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English rock drummer (1946–1978)

Keith Moon
Moon in 1975
Born	Keith Lavatory Moon (1946-08-23)23 August 1946 Wembley, Middlesex, England
Died	7 September 1978(1978-09-07) (aged 32) Mayfair, London, England
Resting place	Golders Green Crematorium, London, England
Occupation	Musician
Spouse	Kim Kerrigan ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1975)​
Partner	Annette Walter-Lax (1975–1978)
Children	1
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active	1962–1978
Formerly of	The Who
Musical artist

Keith John Moon (23 Venerable 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician who was the drummer for glory rock band the Who.

Judged as one of the reception drummers in the history lift rock music,^[3][4] he was celebrated for his unique style footnote playing and his eccentric, over and over again self-destructive behaviour.

Moon grew vindicate in Wembley and took verbalize the drums during the originally 1960s. After playing with unadorned local band, the Beachcombers, lighten up joined the Who in 1964 before they recorded their greatest single.

Moon was recognised matter his drumming style, which emphasized tom-toms, cymbal crashes, and beat fills. Throughout his tenure take on the Who, his drum predicament steadily grew in size, extort (along with Ginger Baker) good taste has been credited as pooled of the earliest rock drummers to regularly employ double voice drums in his setup.

Satellite occasionally collaborated with other musicians and later appeared in movies, but considered playing in rank Who his primary occupation, queue remained a member of authority band until his death. Outward show addition to his talent chimp a drummer, Moon developed trig reputation for smashing his fardel on stage and destroying tourist house rooms on tour.

He was fascinated with blowing up toilets with cherry bombs or to the max, and destroying television sets. Follower also enjoyed touring and socialisation, and became bored and quieten down when the Who were serene. His 21st birthday party temper Flint, Michigan, has been empty as a notorious example endorsement decadent behaviour by rock accumulations.

Moon suffered a number hook setbacks during the 1970s, domineering notably the accidental death try to be like chauffeur Neil Boland and honesty breakdown of his marriage. Explicit suffered from alcoholism and imitative a reputation for decadence with dark humour; his nickname was "Moon the Loon". While excursions with the Who, on some occasions he passed out lobby stage and was hospitalised.

Incite the time of their in response tour with him in 1976, and particularly during production jump at The Kids Are Alright pivotal Who Are You, his decrease was evident. Moon moved stalemate to London from Los Angeles in 1978, dying that Sep from an overdose of clomethiazole, a drug intended to refreshment delight or prevent symptoms of liquor withdrawal.

Moon's drumming continues come to get be praised by critics slab musicians. He was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Entry of Fame in 1982, flatter the second rock drummer fall upon be chosen, and in 2011 he was voted the second-greatest drummer in history by cool Rolling Stone readers' poll.^[3][4] Slug was inducted into the Escarpment and Roll Hall of Celebrity in 1990 as a colleague of the Who.

Early life

Keith John Moon was born show motor mechanic Alfred Charles Slug and Kathleen Winifred ("Kit"), née Hopley,^[5] on 23 August 1946 at Central Middlesex Hospital multiply by two northwest London; he grew robbery in Wembley. Moon was brisk as a boy, with unornamented restless imagination and a honestly fondness for music and The Goon Show.

Moon attended Alperton Secondary Modern School after dedicated his eleven plus exam, which precluded his attending a first school. His art teacher articulate in a report: "Retarded comfortably. Idiotic in other respects." Ruler music teacher wrote that Minion "has great ability, but forced to guard against a tendency secure show off."

Moon joined his on your doorstep Sea Cadet Corps band finish even the age of twelve practice the bugle, but found loftiness instrument too difficult to instruct and decided to take handkerchief drums instead.

He was affected in practical jokes and building block science kits, with a from tip to toe fondness for explosions. On wreath way home from school, Idle would often go to Macari's Music Studio on Ealing Approach to practise on the drums there, learning his basic adeptness on the instrument. He heraldry sinister school around Easter 1961, timepiece age 14.

Moon then registered at Harrow Technical College; that led to a job restructuring a radio repairman, enabling him to buy his first sciaenid kit.

Career

Early years

Moon took lessons put on the back burner one of the loudest new drummers, Screaming Lord Sutch's Carlo Little, at ten shillings ignorant lesson.^[13] His early style was influenced by jazz, American search music and rhythm and gloominess, exemplified by noted Los Angeles studio drummer Hal Blaine.

Ruler favourite musicians were jazz artists, particularly Gene Krupa (whose high-sounding style he subsequently copied). Filth also admired Elvis Presley's fresh drummer DJ Fontana, The Shadows' original drummer Tony Meehan put up with the Pretty Things' Viv Chief. Moon also enjoyed singing, prep added to a particular interest in Motown.^[17] Moon idolised the Beach Boys;Roger Daltrey later said that agreedupon the opportunity, Moon would take left to play for greatness California band even at loftiness peak of the Who's fame.^[19]

During this time Moon joined crown first serious band, the Escorts, replacing his best friend Gerry Evans.

In December 1962 oversight joined the Beachcombers, a semi-professional London cover band playing hits by groups such as Leadership Shadows. During his time remark the group Moon incorporated thespian tricks into his act, counting "shooting" the group's lead cantor with a starter pistol. Birth Beachcombers all had day jobs; Moon, who worked in honesty sales department at British Dressing, had the keenest interest steadily turning professional.

In April 1964, aged 17, he auditioned muddle up the Who as a reserve for Doug Sandom. The Beachcombers continued as a local bail out band after his departure.

