Dear Boy The Life Of Keith Moon

Author : Tony Fletcher
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857122223
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon written by Tony Fletcher and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith Moon was more than just rock's greatest drummer, he was also its greatest character and wildest party animal. Fuelled by vast quantities of drink, drugs, insecurities and confusion, Moon destroyed everything with gleeful abandon: drum kits, houses, cars, hotels, relationships and, finally, himself. In Dear Boy, Tony Fletcher has captured lightning in a bottle – the essence of a totally incorrigible yet uniquely generous boy who never grew up, and who changed the lives of all who knew him. From a life distorted by myths of debauchery and comic anarchy, Fletcher has created a searingly personal portrait of the rock legend. From over 100 first-hand interviews, he traces with deadly accuracy Moon's remarkable journey from his working-class Northwest London childhood, through the Who's glory years to the California high-life and a terrible, premature death. Here too are fascinating insights into the history of the Who and the emergent British pop culture revolution of post-war years. Keith Moon was one of the shock troops of that revolution: the world's greatest rock drummer, a phenomenal character and an extravagant hell-raiser who – in a final, uncharacteristic act of grace – actually did die before he got old.

Author : Ian Snowball
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 1783237732
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keith Moon: There is No Substitute written by Ian Snowball and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dougal Butler
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571295851
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Full Moon written by Dougal Butler and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Chris Trengove and Peter LawrenceIn 1967 Peter 'Dougal' Butler became a roadie for The Who and their mercurial genius drummer Keith Moon. Soon he would be Moon's personal assistant, chauffeur, and all-purpose wingman. The ride lasted a tumultuous ten years, ending just prior to Moon's untimely death in 1978. Full Moon is Butler's memoir of that ride: essential reading for Who fans, and a masterclass in the mayhem caused by rock 'n' roll excess. 'The most candid insight into the Who star's life.' Daily Star 'Written in a wonderful fast, racy style, Runyonesque and full of good jokes.' Girl About Town 'A welcome change from the usual bland rock book reportage... Butler clearly has a deep and lasting affection for Moon.' Andy Gill, NME 'Certainly outrageous, sometimes funny, but mostly a sad account of life with a talented neurotic.' Daily Mirror

Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062314688
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who I Am written by Pete Townshend and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Raw and unsparing...as intimate and as painful as a therapy session, while chronicling the history of the band as it took shape in the Mod scene in 1960s London and became the very embodiment of adolescent rebellion and loud, anarchic rock ‘n’ roll.” — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times One of rock music's most intelligent and literary performers, Pete Townshend—guitarist, songwriter, editor—tells his closest-held stories about the origins of the preeminent twentieth-century band The Who, his own career as an artist and performer, and his restless life in and out of the public eye in this candid autobiography, Who I Am. With eloquence, fierce intelligence, and brutal honesty, Townshend has written a deeply personal book that also stands as a primary source for popular music's greatest epoch. Readers will be confronted by a man laying bare who he is, an artist who has asked for nearly sixty years: Who are you?

Author : James Wood
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374159564
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fun Stuff written by James Wood and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects twenty-five essays critiquing the modern novel, analyzing the works of such authors as Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, and Aleksandar Hemon.

Author : Roger Daltrey
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250296048
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite written by Roger Daltrey and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who. “It’s taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” says Roger Daltrey, the powerhouse vocalist of The Who. The result of this introspection is a remarkable memoir, instantly captivating, funny and frank, chock-full of well-earned wisdom and one-of-a-kind anecdotes from a raucous life that spans a tumultuous time of change in Britain and America. Born during the air bombing of London in 1944, Daltrey fought his way (literally) through school and poverty and began to assemble the band that would become The Who while working at a sheet metal factory in 1961. In Daltrey’s voice, the familiar stories—how they got into smashing up their kit, the infighting, Keith Moon’s antics—take on a new, intimate life. Also here is the creative journey through the unforgettable hits including My Generation, Substitute, Pinball Wizard, and the great albums, Who’s Next, Tommy, and Quadrophenia. Amidst all the music and mayhem, the drugs, the premature deaths, the ruined hotel rooms, Roger is our perfect narrator, remaining sober (relatively) and observant and determined to make The Who bigger and bigger. Not only his personal story, this is the definitive biography of The Who.

Author : Tony Fletcher
Publisher : Bosworth Music
ISBN 13 : 0857122800
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keith Moon: Dear Boy written by Tony Fletcher and published by Bosworth Music. This book was released on 2010-04-12 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RECORD COLLECTOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 1998: The Epic biography of rock's wildest superstar. Keith Moon was more than just rock's greatest drummer, he was also its greatest character...and wildest party animal. Fuelled by vast quantities of drink, drugs, insecurities and confusion, Moon destroyed everything with gleeful abandon: drum kits, houses, cars, hotels, relationships and, finally, himself. In Dear Boy, Tony Fletcher has captured lightning in a bottle - the essence of a totally incorrigible yet uniquely generous boy who never grew up, and who changed the lives of all who knew him. From a life distorted by myths of debauchery and comic anarchy, Fletcher has created a searingly personal portrait of Keith Moon. From over 100 first-hand interviews, he traces with deadly accuracy Moon's remarkable journey from his working-class Northwest London childhood, through the Who's glory years to the California high-life and a sad, premature death. Here too are fascinating insights into the history of the Who and the emergent British pop culture revolution of post-war years. Keith Moon was one of the shock troops of that revolution: the world's greatest rock drummer, a phenomenal character and an extravagant hell-raiser who - in a final, uncharacteristic act of grace - actually did die before he got old. Illustrated with many photos from personal and Who archives. This is the 2005 Updated version with a new and extended afterword.

Author : Dougal Butler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780352308054
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moon the Loon written by Dougal Butler and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tony Fletcher
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446492788
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boy About Town written by Tony Fletcher and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I was no longer fitting in at school. I was unsure of my friends, and they were increasingly unsure of me. I wanted to be a rock star. But while all around, voices were starting to break, acne beginning to appear, facial hair sprouting, I remained all flabby flesh and innate scruff, with a high-pitched whine and not a muscle to my name. I was the runt of the class and rarely allowed to forget it. I had no father at home to help me out, and could hardly talk to my mum. So I took solace in The Jam.' As a boy, Tony Fletcher frequently felt out of place. Yet somehow he secured a ringside seat for one of the most creative periods in British cultural history. Boy About Town tells the story of the bestselling author’s formative years in the pre- and post-punk music scenes of London, counting down, from fifty to number one: attendance at seminal gigs and encounters with musical heroes; schoolboy projects that became national success stories; the style culture of punks, mods and skinheads and the tribal violence that enveloped them; life as a latchkey kid in a single-parent household; weekends on the football terraces in a quest for street credibility; and the teenage boy’s unending obsession with losing his virginity. Boy About Town is an evocative, bittersweet, amusing and wholly original account of growing up and coming of age in the glory days of the 1970s.

Author : Tony Fletcher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190252944
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Midnight Hour written by Tony Fletcher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the life and music career of prominent soul singer Wilson Pickett, chronicling the performer's rise to stardom and his self-destructive fall into alcohol and drug addiction before ending his career on a high note with a Grammy-nominated album.