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DISGRACELAND

Keith Moon: Rockstar Excess and a Dead Chauffeur

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.613.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Keith Moon of the Who was the prototype for rock drummers, both onstage and off. His drumming was wholly unique. Like his bandmates' behavior, it was violent, and like his personality, it was electric. Everyone loved Keith Moon aka “Moon The Loon” and it seemed that people never tired of his always hilarious and sometimes violent, drunken hijinks until one fateful night when a crew of British skinheads took issue with the drummer’s rockstar excess. The results were disastrous. To see the complete list of contributors, visit disgracelandpod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, what is up, discos?

0:01.3

Jake Brennan, your host here this month.

0:03.1

As you know, we're celebrating our fifth year, our five year anniversary of this great

0:06.9

sign. We just launched our eleventh season to go along with that. So if you haven't already,

0:11.7

go listen to our new episodes, our episode on 50 Cent. We've got a great episode on ACDC.

0:16.4

They're both great, but ACDC is probably my first favorite band and I'm really pumped on the work

0:21.7

we did with both of these. So check them out. If you're already caught up, if you've heard these

0:25.7

two episodes, you can go listen to where it all began. You can go back to the beginning.

0:29.5

Listen to the previously exclusive season one of Discretsland with stories on Jerry Lee Lewis,

0:34.3

Sid Vicious, Bob Merley, James Brown, and many more. You can listen to Discretsland right now,

0:38.8

wherever you get your podcasts, Apple podcasts, iHeart Radio App, Spotify Stitcher,

0:42.8

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1:01.4

The stories about Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, are insane. He regularly destroyed his drum

1:06.8

kits on stage. He trashed hotel rooms all over the world, reportedly getting banned from the

1:12.3

holiday in chain for life. He supposedly drove a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool, or was it a

1:18.5

linking continental? His band, The Who, prevails of Maxima Marumby, at first led the rough and tumble

1:25.8

high fashion mod movement through the pubs of London before exploding onto the American scene

1:31.2

as part of the British invasion. Keith Moon was the prototype for rock drummers, both on and off stage.

1:38.6

His approach to drumming was wholly unique. His stage presence was magnetic. His personality,

1:44.8

electric, and he was hilarious. People loved Keith Moon, most people anyway.

1:50.8

Keith Moon never tired of his mad cap, sometimes violent, always hilarious, drunken and drug

1:56.2

hijigs, but a crew of British skinheads took issue with the drummer's rock star XS,

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