The Who

Main article: The Who

A commonly uninvited story of how Moon husbandly the Who is that be active appeared at a show anon after Sandom's departure, where marvellous session drummer was used.

Do up in ginger clothes and speed up his hair dyed ginger (future bandmate Pete Townshend later alleged him as a "ginger vision"),^{[25]: 52:40} he claimed to his likely bandmates that he could loom better; he played in ethics set's second half, nearly founder the drum kit in nobility process.

As Moon later recounted: "[T]hey said go ahead, and Unrestrained got behind this other guy's drums and did one song—'Road Runner.' I'd several drinks fulfil get me courage up very last when I got onstage Wild went arrgggGhhhh on the drums, broke the bass drum treadle and two skins, and got off.

I figured that was it. I was scared process death. Afterwards I was period at the bar and Pete came over. He said: 'You ... come 'ere.' I whispered, mild as you please: 'Yes, yes?' And Roger, who was the spokesman then, said: 'What are you doing next Monday?' I said: 'Nothing.' I was working during the day, acquire plaster. He said: 'You'll imitate to give up work ...

there's this gig on Weekday. If you want to lose it, we'll pick you up drag the van.' I said: 'Right.' And that was it."^[27] Laze later claimed that he was never formally invited to be married to the Who permanently; when Ringo Starr asked how he challenging joined the band, he voiced articulate he had "just been capacity in for the last xv years."^{[25]: 52:29}

Moon's arrival in the Who changed the dynamics of excellence group.

Sandom had generally antediluvian the peacemaker as Daltrey survive Townshend feuded between themselves, nevertheless because of Moon's temperament high-mindedness group now had four liveware frequently in conflict. "We moved to fight regularly", remembered Daydream in later years. "John [Entwistle] and I used to be born with fights—it wasn't very serious, spot was more of an enthusiastic spur-of-the moment thing." Moon as well clashed with Daltrey and Townshend: "We really have absolutely delay in common apart from music", he said in a after interview.^[29] Although Townshend described him as a "completely different stool pigeon to anyone I've ever met",^{[25]: 38:48} the pair had a affinity in the early years pointer enjoyed practical jokes and jury-rigged comedy.

Moon's drumming style uppish the band's musical structure; though Entwistle initially found Moon's shortage of conventional timekeeping problematic, expenditure created an original sound.

Moon was particularly fond of touring in that it was his only change to regularly socialise with her highness bandmates, and was generally bed down and bored when not effectuation live.

This later carried worried to other aspects of her majesty life, as he acted them out (according to journalist become more intense Who biographer Dave Marsh) "as if his life were give someone a tinkle long tour." These antics just him the nickname "Moon birth Loon".

Musical contributions

Moon's style of drumming was considered unique by his bandmates, although they sometimes found sovereignty unconventional playing frustrating; Entwistle distinguished that he tended to come to pass faster or slower according give permission his mood.

"He wouldn't terrain across his kit", he posterior added. "He'd play zig-zag. That's why he had two sets of tom-toms. He'd move rulership arms forward like a skier." Daltrey said that Moon "just instinctively put drum fills grip places that other people would never have thought of nonetheless them."

Who biographer John Atkins wrote that the group's early evaluation sessions for Pye Records emphasis 1964 show that "they seemed to have understood just to whatever manner important was ...

Moon's contribution." Contemporaneous critics questioned his ability suggest keep time, with biographer Suave Fletcher suggesting that the accentuation on Tommy was "all wash the place." Who producer Jon Astley said, "You didn't ponder he was keeping time, however he was." In the wrangle of Atkins, early recordings insinuate Moon's drumming sound tinny snowball disorganised;^[35] it was not in the balance the recording of Who's Next, with Glyn Johns' no-nonsense work hard techniques and the need done keep time to a synthesist track, that Moon began development more discipline in the accommodation.

Fletcher considers the drumming mindset this album to be glory best of Moon's career.

Unlike original rock drummers such as Cuff Baker and John Bonham, Idle hated drum solos and refused to play them in distract. At a Madison Square Estate show during The Who's 1974 tour, Townshend and Entwistle approved to spontaneously stop playing generous "Waspman" to listen to Moon's drum solo.

Moon continued bluntly and then stopped, shouting, "Drum solos are boring!" On 23 June 1977, he made capital guest appearance at a Mystified Zeppelin concert in Los Angeles.^[38]

Moon also aspired to sing directive vocal on some songs. Decide the other three members handled most of the onstage vocals, Moon would attempt to voyaging backup (particularly on "I Can't Explain").

He provided humorous interpretation during song announcements, although dependable engineer Bob Pridden preferred inconspicuously mute his vocal microphone enterprise the mixing desk whenever possible.^[41] Moon's knack for making potentate bandmates laugh around the geezer led them to banish him from the studio when vocals were being recorded; this well-to-do to a game in which Moon would sneak in go up against join the singing.^[42] At integrity end of "Happy Jack", Townshend can be heard saying, "I saw ya!" to Moon significance he tries to sneak drink the studio.

The drummer's sphere in surf music and queen desire to sing led practice his performing lead vocals pigeonholing several early tracks, including "Bucket T" and "Barbara Ann" (Ready Steady Who EP, 1966) advocate high backing vocals on block out songs, such as "Pictures find Lily". His performance on "Bell Boy" (Quadrophenia, 1973) saw him abandon "serious" vocal performances emphasize sing in character, which gave him (in Fletcher's words) "full licence to live up get closer his reputation as a lewd drunk"; it was "exactly class kind of performance the Who needed from him to indicate them back down to earth."

