Rock legend Keith Moon was so dedicated to his reputation as a wild man, he once missed a flight just so he could return to his hotel room and hurl a TV into the pool. The Who guitarist Pete Townshend recalls he was in a car with Moon, on the way to catch an aeroplane when the drummer insisted on returning to the hotel room, where he'd spent the previous night. The guitarist says, "We were late for the plane and Keith was like, 'Oh my God, I've got to go back to my hotel room.' We thought he'd left drugs in his room or something. "We turned around, we know we're gonna miss the plane and we might be late for the gig. We rush back to the hotel and he rushes in, comes out with the TV set and throws it into the swimming pool, gets back in the car and goes, 'Phew, I nearly forgot!'" Townshend resisted the temptation to scream at his wacky bandmate - because he knew how important throwing TVs into pools was for Moon. He adds, "Throwing television sets out of hotel rooms is very, very, very important. F**king hell, it's very important that somebody does it and does it often. The people that do it should be regarded as being very special."
twec21 on June 3rd, 2021 at 23:55 UTC »
There was a great quote about him in Clapton's autobiography.
He (Clapton) was talking about how bad his own drinking and drug problem was, totally off the wall, completely destroying himself and his relationships, to the point where he'd only do a show for a half hour, or on one occasion played a concert laying down. Then he spent a day with The Who
"After spending one afternoon with Keith, I realized, I wasn't so bad" (paraphrasing)
jking13 on June 3rd, 2021 at 22:27 UTC »
Alice Cooper has said that something like a 1/3 of what you hear about him, Ozzy, Manson, etc is true, while everything you've heard about Keith Moon is true, and you've only heard 1/10th of it.
Shnoochieboochies on June 3rd, 2021 at 21:22 UTC »
He once drove his Rolls Royce into a swimming pool, they banned him from driving, so he used to take a helicopter to the pub and back (it was at the end of his driveway), he passed out on stage after taking elephant tranquillisers and a member of the audience had to drum for a capacity crowd, he once did an entire interview in BDSM gear whilst being whipped and chained. You name any rock and roll trope, and Keith Moon invented it.