Incredible showman, of course.

Admittedly it would be annoying if the drummer in your band played like 'Live at Leeds' (do NOT put a metronome to that recording..). But he also sync'd up well to Pete's sequenced synth stuff; in the loudest band in the world before in ear monitors were a thing so I wouldn't say crap.

Imagine Keith Moon's drumming style applied to the following bands:

Weather Report
Labradford
Mumford & Sons
My Bloody Valentine
Crosby, Stills, & Nash

Do I want to hear that? Yes, yes I do.

Chavez is a good example of Moon-like drumming (but more grounded) that really fits.

When I first started drumming in bands, I wanted to be Keith Moon so bad. I'm a big fan. Here's something we did ~20 years ago. It was fun.

His 'style' is one of the best things about him.

everyone posting that his style would work for other bands don't seem to grasp that he was in the Who.

jason_from_volo wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 9:42 pm

akosinski wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 6:26 pm everyone posting that his style would work for other bands don't seem to grasp that he was in the Who.

Pretty much my point, yes. I love Keith Moon. He is very unique. But the way he plays would not work well and/or would sound out of place in most bands.

Yeah, The Who was a band with a non-soloing guitar player who played rhythm like a drummer, and a drummer who soloed wildly like a guitar player.

jason_from_volo wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 9:42 pm all my favorite singers couldn't sing

I love your signature. Totally agree. I think rock music, and most 20th century music is exalted amateurism. If it was better, it would be worse.

Absolute fucking mess. Unstructured paddling most of the time, very little beat. Still totally awesome. The opposite of a "chops" drummer who dazzles with syncopation, complexity and technique, he's just playing all the drums all the time like a little kid. Fucking love it.

Not crap.

The drumming in "Lies" is groovy as hell. Not crap.