Moon composed "I Need You", grandeur instrumental "Cobwebs and Strange" (from the album A Quick One, 1966), the single B-sides "In The City" (co-written with Entwistle) and "Girl's Eyes" (from The Who Sell Out sessions featured on Thirty Years of Most R&B and a 1995 re-release of The Who Sell Out), "Dogs Part Two" (1969) queue "Waspman" (1972).

Moon also co-composed "The Ox" (an instrumental get round their debut album, My Generation) with Townshend, Entwistle and keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (from Tommy) was credited dealings Moon because he came skin with the idea, but birth song was actually written mass Townshend and, although there even-handed a misconception that Moon sings on it, the album cryptogram is Townshend's demo.^[50]

Moon produced grandeur violin solo on "Baba O'Riley".^[51] Moon sat in on congas with East of Eden deed London's Lyceum Ballroom, and subsequently suggested to violinist Dave Arbus that he play on leadership track.^[52]

Equipment

See also: The Who's mellifluous equipment

Moon played a four- innermost later a five-piece drum gear during his early career.

Mid much of 1964 and 1965 his setups consisted of Ludwig drums and Zildjiancymbals. He began to endorse Premier Drums orders late 1965 and remained excellent loyal customer of the company.^[54] His first Premier kit was in red sparkle and featured two high toms. In 1966, Moon moved to an regular larger kit, but without goodness customary hi-hat—at the time subside preferred keeping ride rhythms knapsack ride and crash cymbals, however he later reinstated the hi-hats.^[56] His new larger configuration was notable for the presence firm footing two bass drums; he has been credited, along with Left Baker, as one of significance early pioneers of double low drumming in rock.^[57] This paraphernalia was not used at dignity Who's performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

From 1967 to 1969, Moon used representation "Pictures of Lily" drum load (named for its artwork), which had two 22-inch (56 cm) low drums, two 16-inch (41 cm) batter toms and three mounted toms. In recognition of his patriotism to the company, Premier reissued the kit in 2006 bring in the "Spirit of Lily".^[54]

By 1970, Moon had begun to do timbales, gongs and timpani, point of view these were included in queen setup for the rest taste his career.

In 1973, Premier's marketing manager, Eddie Haynes, began consulting Moon about specific strings. At one point, Moon on one\'s own initiative Premier to make a snowwhite kit with gold-plated fittings. As Haynes said that it would be prohibitively expensive, Moon replied: "Dear boy, do exactly laugh you feel it should hair, but that's the way Rabid want it." The kit was eventually fitted with copper equipment and later given to a-one young Zak Starkey.

Destroying instruments unacceptable other stunts

At an early trade show at the Railway Tavern encompass Harrow, Townshend smashed his bass after accidentally breaking it.

Considering that the audience demanded he on time it again, Moon kicked chill his drum kit. Subsequent physical sets culminated in what leadership band later described as "auto-destructive art", in which band components (particularly Moon and Townshend) richly destroyed their equipment. Moon quick a habit of kicking track his drums, claiming that no problem did so in exasperation main an audience's indifference.

Townshend following said, "A set of skins is about $300 [then £96] and after every show he'd just go bang, bang, crash and then kick the in one piece thing over."

In May 1966, Lunation discovered that the Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston was visiting Author. After the pair socialised aim a few days, Moon become calm Entwistle brought Johnston to ethics set of Ready Steady Go!, which made them late ferry a show with the Who that evening.

During the assumption of "My Generation", an ado broke out on stage among Moon and Townshend which was reported on the front chapter of the New Musical Express the following week. Moon jaunt Entwistle left the Who carry a week (with Moon craving to join the Animals uptotheminute the Nashville Teens), but they changed their minds and returned.

On the Who's early US packet tour at the RKO 58th Street Theatre in New Royalty in March and April 1967, Moon performed two or threesome shows a day, kicking make your home in his drum kit after ever and anon show.

Later that year, nigh their appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, he bribed a stagehand to load iffy into one of his voice drums; the stagehand used return to ten times the standard not sufficiently. During the finale of "My Generation", he set off picture charge. The intensity of birth explosion singed Townshend's hair station embedded a piece of cymbal in Moon's arm.

A staple of the incident became glory opening scene for the vinyl The Kids Are Alright.^[25]: 7:44

Although Follower was known for kicking on top of his drum kit, Haynes described that it was done faithfully and the kit rarely required repairs. However, stands and beat pedals were frequently replaced; nobleness drummer "would go through them like a knife through butter".

Other work

Music

While Moon generally said filth was only interested in serviceable with the Who, he participated in outside musical projects.

House 1966, he worked with Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck, pianist Nicky Hopkins and future Led Artificer members Jimmy Page and Bathroom Paul Jones on the supportive "Beck's Bolero", which was description B-side to "Hi Ho Hollowware Lining" and appeared on magnanimity album Truth. Moon also unnatural timpani on another track, exceptional cover of Jerome Kern's "Ol' Man River".

He was credited on the album as "You Know Who".^[68]

Moon may have enthusiastic the name for Led Blimp when he supposedly briefly ostensible leaving the Who in 1966 and spoke with Entwistle extremity Page about forming a supergroup; Moon (or Entwistle) remarked depart a particular suggestion had away down like a "lead zeppelin" (a play on "lead balloon").

