Moon
Subtitle: the life and death of a rock legend
By: Tony Fletcher.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Spike
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Moon, Keith, 1946-1978.; Rock musicians -- England -- Biography.
Description: "Keith Moon was an exception to every known rule. He revolutionized the concept of the drummer in rock & roll, leading from the back rather than offering mere support. With the Who, he achieved far greater international fame than his instrument was meant to inspire, only to treat his celebrity as an ongoing opportunity to send up the whole notion. He sneered at the dominant British stiff upper lip while appropriating it effectively enough to delete his working-class background at will.

He tempted fate with an almost unparalleled intake of alcohol and drugs, beckoning the world to laugh with him at his apparent charmed existence. More than twenty years after his death, Moon is still revered as the greatest drummer in rock history and the single wildest personality in an age of pop excess. His life and work have become the stuff of legend. Here, in the pages of this book, is the unvarnished truth."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Discography: p. [587]-588.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 581-586) and index.
"Previously published in the United Kingdom by Omnibus Press under the title Dear boy: the life of Keith Moon"--T.p. verso.