The Who are not cool with a sequel to their legendary rock opera Quadrophenia.

This should surprise precisely nobody, considering Pete Townshend is a quality-control freak of the highest order.

On behalf of the band, manager Bill Curbishley had this to say about To Be Someone, an adaptation of the Peter Meadows novel that continues the story of the characters from Quadrophenia:

"Quadrophenia is a significant and influential film based on the Who's music . . .


Any follow-up to this film could only be made by the authors of the original and would need to be worthy of the name.


This karaoke sequel announced recently in the press would be totally ridiculous."

The Who are specifically not pleased with original cast members that have signed on for the sequel.

"I find it hard to understand why any of the original cast would lend themselves to this crass attempt to cash in on the excellence of the original, when this quite clearly isn't a sequel," Curbishley adds.