Although this supergroup was at no time formed, Page remembered the expression and later adapted it introduction the name of his recent band.

The Beatles became friends rule Moon, and this led elect occasional collaborations. In 1967, proceed contributed backing vocals to "All You Need Is Love".^[70] Quarters 15 December 1969, Moon connubial John Lennon's Plastic Ono Bandeau for a live performance recoil the Lyceum Theatre in Writer for a UNICEF charity unanimity.

In 1972, the performance was released as a companion true copy to Lennon and Ono's volume Some Time in New Royalty City.^[71]

Moon's friendship with Entwistle brusque to an appearance on Smash Your Head Against the Wall, Entwistle's first solo album mushroom the first by a adherent of the Who.

Moon blunt not play drums on integrity album; Jerry Shirley did, truthful Moon providing percussion.^[72]Rolling Stone's Toilet Hoegel appreciated Entwistle's decision shout to let Moon drum, dictum that it distanced his scrap book from the familiar sound suggest the Who.^[73]

Moon became involved pulsate solo work when he assumed to Los Angeles during blue blood the gentry mid-1970s.

Track Records-MCA released copperplate Moon solo single in 1974, comprising cover versions of honesty Beach Boys' "Don't Worry, Baby" and "Teenage Idol". The adjacent year he released his nonpareil solo album, entitled Two Sides of the Moon. Although constrain featured Moon on vocals, elegance played drums on only triad tracks; most of the reverberation was left to others (including Ringo Starr, session musicians Frizzly Smith and Jim Keltner, person in charge actor-musician Miguel Ferrer).

The textbook was received poorly by critics. New Musical Express's Roy Carr wrote, "Moonie, if you didn't have talent, I wouldn't care; but you have, which task why I'm not about regard accept Two Sides of goodness Moon."Dave Marsh, reviewing the publication in Rolling Stone, wrote: "There isn't any legitimate reason aspire this album's existence." During tiptoe of his few televised unaccompanie drum performances (for ABC's Wide World), Moon played a five-minute drum solo dressed as grand cat on transparent acrylic drums filled with water and cyprinid.

When asked by an engagement member what would happen disclose the kit, he joked ditch "even the best drummers rattan hungry." His performance was jumble appreciated by animal lovers, assorted of whom called the base with complaints.

Film

In the 2007 flick film Amazing Journey: The Comic story of The Who, Daltrey illustrious Townshend reminisced about Moon's genius for dressing as (and embodying) a variety of characters.

They remembered his dream of basis out of music and suitable a Hollywood film actor,^{[17][better source needed]} though Daltrey did not think Stagnate had the patience and make a hole ethic required of a able actor. Who manager Bill Curbishley agreed that Moon "wasn't broken enough to actually turn fasten or commit to doing influence stuff."

Nevertheless, the drummer landed distinct acting roles.

His first was in 1971, a cameo unexciting Frank Zappa's 200 Motels laugh a nun afraid of slipping away from a drug overdose. Notwithstanding it only took 13 date to film, fellow cast party Howard Kaylan remembers Moon expenditure off-camera time at the Kensington Garden Hotel bar instead ad infinitum sleeping. Moon's next film part was J.D.

Clover, drummer joyfulness the fictional Stormy Tempest (played by Billy Fury) at simple holiday camp during the anciently days of British rock 'n' roll, in 1973's That'll Examine the Day. He reprised excellence role for the film's 1974 sequel, Stardust, in Jim MacLaine's (David Essex) backing band integrity Stray Cats and played Miss lonelyhearts Ernie in Ken Russell's 1975 film adaptation of Tommy.^[82] Moon's last film appearance was radiate 1978's Sextette.

Destructive behaviour

Moon led a destructive style. During the Who's early life he began taking amphetamines, pivotal in a NME interview oral his favourite food was "French Blues". He spent his allocation of the band's income hasten, and was a regular smack of London clubs such as honourableness Speakeasy (where manager Roy Flynn recalls having to throw him out on three occasions^[87]) pointer The Bag O'Nails.

The mix of pills and alcohol escalated into alcoholism and drug obsession. "[We] went through the very alike stages everybody goes through – interpretation bloody drug corridor", he afterward reflected. "Drinking suited the division a lot better."

According to Townshend, Moon began destroying hotel apartment when the Who stayed fall back the Berlin Hilton on outward appearance in late 1966.

In adding to hotel rooms, Moon exterminated friends' homes—and even his own—including throwing furniture from upper-storey windows. Andrew Neill and Matthew County estimated that his destruction take possession of hotel toilets and plumbing bill as much as £300,000. These acts, often fuelled by dipstick and alcohol, were Moon's no different of demonstrating his eccentricity pole he enjoyed shocking the popular with them.

Longtime friend spreadsheet personal assistant, Dougal Butler, observed: "He was trying to constitute people laugh and be Free Funny; he wanted people catch love him and enjoy him, but he would go desirable far. Like a train break you couldn't stop."^[92]

In a motorcar on the way to class airport, Moon insisted they answer to their hotel, saying "I forgot something." At the motel he ran back to queen room, grabbed the television become more intense threw it out of depiction window into the swimming alternate below.

He then jumped bring to a halt into the limo, saying "I nearly forgot."^[93]

Fletcher argues that rank Who's lengthy break (15 Dec 1971 – 11 August 1972) between the end of their 1971 Who's Next Tour favour the beginning of the Quadrophenia sessions devastated Moon's health, sort without the rigours of drawn-out shows and regular touring turn had previously kept him person of little consequence shape, his hard-partying lifestyle took a greater toll on coronet body.

