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Keith Moon
Born: 1946-08-23 - Died: 1978-09-07Cause of Death: Overdose
Death Summary: After spending an evening with Paul and Linda McCartney and attending a screening of The Buddy Holly Story, Moon overdosed on Clomethiazole (Heminevrin), which he was on to help wean him off of alcohol.
He took 32 pills and 26 of them were found in his system undissolved.
He died in the same room at Harry Nilsson's London flat that Mama Cass of The Mamas and the Papas did.
Who was Keith Moon : Keith Moon was the drummer for the band The Who from 1964 to 1978 - the time of his demise.
The Who is of course famous for a plethora of hit songs such as My Generation, Who Are You, Pinball Wizard, Magic Bus, Squeeze Box, and Baba O'Riley to name a few.
Moon was known for his "wild" stage antics where he would proceed to smash his drums. He could perhaps be considered to be a pioneer in on-stage instrument breaking, an antic that would later be employed by bands like Sonic Youth and Nirvana.
He took 32 pills and 26 of them were found in his system undissolved.
He died in the same room at Harry Nilsson's London flat that Mama Cass of The Mamas and the Papas did.
Who was Keith Moon : Keith Moon was the drummer for the band The Who from 1964 to 1978 - the time of his demise.
The Who is of course famous for a plethora of hit songs such as My Generation, Who Are You, Pinball Wizard, Magic Bus, Squeeze Box, and Baba O'Riley to name a few.
Moon was known for his "wild" stage antics where he would proceed to smash his drums. He could perhaps be considered to be a pioneer in on-stage instrument breaking, an antic that would later be employed by bands like Sonic Youth and Nirvana.
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I guess paul really brought you down he’s been known to do that these days. miss you
Paul who?
Good Drummer,clown ,joker of a great band.
Shindig Goes To England….Anybody else see it? A big round multiple stage, First time on American TV. About’66??? THE WHO toreitupp!!!I was lucky enough to see it…Luv @ 1st sight…LONG LIVE THE WHO.
el mejor bateria de todos los tiempos,irremplazable,unico mejor que john boham y mas preciso y creativo que la mayoria de los baterias de su epoca…en la actualidad hay millones de ateristas que tocan rapido y duro…pero ninguno transmite lo que hacia KEITH MOON…read me in spanish friends
es triste que la mayoria de los bateristas actuales no conoscan el legado de KEITH MOON…revoluciono la forma de tocar bateria sustituyendo el hi-hay por crashes e incluso a pedido suyo fue diseñado el conocido platillo CRASH-RIDE que en esa epoca no existia..alla por el año 1966
el movimiento punk tiene una gran deuda con THE WHO …antes que iggy pop,antes que los ramones,antes que mc5,antes que the sex pistols o siouxies and the banshees …THE WHO eran la real banda punk…el primer tema punk”my generation” de 1965 inicio un camino que luego deformarian bandas autodenominadas”punk” que carecian de la actitud y sinceridad de THE WHO…
By the time I really listened to The Who and found out what I had been missing you were long gone. Better late than never. RIP