Keith Moon´s drum kit explodes

[beatleforce1]

aww poor drumkit :(

[JaketheGreat123456]

you just cant stop pete from smashing

[TheDilligan]

pete went deaf in one ear?? dang

[thrashmetalkills]

Though it is funny how even after being blasted he takes the acoustic from the guy and breaks it

[thrashmetalkills]

those guys are hilarious, poor Pete :(

[merseyman69]

keith and oliver reed had partys together..they may be dead now, but when they were semi-consious, they must have had fun can you imagine partying with olly and kieth!

[soulflower666]

Kieth forgot to yele allahu akbar...

[shubh22u]

@soulflower666 hey you fucking asshole...u think it is funny

[adelstiin]

ROCK N ROLL ! 

[GodFree27]

Real fucking rock stars.

[DevPosley]

Damn...Wow it's like words can't describe 1:40

[kalidoresdan]

fucking awful shit...

[brownsauce54]

sooo funny



[MKRocker2012]

Damn, Pete does not look happy

[spinkicker27]

no no no I dont want my Gibson broke

[SpiritsAndPhantoms]

Keith should have just detonated it while Tommy Smothers was standing in front of it for the sloppy drums remark.

[RogellParadox]

0:40 roger's face is very funny!!!! xDDDDDDDD

[northerntruckerman]

Moon the loon was well known for tossing TV sets off the hotel balconies wherever they stayed. He clearly had no regard for anybody's safety! This video is obvious proof of that.

[forrealhomeboy]

@northerntruckerman Who cares? He had fun.

[mikeyd504]

my friends call me keith, you can call me john

[GaveDrohl1]

@mikeyd504 Okay Mikey, I can call you John

[crazyhorse9289]

still could not get a number one record

[patricevert]

Keith Moon was really mas as a monkey !!!

[thommytaranto]

Sounds like John Peel at the beginning. Is it?

[TairyGreen89]

Damn, he should have warned Pete Townsend. 

[kalidoresdan]

pure shit. beatles and bands like this just overrated shit.. just because its old doesnt make it good..

[shitforbrains121]

@kalidoresdan Your right, it's just good anyway.

[recycly]

@kalidoresdan true, but they were good becouse they were good

[ejl1000]

@kalidoresdan No-one's saying it's good because it's old. It's just good anyway, regardless of how old it is.

[xXgorillazboosh11Xx]

@kalidoresdan

Not sure if trolling.....or very stupid......

[MrZeppels]

@kalidoresdan It's not JUST because they're old. I have never seen a band nowadays who would dare to do this thing...

[MelPullThePin]

Entwistle is unbelievably cool. The way he just slooowwwly backs off, whilst never releasing that bass from his tight clutch.

[tecioband]

shit...

[layla2251]

damn it keith stop being so sexy!!

[kousto2]

gamato



[smith55s]

Fuckin a

[buzzsaw177]

Townshend still stalked his prey and destroyed that Acoustic Guitar, even after getting clusterfucked by the by explosion. That is why they will always be one of the best.

[joachimwmusic]

great vid, great band, but whats up with the staggering

[5jerry1]

@joachimwmusic

I'm not sure what you mean, but I think you mean John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey. They were doubled over laughing.

[southernrockdrummer]

The Who rocks, always have, always will

[thatdude5915]

I love how John is always standing back thinking

"Fuck that shit"

[merulestuff]

Awesome

[Zerobudget2000]

All I can say is... Daaaaaamn...

[Supermelecaman]

john is like wtf are you doing man!!

[KiiiiingOfPaaain]

Fuuuck.. that´s rock 'n' roll!

[Matfathew]

@wearycowboy

Sure most drummers have a high hat but it's not required to be a drummer. Each has their own style and usually variation and arrangement of kit. This was Keith's. He does occasionally use them but for the most part didn't need or use them. He was not a sloppy player though and he always kept time while going crazy with fills and rhythms.

[bfrosty221]

God I wish I could've seen these guys back in the day...

[richard3271]

mad! he was known as moon the loon, raving mad,,,,,

[GaveDrohl1]

0:39 - Was he really mad about it? Yeaah, mainstream sucks. It's way funny to see making all these tv presenters and all the entertaiment as a denial jerks. Even as personalities they suck.

[LextNevel]

@GaveDrohl1 this presenter is one of the smothers brothers. Look them up, their awesome

[MegaPoone]

There's a perfectly simple explanation for the cock-up. Keith Moon was pissed and told a stage hand to keep on putting in the cherry bombs.

