Keith John Moon (August 23, 1947 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. He was innate around London in 1947, although he would claim to have been innate a year when.

He is considered one of a virtually all unusual & original drummers inside rock and roll. Contemporary drummers like Neil Peart, Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, and John Bonham could all point to him as a major influence, & Moon's lawless, out-of-control style remains an influence in popular music now.

Early in The World health organization's career, a band developed a conception of "Auto Destruction", which got a two destroying their devices at the prevent of their other high profile shows. Moon showed the particular zeal for this activity, wildly kicking & great his drums. When you took an appearance on the Smothers Brothers television show, he all over-loaded a drum using bursting charge which were detonated when you took the finale of "My Generation", which according to legend resulted around lasting hearing damage for bandmate Pete Townshend and caused Bette Davis to faint. His trick earned him a nickname "Moon the Loon".

Because he was non a good singer, Moon was banned from either a studio once vocals were existence recorded. This led to an in-on-going game by having Pete Townshend, where Moon would try to sneak into a room to join a singing. At a tail of "Happy Jack" Townshend may be heard shouting "I saw ya!" when he notices Moon over againside trying to join in.

Moon quickly gained the reputation when existence extremely destructive. He was knhave to lay waste to hotel rooms, a homes of friends, & possibly his own domicile, typically throwing piece of furniture away from high windows & destroying a plumbing by having cracker. When he never actually drove the car into a swimming pool, it's not strong to believe how else such the story originated. Within 1969 Moin was brought prior to a High Court of London on charges of vehicular manslaughter. A charges were filed to determine Moon's role in the demise of his bodyguard, Cornelius "Neil" Boland. Although Boland's demise was ruled an accident & Moon was later aquitted of any wrongdoing, people just about him said Moon was haunted per accident for the rest of his life.

Although his function by using A World health organization dominated Moon's career, he participated within two or three minor side projects. Around 1966, he teamed up by using Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck and future Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones to record an instrumental, "Beck's Bolero", released as a single later that year. Moon is too said to keep close at hand known as Led Zeppelin, remarking that a supergroup would "go down like a lead zeppelin". Inside 1974 he released his number one & single solo album, the collection of popular covers entitled Two Sides of the Moon. Perversely although this record featured Moon's atrocious singing good deal of the drumming was left to more drummers including Ringo Starr and session musician Jim Keltner. Inside 1971 he had the cameo role in Frank Zappa's film 200 Motels. He acted around drag as a nun cowardly of demise from either overdosing on pills. These are widely think of one of film's funniest cameos. Within 1973 he appeared in ''That'll Be the Day'', playing a drummer at a holiday camp during the early days of British rock 'n' roll. A film too co-starred Moon's longtime friend Ringo Starr. He likewise appeared when "Uncle Ernie" in the film adaptation of Tommy, a 1969 Who album. Inside 1976 he covered The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four" for the soundtrack of the documentary All This And World War II.

Keith Moon's final nighttime retired was as a guest of Paul McCartney at the preview of the film A Buddy Holly Story. When dining by having Paul & Linda McCartney, Moon and his girlfriend, Annette Walter-Lax, left the party early and returned to his flat in Curzon Place, London. He died inside his sleep at the age of 32, with overdosed in anti-seizure medication, Heminevrin, taken when section of a programme to wean him off alcohol. A flat get on loan to Keith from either musician friend Harry Nilsson. Coincidentally, Cass Elliot (singer with a Mamas & A Pop) experienced died when staying non exclusively in the equivalent flat two or three years sooner, however as well in the equivalent bed. Charted a loss of another friend in the building, a overwrought Nilsson may not face giving there & afterward sold the flat to Pete Townshend.

Ensuing his dying, Keith Moon was "replaced" in The World health organization by Small Faces (and The Faces) drummer Kenny Jones, and late by Zak Starkey (son of Ringo Starr). The total of others, virtually all notably Simon Phillips, have too occupied a drummer's chair in The World health organization temporarily.

Notwithstanding, a lot threesome of the left World health organizatiin members stand stated firmly on seperate occassions that The Who died with Keith Moon.