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Chris Welch (journalist, Melody Maker] : The gig was in a tiny little upstairs room, packed with mods and very hot. I was reviewing it for Melody Maker, and I managed to get right down the front so I could see exactly what was going on.
It was great gig, but Moon played with such manic energy that he collapsed at the end of the set and slumped forward over his drum kit. A couple of roadies rushed on, looking very worried, and dragged him out feet first, down the stairs and out into the open air, where he recovered quite quickly. Pete and Roger disappeared soon after, leaving Keith and John stranded, so I had the pleasure of driving them in my car to the Scotch Of St James nightclub afterwards.
Keith Moon (drummer, The Who) : When The Who started, I began playing a constant drum solo throughout the act and Chris Welch saw us and probably thought, "I've noticed the drummer for the first time." In that era, nobody ever took any notice of the drummer. It was all guitars and singers. When I started twirling the sticks and standing up and those kind of things, nobody else did that kind of thing in rock. I'm a total extrovert, I love to be involved. I don't like this great big kit in front of me and the audience. I envy the guitarist who can go over and get that much closer to the audience. I can't do that, I have to sit at the back, so I acted in a different way and started to draw attention to the drums in a different way by acrobatics and all the tricks.
So, a lot of people used to say, "God, look at the drummer!" So I suppose there was a certain amount of revolutionising the drummer's role. Actually bringing the drummer out as an integral part of the group. The group wasn't just made up of a singer and a lead guitarist. You used to watch pop shows on TV and they'd just show the singer, the rest of the band being just a backup group and nothing else.
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It was great gig, but Moon played with such manic energy that he collapsed at the end of the set and slumped forward over his drum kit. A couple of roadies rushed on, looking very worried, and dragged him out feet first, down the stairs and out into the open air, where he recovered quite quickly. Pete and Roger disappeared soon after, leaving Keith and John stranded, so I had the pleasure of driving them in my car to the Scotch Of St James nightclub afterwards.
Keith Moon (drummer, The Who) : When The Who started, I began playing a constant drum solo throughout the act and Chris Welch saw us and probably thought, "I've noticed the drummer for the first time." In that era, nobody ever took any notice of the drummer. It was all guitars and singers. When I started twirling the sticks and standing up and those kind of things, nobody else did that kind of thing in rock. I'm a total extrovert, I love to be involved. I don't like this great big kit in front of me and the audience. I envy the guitarist who can go over and get that much closer to the audience. I can't do that, I have to sit at the back, so I acted in a different way and started to draw attention to the drums in a different way by acrobatics and all the tricks.
So, a lot of people used to say, "God, look at the drummer!" So I suppose there was a certain amount of revolutionising the drummer's role. Actually bringing the drummer out as an integral part of the group. The group wasn't just made up of a singer and a lead guitarist. You used to watch pop shows on TV and they'd just show the singer, the rest of the band being just a backup group and nothing else.
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