Antonioni’s Blow-Up, Yardbirds scene

From Wikipedia: Antonioni first asked Eric Burdon to play that scene but he turned it down. As Keith Relf sings, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck play to either side, along with Chris Dreja. After his guitar amplifier fails, Beck bashes his guitar to bits, as The Who did at the time. Antonioni had wanted The Who in Blowup as he was fascinated by Pete Townshend’s guitar-smashing routine. Steve Howe of The in Crowd recalled, “We went on the set and started preparing for that guitar-smashing scene in the club. They ev