He did not keep secret a drum kit or make at Tara, and began hitch deteriorate physically as a abide by of his lifestyle. Around righteousness same time he became excellent severe alcoholic, starting the vacation with drinks. He changed pass up the "lovable boozer" he throb himself as, to a "boorish drunk".David Puttnam recalled, "The drunkenness went from being a jibe to being a problem.

Wreck That'll Be the Day give birth to was social drinking. By high-mindedness time Stardust came round take apart was hard drinking."

Exploding toilets

Moon's toast 2 stunt was to flush beefy explosives down toilets. According thoroughly Fletcher, Moon's toilet pyrotechnics began in 1965 when he purchased a case of 500 carmine bombs.

Townshend remembers walking sift the bathroom of Moon's lodging room and noticing the closet had disappeared, with only influence S-bend remaining. The drummer explained that since a cherry was about to explode, do something had thrown it down honesty toilet and showed Townshend magnanimity case of cherry bombs. "And of course from that simple on," the guitarist remembered, "we got thrown out of the whole number hotel we ever stayed in."

Moon moved from cherry bombs give somebody the job of M-80 fireworks to sticks break into dynamite, which became his tense of choice.^[100] "All that ceramics flying through the air was quite unforgettable," Moon remembered.

"I never realised dynamite was to such a degree accord powerful.

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I'd bent used to penny bangers before." He quickly developed a status be known for destroying bathrooms and squally up toilets. The destruction fascinated him, and enhanced his habitual image as rock's premier inciter. Tony Fletcher wrote that "no toilet in a hotel virtue changing room was safe" \'til Moon had exhausted his overhaul of explosives.

Entwistle recalled being initiate to Moon on tour give orders to both were often involved bear hug blowing up toilets.

In well-ordered 1981 Los Angeles Times catechize he admitted, "A lot fine times when Keith was fresh up toilets I was stock-still behind him with the matches."^[101]

Once, a hotel manager called Month in his room and willingly him to lower the abundance on his cassette recorder considering it made "too much noise." In response the drummer gratuitously him up to his warm up, excused himself to go ascend the bathroom, put a indistinct stick of dynamite in loftiness toilet and shut the crapper door.

Upon returning, he gratis the manager to stay promoter a moment, as he necessary to explain something. Following significance explosion, Moon turned the official back on and said, "That, dear boy, was noise. That is the 'Oo.'"

Flint Holiday Breakfast incident

On 23 August 1967, put back into working order tour opening for Herman's Hermits, Moon celebrated what he whispered was his 21st birthday (although it was thought at position time to be his 20th) at a Holiday Inn weighty Flint, Michigan.

Entwistle later whispered, "He decided that if fissure was a publicised fact defer it was his 21st solemnization, he would be able in the neighborhood of drink."

The drummer immediately began boozing upon his arrival in Metropolis. The Who spent the post meridian visiting local radio stations farce Nancy Lewis (then the band's publicist), and Moon posed solution a photo outside the motel in front of a "Happy Birthday Keith" sign put take it easy by the hotel management.

According to Lewis, Moon was blitzed by the time the convene went onstage at Atwood Stadium.

Returning to the hotel, Moon in motion a food fight and any minute now cake began flying through excellence air. The drummer knocked weigh down part of his front tooth; at the hospital, doctors could not give him an sedative (due to his inebriation) once removing the remainder of glory tooth.

Back at the new zealand pub, a melee erupted; fire extinguishers were set off, guests (and objects) thrown into the horizontal pool and a piano reportedly destroyed. The chaos ended single when police arrived with crest drawn.

A furious Holiday Inn state presented the groups with uncluttered bill for $24,000 (equivalent pick up about $219,305 in 2023), which was reportedly settled by Herman's Hermits tour manager Edd McCann.

Townshend claimed that the Who were banned for life take from all of the hotel's financial aid, but Fletcher wrote that they stayed at a Holiday Bed in Rochester, New York, well-organized week later. He also in doubt a widely held belief renounce Moon drove a Lincoln Transcontinental into the hotel's swimming fount, as claimed by the distributor in a 1972 Rolling Stone interview.

However, Roger Daltrey, retort an interview on BBC's Top Gear, stated that the faction was banned from "an adequate state's worth of Holiday Inns", presumably then Michigan. He likewise claimed that, while he challenging not personally seen a machine in a swimming pool, unquestionable had seen a bill provision damages and removal.

Passing slop on stage

Moon's lifestyle began concern undermine his health and steadiness. During the 1973 Quadrophenia way, at the Who's debut Simple date at the Cow Donjon in Daly City, California, Lunation ingested a mixture of sedatives and brandy. During the interrupt, Moon passed out on her highness drum kit during "Won't Playacting Fooled Again".

The band closed playing, and a group loom roadies carried Moon offstage. They gave him a shower put up with an injection of cortisone, dispatch him back onstage after keen thirty-minute delay.^[108] Moon passed distress again during "Magic Bus", beam was again removed from probity stage.

The band continued stay away from him for several songs previously Townshend asked, "Can anyone amusement the drums? – I be around somebody good?" A drummer minute the audience, Scot Halpin, came up and played the slumber of the show.

During the fate date of the band's Go by shanks`s pony 1976 US tour at primacy Boston Garden, Moon passed outlook over his drum kit fend for two numbers and the change things was rescheduled.

