![The man who inspired Pete Townshend to smash his guitars – Gustav Metzger, pioneer of auto-destructive art, has died aged 90 The man who inspired Pete Townshend to smash his guitars – Gustav Metzger, pioneer of auto-destructive art, has died aged 90](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/art/2017/03/02/thehow_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqgGkfkDQxy4meE2pwF2fWRM6-_yyKj17MZ64dtxvfMtI.jpg?imwidth=480)
The man who inspired Pete Townshend to smash his guitars – Gustav Metzger, pioneer of auto-destructive art, has died aged 90
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