Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townsend of The Who, are seen at the end of their performance at the 3rd Annual VH1 "Rock Honors" celebrating The Who on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Comedy rock duo Tenacious D, featuring Jack Black, right, and Kyle Gass perform at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. "It's an honor to honor what I consider to be the greatest band of all time," Black told the crowd before acoustically performing "Squeeze Box" with musical partner Gass.
Actor and singer Adam Sandler performs at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. Celebrity guests included such as David Duchovny, Mila Kunis and Rainn Wilson and musical groups like Flaming Lips and Foo Fighters who covered songs from such Who albums as "Tommy," "The Who Sell Out" and "Quadrophenia."
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder performs at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. Sean Penn introduced Pearl Jam, who were joined for "Love Reign O'er Me" with an orchestra and "The Real Me" with horn players.
Sean Penn is seen on stage at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. "We know that we're all here tonight because The Who never did sell out, unlike certain music channels," Penn told the crowd.
Actor Rainn Wilson is seen on stage at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. "The Office" funnyman was dressed as Elton John's character Local Lad from "Tommy."
Comedian Margaret Cho arrives at VH1's "Rock Honors: The Who" on July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. The Saturday ceremony was taped to air Thursday on the cable channel.
Rosanna Arquette was among the celebrities at the 3rd annual VH1 "Rock Honors" celebrating the The Who on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, arrives at VH1's "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. Original drummer Keith Moon died in London in 1978. Original bassist John Entwistle died in Las Vegas in 2002.
Pete Townsend, of the Who, arrives at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. The Who wowed the packed audience with such tunes as "Baba O'Riley," "The Seeker," "My Generation," "Batman" and "Who Are You."
Actor David Duchovny takes the stage at the 2008 VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Singer Brandon Boyd of Incubus'performs at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Mike McCready, of Pearl Jam, performs at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. McCready and lead singer Eddie Vedder paid homage to The Who's penchant for destroying instruments by throwing a microphone into the audience and a guitar up in the air.
Musician Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at the VH1's 3rd annual "Rock Honors" celebrating The Who on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Foo Fighters perform at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Musician Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips performs at VH1's annual "Rock Honors" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. Celebratign the who, Coyne began the "Tommy" set inside of a giant plastic bubble that traveled over the first few rows of the audience.
Pete Townsend, of The Who, walks the red carpet at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. Townshend is the songwriter for The Who, writing the rock operas "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia" and many of the songs on the band's 11 studio albums.
Roger Daltrey, of The Who, arrives at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. "I have had a life of absolute privilege and wonder," Daltry told AP Television News on the red carpet.
Actor David Duchovny arrives at VH1's "Rock Honors: The Who" on Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.
Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townsend, of The Who, are seen at their performance at the VH1 "Rock Honors: The Who" on July 12, 2008, in Los Angeles. Daltrey and Townshend closed the show with "Tea and Theatre."