In 1964 the British Invasion saw The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who take the world by storm with their loud and harsh rock N roll sounds. The Who were arguably the loudest of their generation, and at their core was a formidable drummer with superhuman strength Keith Moon, Moon's energy was a force to be reckoned with, but so were his destructive and self destructive tendencies. The Who were deeply inspired by the Mod subculture, as their 1964 single Zoot Suit, I'm The Face clearly shows. Unfortunately this didn't just mean scooters, edgy bangs and tailor made suits. It also meant constant alcohol and amphetamine use in Moon's case, this soon became an uncontrollable addiction that led to several conflicts within the band, and eventually to his downfall. But Moon the Loon was an exploding time bomb long before he joined The Who, and his life was ridden with tragic moments that announced an even darker fate. Keith John Moon was born in northwest London on August 1946, When he joined The Who in 1964, as per The Who's official website he was 18 years old and the youngest band member. But this wasn't enough for Moon, who already had a penchant for sensationalism. According to Tony Fletcher in Dear Boy The Life of Keith Moon, he declared himself one year younger, telling the band and the press that his birth year was 1947. Unfortunately seeing how easily the lie passed as a fact, Moon took this as an incentive to construct his whole rock N roll persona on a collection of lies. Moon continuously promoted his eccentric clown drummer image through exaggerated or simply false stories about his life, The Who frontman Roger Daltrey said of Moon, Keith lived his entire life as a fantasy, He was the funniest man I've ever known, but he was also the saddest. Indeed, for at least his whole adult life, it seemed like Moon was trying to hide his real self, doing all he could to be the most eccentric person in the room, His fake birthdate only goes to show his desperation for creating an alter ego.
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15 июн 2024