[Eloybb1]

Eso no es na, mas tenfria que haber paegao

[WearyCowboy]

One other thing. I have INDEED heard other drummers, say negative things regarding Keith Moon!!!

That incident...on the Smothers Brothers, was just PURE DANGER!!! STUPIDITY!!!

He could have KILLED....Pete, & the other guys!!!!

Was EVERYTHING a joke to Keith???!!!

RIP - Keith Moon

[WearyCowboy]

@ray....,

Dude...I apologized. What more do you want?? What I said...was sincere, so lighten up!!!!

Are you a drummer???

I am...& have been for over 40 years!!

I can hear things..,,you don't - you dig?

I don't understand - why he did NOT use a hi hat????

He didn't use a ride cymbal...from what I can see. He seemed to be using his crash cymbals...for ride cymbals!??? Albeit - much of the the Who's songs back then...kind of called for Keith playing in that fashion.

I did like a lot of wh

[Keith6830]

I worked at premier drum in leicester England for 5 years in the 1970s the pictures of lily drumkit the one he smashes here was bought back for repair and was on display for many years I loved the Who saw them a few times the band was never the same when they lost Keith RIP Uncle Ernie



[matco24]

@Keith6830 I agree with you....they weren't and will never be the same....glad he was their drummer though

[WearyCowboy]

My apologies, for bashing Moon!!

I just have a problem with how crazy he could be. And he did Dangerous things...such as the explosives (duh!).

He didn't use a hi hat, which is a BASIC part of a Drum Set. The drugs/booze in excess, etc.

I watched a ton if Who videos earlier...& really listened. He was playing some high-octane drumming!  It was great, & I am impressed!

Peace - DJ

Drummer

[matco24]

@WearyCowboy yea, it's like his drumbeat to the song was his own "song" it's so hard to explain and I'm a guitarist and not a drummer...

[WearyCowboy]

Test

[WearyCowboy]

Test

[kewlfonz]

Old Moony really was fucking dangerous!!!

[WearyCowboy]

I love the Who - as a band.

Pete is a genius guitarist, writer, etc. Fine voice.

Roger is a great vocalist, etc.

John....excellent bass player.

Here comes the problem, confusion, etc.

Mr. Keith Moon!

Keith, was a TERRIBLE, SLOPPY DRUMMER!!! He should have been a mental hospital....until they figured out, what the hell was wrong with this guy!!!

I could never understand why the Who, hired him as their drummer!! 

He couldn't play the drums - to save his life!!

His playing was sloppy

[kewlfonz]

@WearyCowboy Total and utter bullshit. Keith Moon has to be one of the most exciting, explosive(if you'll pardon the intended pun), drummers to ever draw breath. God rest his poor torture soul.

If you could even generate 10% of the excitement that Keith Moon could, then I'd be very impressed...

[Raysalesman]

@WearyCowboy

I think, you are the only person in the world who thinks, that Keith Moon was a terrible drummer...maybe you are a better drummer than Moon and Bonham together...

[5jerry1]

@WearyCowboy

After Moon's death, John Entwistle said he missed him as a friend, but not as a musician. I can't call him a "terrible" drummer though. Their original drummer, Doug Sandom, was what kept them from getting a record contract, because he lacked the spark they needed. They got signed after they got Moon, so he did SOMETHING right. He was an over-the-top showman who was the last piece to be added to the puzzle. Unorthodox, yes, but not terrible, per se. Just a loose cannon.

[TheColdcut74]

I love rock n roll at its best the true punkers

[pandemicpoojab]

make 5 grand from playing live smash 20 grands worth of kit

[rippersk8er]

was this really live, or they knew about?

[rubbersole79]

And thus ends half the hearing of one of the best songwriters of the 60's.......

[nowilaytheedown1]

a flying cymbal sliced through moon arm? OUCH D:

[ttabbachino]

keith moon was a crazy motherfucker

[kewlfonz]

@ttabbachino That I would not even attempt to dispute!!!

[MrSabian123]

What a crazy amzing psychopath!



[nobodady1]

They said the terrorists hate our freedoms --- but I'm sure they loved these freedoms! 

[hockeybroo]

I use to put cherry bombs in my drum kit, too.

Then I took an arrow to the knee.

[iLikeJimmyPage]

I love how Keith runs right after ward.

