
Pete will later write the events of this night into the first verse of the song 'Who Are You.'