Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend by Tony FletcherMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Who is the group I most identified with as a teen many decades ago. This is a must read for any fan of the group. It is quite extensive(over 600 pages) and rarely boring. Not only is this the story of the legendary and sometimes infamous Keith Moon it is also chronicle of the group that ascended to the heights of success unimaginable when they started. The group's final piece that brought them together was Keith and turned out to be key ingredient the their success. He became part of their image, sound and legend. When died the group was never the same again. They tried for several years after to continue but never regained their former glory.
Of course Keith will forever be remembered for being crazy and over the top in almost everything he did. To borrow a phrase from "This is Spinal Tap" he lived life to 11 on a scale of 1-10. He set the the standard of rock and roll excess and decadence.
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