[Alhambrattp]

Awesome

[RockstarBurnzy]

@liam08123 YYYYEEEEAAAAHHHHH

[rosensteinart]

Hi Animal!! :D

[bribartal]

They all have a huge reaction to the explosion, but then John just calmly walks away..(:

[bluesman341]

I saw them in Boston at the Music Hall in 1970-He put so much explosives in his drum that he blew him self right off the stage-The curtains caught fire-the fire dept put out the fire-after the last song they wheled out about 500 banana cream pies and we had a pire fight-I was 4th row center-

[Canadian925]

Old Actor Mickey Rooney and another old Actress from the 1930s and 1940s were sitting in the audience seats watching this show and performance by the Who. Old Mickey Rooney replied following show perform"Now this is what I call damn good entertainment by that group. How come we never were able to have this much fun entertainment in my generation"

[shaketheroad]

Keith moon ! Too bad the film back then couldn't keep up with his drum speed. He is a god! Woof! Woof!

[ProGamer194]

Keith Moon also liked to blow up toilets...

[4dharm]

that's john peel's voice!

[CONORMC1999]

he just stood up and went awwww

[goindownthe1road]

WOW

[ShadicHero777]

@2:11 There's a way to blow off steam, and the pain of standing in the center of an explosion.

[funkfanzzify]

o, yeah, that was in fashion, dont know why

[jamirosmajicrocks]

Bassist is thinking,

fuck this, imma gonna sell my guitar to pay the rent.

[iamkakaa]

@jamirosmajicrocks sins when does a bassist a guitar?

[5jerry1]

@iamkakaa

Bass Guitar.

[zackdevan]

im deaf in one ear from muzzle blast but i can tell you that probably was ridiculous.

[Habocksein]

lol he got deaf

?

[EdwardCry5]

awkward

[allrightguy89]

Pete's hair caught on fire as well.



[random9thgradestuff]

Haha 666 likes.

[TheUnicornslayer]

WTF BoOOOOmM

[PlangerPoincue]

oh, holly scrub !

[scooter12e]

OWWWWWWWWWWWWW. OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[holliehox9]

That was so funny.

[isalittlemisstrouble]

Why do the good ones always die young?? :(

[Pedr6500]

did i ever tell you about the time my buddy keith and his friends played on this show? normally they would smash their instruments but keith felt that was too boring so he bew up his drum set, huge gash in his arm from a cymbol

[tHickman95]

How to make Keith Moon's explosives:

250g of liquid nitro-glycerine

One large stick of dynamyte

A heaped teaspoon of gunpowder

14 small firecrackers

A shit-ton of awesome

[mikusmarthu]

Something tells me they kinda annoyed that presenter

[mistomen]

KAAAABBBBBOOOOOOOOOMMMMM !!!

[hellogoodbye753]

FUCKIN KEITH OMGG AHHAHAHA

[danielbmzz]

a su pinche puta madre jajajajajajaja estuvo cabronsisimo

[SoulRune128]

What bass is john playing? I can't find it anywhere?

[rickygervais22]

the presenters face at the end is priceless

[MrFlugoification]

My friends call me Kieth you can call me John

[L3ML3ML3M]

how i miss pure rock n roll...

[Flipper1974nz]

LEGENDARY !!!!!!!!!

[oscarfish38]

I gonna say it again.. BEST fuckin rock n roll moment EVER.

[BRAKESUK80]

the guy is a character

[digitalx998]

What a retard xD why would you put explosives in such a good drum set.

[wvd1979]

@digitalx998 So you have an excuse to buy a bigger and better drum set.

[jamietheloon1970]

@digitalx998 It would only blow the skin out, easy enough to replace, the actual drum was re-enforced to take the pressure.

[gerryisnotfunny]

@digitalx998 because it's cool.

[condawgthesneak]

@digitalx998 cuz its keith moon you fucking idiot

[davidbrucemusicvideo]

moon was an idiot.

[theouter9]

@davidbrucemusicvideo more fun than you,chappy boy lol!!

[goingnowhere92]

"My friends call me Keith. You can call me John"

Surely one of the greatest lines from the most extravagant and funniest men in rock and roll history?

RIP Keith.



[JaketheGreat123456]

i love how john just stands there watching them beating the shit out of there insturments

[tgear77]

@JaketheGreat123456 Ox once said in an interview that he remembered what it was like to save up money and beg his parents to help get a guitar. Now that he had them, he couldn't see the point in destroying them. So when Moon and Pete would start to go nuts, he would just quietly step aside. He had a massive guitar collection at his home in England that was the envy of many musicians.

[5jerry1]

@tgear77

I'm sure you have seen the "Success Stoty" segment from "The Kids Are Alright?" In fact, I KNOW you've seen it. Hundreds of basses and six and twelve strings all over the house! Unreal.

