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dtab62's review against another edition
4.0
Tony Fletcher clearly admires Keith Moon. Still, he wrote a balanced biography that adequately covers all aspects of Moon's life, warts and all.
What makes the book such a good read is that he discusses both the anecdotal side of Moon as well as in-depth analysis of both the Who's music in general and Moon's drumming in particular. The result is the gold standard for Moon biographies.
What makes the book such a good read is that he discusses both the anecdotal side of Moon as well as in-depth analysis of both the Who's music in general and Moon's drumming in particular. The result is the gold standard for Moon biographies.
bookwormbabs's review against another edition
5.0
I read this book when I was a young teen and couldn't get enough. I discovered Keith Moon by watching tons of documentary DVDs on the Who, listening to their music, and reading anything I could get my hands on. It was the 2000s but yet I had Keith Moon and Pete Townshend posters on my wall.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
memoirreader's review against another edition
5.0
I read this book when I was a young teen and couldn't get enough. I discovered Keith Moon by watching tons of documentary DVDs on the Who, listening to their music, and reading anything I could get my hands on. It was the 2000s but yet I had Keith Moon and Pete Townshend posters on my wall.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
blevins's review against another edition
3.0
I'm on a rock music book kick--more to come!--and this biography about the talented, yet destructive, drummer of the Who is pretty good. Although, by the end there is only so much you can be interested in Moon's self-destructive path. The early 2/3 of this is great though. Made me buy all the early Who and get into their stuff up to the mid '70s. Moon was a wildman, a joker and a great drummer.
dkmode's review against another edition
5.0
This is easily one of the best biographies I've ever read. Fletcher clearly understands the dual-nature of Keith Moon, and in doing so, never allows the book to devolve into simple lionizing of his subject. He does an excellent job communicating both Moon's incredible energy, skill, and wit as well as his chaos-inducing mood swings. It's a particularly well-researched bit of investigative journalism, and Fletcher is never afraid to squash a few myths along the way, or illustrate the absolutely heartbreaking nature of Moon's depressingly-frequent lesser moments, all while providing the necessary cultural contexts for the events of the drummer's - and by extension The Who's - story. Highly recommended for fans of The Who, Moon himself, or rock music in general.
_b_t_h_'s review against another edition
4.0
my all-time favorite musician, and one of the saddest stories i've read.
bookworm_babs's review
5.0
I read this book when I was a young teen and couldn't get enough. I discovered Keith Moon by watching tons of documentary DVDs on the Who, listening to their music, and reading anything I could get my hands on. It was the 2000s but yet I had Keith Moon and Pete Townshend posters on my wall.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
bookworm_babs's review against another edition
5.0
I read this book when I was a young teen and couldn't get enough. I discovered Keith Moon by watching tons of documentary DVDs on the Who, listening to their music, and reading anything I could get my hands on. It was the 2000s but yet I had Keith Moon and Pete Townshend posters on my wall.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
Going into this book, I knew that Keith Moon was the attention seeking, mad man, drummer with a drug problem. However, after reading this book I realized how truly multi dimensional and complicated he was. It's almost as if he let his character consume him and he became quite a caricature of himself. This book made me feel so many emotions including sadness and anger at what ultimately became of this talented man.
I still consider this book to be one of my absolute favorites years later and I owe to it my love of music biographies.
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