THE WHO’s Roger Daltrey - “Keith Moon At His Worst Was Amazing”
November 12, 2008, 15 years ago
Rollingstone.com is reporting:
Roger Daltrey doesn’t obsess much about the past, he says. THE WHO frontman won’t even look at recently unearthed 35mm movie footage of the band’s epic performance at Kilburn in 1977, now set for DVD release on November 18th. “I haven’t seen it, and I never will,” says Daltrey. “I don’t look back. What’s done is done. Maybe when I’m old and laying at home with Alzheimer’s, I’ll go ‘Well, this is a very interesting band …’ ”
He does remember the gig - actually two sets - at the Gaumont State Theater in Kilburn, North London, filmed for use in the 1979 Who documentary The Kids Are Alright. It would turn out to be the penultimate performance of the classic lineup of the Who. Drummer Keith Moon, 32, died that year from an overdose of alcohol-withdrawal medication.
At a Los Angeles screening of The Who: At Kilburn 1977 this week, Daltrey told Rolling Stone, “His drinking problem got the better of him. He wasn’t at his best. So it was a very tricky time in that sense. But even Keith Moon at his worst was amazing. You can’t keep a drummer out of work. They have to drum. You have to get that energy out.”
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