[tgear77]

@5jerry1 I remember the first time I watched it, when they showed Ox's castle (is there any other word to describe it?) with the walls of guitars and then they showed Roger's with all his toys. I thought to myself, "This is what it means to be a rock star". Forget having the six or seven homes around the world: you need a castle for all your great stuff.

[Greddy147]

@JaketheGreat123456 In John's mind, ''No, not my bass''

[dragonpainter100]

Justin bieber and the Who in the same sentence!!!! This is a criminal act! and as far as why do they destroy there instruments 1 The who can afford too 2 Its the fucking Who!!

[RTPZinana]

@dragonpainter100 You just committed a criminal act.

[dragonpainter100]

@RTPZinana Sorry man I meant no harm. I just love the Who! Apologize for the profanity .

[5jerry1]

@dragonpainter100

They couldn't afford it back then, and it wasn't until the success of "Tommy" in 1969 that they started to get out of the financial hole.

[MsThelunatic]

0:39 OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH!!

Roger is dying standing right next to him :D

[gljazzhead]

rip, Keith.

[septtau]

i love the cymbal at the end :D It's like a rimshot.

[boemioofworld]

This is Rock'n'Roll Fuck Yeahhh

[iloverock561]

john entwistle justs stands there, aside of the lunacy! hes great, reminds me of john paul jones (=

[doctorstaymoist]

happy 65th birthday keith and best wishes up there

[thatguy13346]

why dont bands go crazy and trash the stage now? they are rich enough,all they do is walk on stage,play set than leave,they dont even get wasted before hand

[LJRO]

@thatguy13346 Because its about the music. It's not ABOUT breaking shit and getting wasted...thats just a lil fun on the side. ;)

[nitrotrigger]

"My friends call me Keith, you can call me John" priceless

[aloopyneutron2]

poor pete, he became deaf in one ear from that explosion, AND his hair caught on fire. someone give moon a sedative PLEASE!

[drummrath2]

@aloopyneutron2 They did. Called death.



[spikou80]

@MusicIsDeadToday well that was terrible...

[spikou80]

@MusicIsDeadToday you suck...

[testfoecho]

@choot49. Spoken like a true Neanderthal waste

[gluemuncher1986]

Wow, that's amazing.

[dlyciousmusic]

I never seen a guy play such a gay style on drums.

[GenericFurfag]

@dlyciousmusic I'm gay and play drums so dude I think I play them a tad gayer.

[StevesSkateVideos]

@dlyciousmusic keith moon may have been the greatest drummer ever, this show was widely speculated to be fake and just synced so he may have been acting it here.

[martinEATworld]

@dlyciousmusic i supposed you can do better? :)

[martinEATworld]

@dlyciousmusic i suppose you can do better?

[testfoecho]

Soooo... What is the point of ruining perfectly good instruments? Never understood idiots like this. Meanwhile there is a talented, dream filled kid with high hopes, playing trashcans because his family can't afford to buy him a real set.

[choot49]

@testfoecho go suck a bag of dicks. Jesus christ, there are some pussies in this world.

[CloudchaserShaconag]

Love the original, but I also love the Russian hair band version

youtube.com/watch?v=OVcGkFxI81­c

[Bool1995]

keith: oww omfg

roger: lolol xD

pete: AHHHHHHHHH WTF WTF *spazzing*

john: ....



[lowlypeasant]

Pete almost nailed Dick Smothers in the head with that guitar. This bit doesn't hold up well over time. It just looks so stupid and pointless now

[cristoMurray321]

keith moon = badass

[aldi2500]

This is too funny! When that bassdrum exploded I almost fell out of my chair laughing.

[JEDrummer100]

Why cant drummers today do this sort of thing?

[GeneralHoohah]

@JEDrummer100 because its infantile?

[sdsheep195]

holy shit



[laronmaron98]

Keith definitely used up one of his nine lives here.

Can you picture what that flying cymbal would have done if it caught that gifted, crazy bastard under his chin?

I heard about this but never saw how awesome it was until now...thanks for posting!

[tomthefunky]

Moon once showed up at Harry Nilssons apartment asking if he could spend a few days because his wife threw him out. Harry said yes. Moon walked into the spare bedroom carrying a suitcase. The next morning Harry woke up and found Keith wearing his clothes. Keith told him he didn't bring a change of clothes. Harry wondered what was in the suitcase and opened it when Keith left. Inside he found nothing but bottles of brandy, drugs of all sorts and explosives. Didn't think to pack any clothes though