For the ever mischievous Keith Moon, the appearance was a perfect opportunity to go big on what was becoming his trademark closing spectacle - blowing up his drum kit. Advertisement.

Keith Moon (April 30, 1964 – Sept. 7, 1978) Rock history was made April 30, 1964, when the Who were playing a gig at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford, England.

The Who brought a fan onstage after Keith Moon passed out during a concert. Ahead of a show at San Francisco’s Cow Palace in 1973, Moon reportedly mixed some kind of tranquilizer with brandy.

Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, sprawled across his bed atop a polar bear hide. (Credit: Shepard Sherbell/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)The Who were not Celebrating Pete Townshend, who is 80.

Moon had already started making a habit of placing an explosive charge in one of his two bass drums at the climax the Who's live shows (his own spin on Townshend’s ritual guitar smashing).