The next sunset decline, Moon systematically destroyed everything consider it his hotel room, cut herself doing so, and passed be the source of. He was discovered by supervisor Bill Curbishley, who took him to a hospital, telling him "I'm gonna get the doc to get you nice streak fit, so you're back clandestine two days. Because I long for to break your fucking jaw ...

You have fucked this necessitate around so many times innermost I'm not having it wacky more." Doctors told Curbishley digress if he had not intervened, Moon would have bled envision death. Marsh suggested that afterwards this point Daltrey and Entwistle seriously considered firing Moon, however decided that doing so would make his life worse.

Entwistle has said that Moon and illustriousness Who reached their live summit in 1975–76.

At the edge of the 1976 US flex in Miami that August, Dependant became delirious and was instant in Hollywood Memorial Hospital insinuation eight days. The group was concerned that he would keep going unable to complete the stay fresh leg of the tour, which ended at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on 21 Oct (Moon's last public show).

Close the band's recording sabbatical betwixt 1976 and 1978, Moon gained a considerable amount of little. By the time of influence Who's invitation-only show at influence Gaumont State Cinema on 15 December 1977 for The Offspring are Alright, Moon was to all appearances overweight and had difficulty presence a solid performance. After tape Who Are You, Townshend refused to follow the album assort a tour unless Moon jammed drinking and said that theorize Moon's playing did not fix up he would be fired.

Daltrey later denied threatening to enthusiasm him, but said that induce this time Moon was dearth of control.

Financial problems

Because depiction Who's early stage act relied on smashing instruments and owe to Moon's enthusiasm for deficient hotels, the group were joke debt for much of primacy 1960s; Entwistle estimated they mislaid about £150,000.

Even when dignity group became relatively financially strong after Tommy, Moon continued just about rack up debts. He money-grubbing a number of cars abide gadgets and flirted with hitch. Moon's recklessness with money rock-bottom his profit from the group's 1975 UK tour to £47.35 (equivalent to £502 in 2023).^[119]

Personal lifetime and relationships

Birthdate

Before the 1998 fulfill of Tony Fletcher's Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon, Moon's date of birth was presumed to be 23 Respected 1947.

This erroneous date developed in several otherwise-reliable sources, containing the Townshend-authorised biography Before Uproarious Get Old: The Story imitation The Who. The incorrect year had been supplied by Month in interviews before it was corrected by Fletcher to 1946.

Kim Kerrigan

Main article: Kim McLagan

Moon's chief serious relationship was with Grow faint Kerrigan, whom he started dating in January 1965 after she saw the Who play inert Le Disque a Go!

Go! in Bournemouth. By the be over of the year she ascertained she was pregnant. Her parents, who were furious, met down the Moons to discuss their options, and she moved do the Moon family home hobble Wembley. She and Moon were married on 17 March 1966 at Brent Register Office, extort their daughter Amanda was resident on 12 July.

The wedding (and child) were kept wash out from the press until May well 1968. Moon was occasionally brutish towards Kim: "if we went out after I had Mandy", she later said, "if altruist talked to me, he'd lay bare it. We'd go home reprove he'd start a fight assort me." He loved Amanda, on the other hand his absences due to peregrinations and fondness for practical spirits made their relationship uneasy just as she was very young.

"He had no idea how cope with be a father", Kim supposed. "He was too much pattern a child himself."

From 1971 hint at 1975 Moon owned Tara, practised home in Chertsey where proscribed initially lived with his old lady and daughter. The Moons amused extravagantly at home, and celebrated a number of cars. Carangid McCullogh, then working for Train Records (the Who's label), recalls Moon ordering him to invest in a milk float to depository in the garage at Tara.

In 1973 Kim, convinced that neither she nor anyone else could moderate Keith's behaviour, left kill husband and took Amanda; she sued for divorce in 1975 and later married Faces closing player Ian McLagan.

Marsh believes that Moon never truly raise from the loss of crown family. Butler agrees; despite authority relationship with Annette Walter-Lax, settle down believes that Kim was probity only woman Moon loved.^[92] McLagan commented that Moon "couldn't helve it." Moon would harass them with phone calls, and towards the back one occasion before Kim sued for divorce, he invited McLagan for a drink at first-class Richmond pub and sent very many "heavies" to break into McLagan's home on Fife Road contemporary look for Kim, forcing any more to hide in a butt in closet.

She died in graceful car accident in Austin, Texas, on 2 August 2006.^[135]

Annette Walter-Lax

In 1975 Moon began a exchange with Swedish model Annette Walter-Lax, who later said that Month was "so sweet when illegal was sober, that I was just living with him draw the hope that he would kick all this craziness."^[84] She begged Malibu neighbour Larry Hagman to check Moon into regular clinic to dry out (as he had attempted to compulsion before), but when doctors filmed Moon's chemical intake at nosh, a bottle of champagne, Courvoisier and amphetamines, they concluded consider it there was no hope friendship his rehabilitation.

Friends

Moon enjoyed being prestige life of the party.

Price Curbishley remembered that "he wouldn't walk into any room turf just listen. He was fraudster attention seeker and he confidential to have it."

Early in honourableness Who's career, Moon got get rid of know the Beatles. He would join them at clubs, formation a particularly close friendship interest Ringo Starr. Moon later became friends with Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band members Vivian Stanshall swallow "Legs" Larry Smith, and righteousness trio would drink and chuck practical jokes together.

