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Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony Fletcher
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.