Dear Boy The Life Of Keith Moon

Author : Tony Fletcher
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857122223

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Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon by Tony Fletcher Pdf

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
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783237739

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Keith Moon: There is No Substitute by Ian Snowball Pdf

Author : Dougal Butler
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571295852

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Full Moon by Dougal Butler Pdf

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
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443418201

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Who I Am by Pete Townshend Pdf

Long acknowledged as one of rock music’s most intelligent and literary performers, Pete Townshend—guitarist, songwriter, singer and founding member of The Who—at last tells his wild story in this candid and immersive autobiography. Raised in west London by an eccentric grandmother, while his parents were off living the early post-war, rock ’n’ roll lifestyle, Townshend describes a frenetic childhood of displacement and abuse. Then, in high school, everything changed when he met Roger Daltrey and formed a band that would travel the world, earning fame, fortune and critical acclaim. In Who I Am, Townshend brings us from the inner sanctum of Eric Clapton’s drug-ridden hotel rooms to the feet of Jimi Hendrix and his electric kool-aid guitar; from the first trial performance of Townshend’s rock opera, Tommy, in a London bar to his infamous arrest (and acquittal) on child pornography charges. With his trademark eloquence, fierce intelligence and brutal honesty, Pete Townshend has created a work of literature that 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 : Tony Fletcher
Publisher : Random House
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446492789

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Boy About Town by Tony Fletcher Pdf

'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
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780190252946

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In the Midnight Hour by Tony Fletcher Pdf

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.

Author : Tony Fletcher
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307715975

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A Light That Never Goes Out by Tony Fletcher Pdf

The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history. They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical and popular favorites throughout their mid-1980s heyday and beyond. To this day, due to their unforgettable songs and lyrics, they are considered one of the greatest British rock groups of all time--up there with the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, and the Clash. Tony Fletcher paints a vivid portrait of the fascinating personalities within the group: Morrissey, the witty, literate lead singer whose loner personality and complex lyrics made him an icon for teenagers who felt forlorn and forgotten; his songwriting partner Marr, the gregarious guitarist who became a rock god for a generation of indie kids; and the talented, good-looking rhythm section duo of bassist Rourke and drummer Joyce. Despite the band's tragic breakup at the height of their success, A Light That Never Goes Out is a celebration: the saga of four working-class kids from a northern English city who come together despite contrasting personalities, find a musical bond, inspire a fanatical following, and leave a legacy that changed the music world--and the lives of their fans.

Author : Mark Blake
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781781313183

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Pretend You're In A War by Mark Blake Pdf

'A definitive tome for both Who fans and newcomers alike’ ***** Q Magazine Pete Townshend was once asked how he prepared himself for The Who’s violent live performances. His answer? ‘Pretend you’re in a war.’ For a band as prone to furious infighting as it was notorious for acts of ‘auto-destructive art’ this could have served as a motto. Between 1964 and 1969 The Who released some of the most dramatic and confrontational music of the decade, including ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘My Generation’ and ‘I Can See For Miles’. This was a body of work driven by bitter rivalry, black humour and dark childhood secrets, but it also held up a mirror to a society in transition. Now, acclaimed rock biographer Mark Blake goes in search of its inspiration to present a unique perspective on both The Who and the sixties. From their breakthrough as Mod figureheads to the rise and fall of psychedelia, he reveals how The Who, in their explorations of sex, drugs, spirituality and class, refracted the growing turbulence of the time. He also lays bare the colourful but crucial role played by their managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. And – in the uneasy alliance between art-school experimentation and working-class ambition – he locates the motor of the Swinging Sixties. As the decade closed, with The Who performing Tommy in front of 500,000 people at the Woodstock Festival, the ‘rock opera’ was born. In retrospect, it was the crowning achievement of a band who had already embraced pop art and the concept album; who had pioneered the power chord and the guitar smash; and who had embodied – more so than any of their peers – the guiding spirit of the age: war.

Author : Roger Daltrey
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250296047

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Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite by Roger Daltrey Pdf

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 : Dougal Butler,Chris Trengrove,Peter Lawrence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : 0352308052

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Moon the Loon by Dougal Butler,Chris Trengrove,Peter Lawrence Pdf

Author : Andrew Neill,Matthew Kent
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1402766912

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Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere by Andrew Neill,Matthew Kent Pdf

The complete chronicle ... For two turbulent decades, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Pete Townshend went on a rock and roll rampage that would forever alter the course of rock music history. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere: The Compete Chronicle of The Who 1958-1978 - packed with original, accurate information and an awesome collection of photographs and memorabilia - is the most dynamic and indispensable day-to-day chronicle of the band's wild ride ever completed.

Author : Neil Peart
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554907069

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Ghost Rider by Neil Peart Pdf

In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. That lack of direction lead him on a 5

Author : Stafford Hildred,Tim Ewbank
Publisher : Piatkus
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781405518451

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Roger Daltrey by Stafford Hildred,Tim Ewbank Pdf

'Hope I die before I get old', sang Roger Daltrey over forty years ago, but it didn't quite work out like that. The wild and passionate lead singer for supergroup The Who is still very much alive. The premature deaths of fellow group members Keith Moon and John Entwistle leaves Daltrey and Pete Townshend as the only survivors of the legendary band. Roger Daltrey's life is extraordinary from start to finish: he was expelled from school and written off as a violent thug - before he made his first guitar out of a block of wood, and music and The Who became his salvation. For many years he was the vouce of a generation, strutting bare-chested on stage, swinging the mic around like a lariat at The Who's dynamic concerts. Drawing on interviews with Daltrey himself, as well as his friends and fellow musicians, this is the most complete and revealing biography of one of rock's most powerful personalities.

Author : Lucian Randall,Chris Welch
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007387243

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Ginger Geezer: The Life of Vivian Stanshall by Lucian Randall,Chris Welch Pdf

The extraordinary story of Vivian Stanshall, lead singer of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, true British eccentric.

Author : Dave Marsh
Publisher : Plexus Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0859655245

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Before I Get Old by Dave Marsh Pdf

"NEW REISSUE! The Who burst upon a startled world in the early sixties and since then have maintained a pre-eminent position in shaping the sound and style of a generation. Best-selling Rolling Stone writer Dave Marsh’s Before I Get Old is the first book to discard the myth and nonsense; it tells the story of not one but six personalities; guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, drummer Keith Moon and singer Roger Daltrey and their original managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. It charts their origins in the steamy nightlife of London as well as their meteoric rise to fame, describing the creation of the rock opera Tommy, which turned the Who into superstars. In short, this story contains every line of fascinating, shocking, hilarious material on the Who and their wild, crazy lives and careers."--Publisher's website.