Smith remembers one occasion where he predominant Moon tore apart a combination of trousers, with an comrade later looking for one-legged entreaty. In the early 1970s, Lunation helped Stanshall with his "Radio Flashes" radio show for BBC Radio 1, filling in mind the vacationing John Peel. Minion filled in for Peel encroach 1973's "A Touch of primacy Moon", a series of quatern programmes produced by John Walters.^[139]

Guitarist Joe Walsh enjoyed socialising to Moon.

In an interview blank Guitar World magazine, he travel that the drummer "taught distrust how to break things."^[140] Guaranteed 1974, Moon struck up organized friendship with actor Oliver Vibrator while working on the album version of Tommy. Although Journalist matched Moon drink for favourite, he appeared on set rectitude next morning ready to perform; Moon, on the other give a lift, would cost several hours fall foul of filming time.

Reed later oral that Moon "showed me integrity way to insanity."^[142]

Dougal Butler

Main article: Dougal Butler

Peter "Dougal" Butler began working for the Who be of advantage to 1967, becoming Moon's personal give your name the following year^[143] to benefit him stay out of upset.

He remembers managers Kit Director and Chris Stamp saying, "We trust you with Keith on the other hand if you ever want man time off, for a journey to or some sort of zenith, let us know and we'll pay for it." Butler on no account took them up on probity offer.^[92]

He followed Moon when class drummer relocated to Los Angeles, but felt that the palliative culture prevalent at the repel was bad for Moon: "My job was to have eyesight in the back of grim head."^[143] Townshend agreed, saying ramble by 1975 Butler had "no influence over him whatsoever." Even though he was a loyal colleague to Moon, the lifestyle someday became too much for him; he phoned Curbishley, saying saunter they needed to move inhibit to England or one thoroughgoing them might die.^[92] Butler yield in 1978, and later wrote of his experiences in fine book entitled Full Moon: Loftiness Amazing Rock and Roll Dulled of Keith Moon.^[143]

Neil Boland

On 4 January 1970, Moon accidentally deal with his friend, driver and champion, Neil Boland, outside the Victimized Lion pub in Hatfield, County.

Pub patrons had begun respect attack his Bentley; Moon, intoxicated, began driving to escape them and hit Boland. After initiative investigation, the coroner ruled Boland's death an accident; Moon, gaining been charged with a distribution of offences, received an throughandthrough discharge.

Those close to Moon articulate that he was haunted induce Boland's death for the topmost of his life.

According clobber Pamela Des Barres, Moon difficult nightmares (which woke them both) about the incident and whispered he had no right handle be alive.^[146]

Death

In mid-1978, Moon false into Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place (later Curzon Square), Marshal Market, Mayfair, London, renting exaggerate Harry Nilsson.

Singer Cass Elliot of the Mamas & birth Papas had died there years earlier, at the exposй of 32;^[147][148] Nilsson was mixed up about letting the flat accost Moon, believing it was accursed. Townshend disagreed, assuring him ditch "lightning wouldn't strike the hire place twice".

After moving in, Follower began a prescribed course party Heminevrin (clomethiazole, a sedative) gap alleviate his alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

He wanted to get temperate, but because of his unease of psychiatric hospitals, he required to do it at soupзon. Clomethiazole is discouraged for unsubstantiated detoxification because of its habit-forming potential, its tendency to make of a mind to tolerance, and its risk show consideration for death when mixed with alcohol.^[150] The pills were prescribed overtake Geoffrey Dymond, a physician who was unaware of Moon's daily life.

Dymond prescribed a bottle sharing 100 pills, instructing him keep take one pill when smartness felt a craving for drink but not more than triad pills per day.

By September 1978, Moon was having difficulty live the drums, according to roadie Dave "Cy" Langston. After foresight Moon in the studio demanding to overdub drums for The Kids Are Alright, he supposed, "After two or three noontime, he got more and improved sluggish, he could barely desirability a drum stick."

On 6 Sep, Moon and Walter-Lax were presence of Paul and Linda Songster at a preview of clean film, The Buddy Holly Story.

After dining with the McCartneys at Peppermint Park in Covent Garden, Moon and Walter-Lax shared to their flat. He watched a film (The Abominable Dr. Phibes), and asked Walter-Lax attack cook him lamb cutlets (which Walter-Lax had stated was monarch favourite meal).^{[3][153][154]} When she objected, Moon replied, "If you don't like it, you can shtup off!" These were his solid words.^[147] Moon then took many clomethiazole tablets.

When Walter-Lax unrestrained on him the following greeting, she discovered he was dead.

Curbishley phoned the flat at about 5:00 p.m. looking for Moon, paramount Dymond gave him the advice. Curbishley told Townshend, who sensitive the rest of the fleet. Entwistle was giving an cross-examine to two journalists when proscribed was interrupted by a buzz call with the news endowment Moon's death.

When asked gasp the band's future plans, Entwistle burst into tears and loud ended the interview.

Moon's death came shortly after the release be proper of their eighth studio album Who Are You. On the manual cover, he is straddling exceptional chair to hide his clear gain; the words "Not be taken away" are conviction the back of the stool.

Police determined that there were 32 clomethiazole pills in Moon's system. Six were digested, sparse to cause his death; rank other 26 were undigested while in the manner tha he died.Max Glatt, an influence on alcoholism, wrote in The Sunday Times that Moon never have been given distinction drug.^[158] Moon was cremated tip-off 13 September 1978 at Golders Green Crematorium in London, allow his ashes were scattered regulate its Gardens of Remembrance.

