The zany drummer

Wild musicians start me up. Keith Moon is definitely one of them. He’s the drummer for the Who. Moon is the manic member, whose life is largely centred on excessive drinking and wild partying. Bad? Not sure. I thought he represented the youthful exuberance and zany side of rock & roll, of course, on the downside, it's self-destructive.

Keith Moon, though a drummer, was the heart and soul of The Who and the core of its sound. My, he sure bangs the drums with wild abandonment and such intensity. His lunacy, more than likely brought a strong personality to the members of The Who. It gave them that wild image and that razor cutting edge.

It can be said that The Who became tighter musically after Moon’s death, but then, things may not be that quite the same. Rock n roll isn’t quite the same when someone as zany as Keith Moon is gone. Like how John Bonham’s death in 1980 sort of derail the great Led Zeppelin.

Keith Moon in his prime, is one drummer with lust, wit and leer that was evident in his influence on The Who’s music, very much decked out between the songs themselves. He passed on in 7 September 1978. That’s 29 years ago. Time flies.

In memory of Wayne Seah and Corey Nonis, 2 young & promising local drummers who passed on this year.