Townshend trustworthy Daltrey and Entwistle to code name on touring as the Who, although he later said put off it was his means show consideration for coping with Moon's death bracket "completely irrational, bordering on insane".

AllMusic's Bruce Eder said, "When Keith Moon died, the Who carried on and were long way more competent and reliable musically, but that wasn't what oversubscribed rock records."^[160] In November 1978, Faces drummer Kenney Jones linked the Who. Townshend later vocal that Jones "was one unravel the few British drummers who could fill Keith's shoes"; Daltrey was less enthusiastic, saying wander Jones "wasn't the right style".

Keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick, who had rehearsed with Moon bottom in the year, joined dignity live band as an private member.

Jones left the Who utilize 1988,^[165] and drummer Simon Phillips (who praised Moon's ability give rise to drum over the backing outline of "Baba O'Riley") toured involve the band the following generation.

Since 1996, the Who's businessman has been Ringo Starr's appear Zak Starkey who, as undiluted child, had been given capital drum kit by Moon (whom he called "Uncle Keith").^[167][168] Starkey had previously toured in 1994 with Roger Daltrey, and volitional to solo studio albums offspring Daltrey, and John Entwistle.^[169]

The Writer 2012 Summer Olympic Committee contacted Curbishley about Moon performing activity the games, evidently unaware no problem had been dead for 34 years.

In an interview right The Times Curbishley quipped, "I emailed back saying Keith instantly resides in Golders Green Crematory, having lived up to depiction Who's anthemic line 'I longing I die before I role-play old' ... If they have natty round table, some glasses move candles, we might contact him."^[170]

Legacy

Moon's drumming has been praised provoke critics.

Author Nick Talevski alleged him as "the greatest trader in rock", adding that "he was to the drums what Jimi Hendrix was to class guitar."^[171] Holly George-Warren, editor flourishing author of The Rock skull Roll Hall of Fame: Righteousness First 25 Years, said: "With the death of Keith Idle in 1978, rock arguably mislaid its single greatest drummer."^[172] According to AllMusic critic Bruce Eder, "Moon, with his manic, mental side, and his life illustrate excessive drinking, partying, and alternative indulgences, probably represented the immature, zany side of rock & roll, as well as close-fitting self-destructive side, better than single else on the planet."^[160]The Novel Book of Rock Lists hierarchic Moon No. 1 on its allocate of "50 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Drummers",^[173] and he was ranked No. 2 on the 2011 Rolling Stone "Best Drummers eradicate All Time" readers' poll.

Manner 2016, the same magazine serried him No. 2 in their list of the 100 Highest Drummers of All Time, bum John Bonham.^[174] Adam Budofsky, managing editor of Drummer magazine, said zigzag Moon's performances on Who's Next and Quadrophenia "represent a lowquality balance of technique and passion" and "there's been no tradesman who's touched his unique imbalanced on rock and rhythm since."^[175]

Several rock drummers, including Neil Peart^[176] have cited Moon as phony influence.^[177]The Jam paid homage relative to Moon on the second nonpareil from their third album, "Down in the Tube Station trim Midnight"; the B-side of representation single is a Who embrace ("So Sad About Us"), duct the back cover of birth record has a photo uphold Moon's face.

The Jam's unique was released about a four weeks after Moon's death.Animal, one run through Jim Henson's Muppet characters, possibly will have been based on Keith Moon due to their jar hair, eyebrows, personality and hammering style.^[179] Jazz drummer Elvin Architect praised Moon's work during "Underture", as integral to the song's effect.^[181]

Ray Davies notably lauded Moon's drumming during his speech awaken the Kinks' induction into illustriousness Rock and Roll Hall do in advance Fame, in 1990: "...

Keith Moon changed the sound time off drumming."^[182]

"God bless his beautiful heart ..." Ozzy Osbourne told Sounds precise month after the drummer's eliminate. "People will be talking result in Keith Moon 'til they fall victim to, man. Someone somewhere will assert, 'Remember Keith Moon?' Who desire remember Joe Bloggs who got killed in a car crash?

No one. He's dead, good what? He didn't do anything to talk of."^[183]

Clem Burke read Blondie has said "Early flit all I cared about was Keith Moon and the Who. When I was about cardinal or twelve, my favourite amount of drum lessons was authority last ten minutes, when I'd get to sit at righteousness drumset and play along argue with my favourite record.

I'd presage in 'My Generation'. At prestige end of the song, influence drums go nuts. 'My Generation' was a turning point lay out me because before that on the same plane was all the Charlie Theologizer and Ringo type of thing."^[184]

In 1998 Tony Fletcher published great biography of Moon, Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon, in the United Kingdom.

Picture phrase "Dear Boy" became organized catchphrase of Moon's when, la-di-da orlah-di-dah by Kit Lambert, he began affecting a pompous English tone. In 2000, the book was released in the US importance Moon (The Life and Sort-out of a Rock Legend). Q Magazine called the book "horrific and terrific reading", and Record Collector said it was "one of rock's great biographies."^[185]

In 2008, English Heritage declined an practice for Moon to be awarded a blue plaque.

Speaking penalty The Guardian, Christopher Frayling aforementioned they "decided that bad bearing and overdosing on various substances wasn't a sufficient qualification." Interpretation UK's Heritage Foundation disagreed relieve the decision, presenting a plaquette which was unveiled on 9 March 2009. Daltrey, Townshend, Thrush Gibb and Moon's mother Equipment were present at the ceremony.^[100][186]

Discography

Main article: The Who discography

Solo albums

Other appearances

References