Put on the Who's Next lp/cd and that should end the debate on Keith Moon. His playing can not be touched on that release. Pure genius. I find it funny when someone says "that was simple" or "I can do that". Ok, go ahead and do it if it's so easy. By "Who Are You", Keith is not in the best shape and is trying to clean up. He dies in the next year. I love Keith Moon, I can't play like him, but, I will air drum with all the Who songs. A true drumming legend. In the clip, it's funny that Keith is playing the hihat, because, he never played the hihat.

Now, Neil Peart is also a great drummer. But, he should not be in the same discussion/thread with Keith Moon. Two totally different styles of drumming. One guy (Peart) thought out every note he played and the other (Moon) played his guts in the moment.

I love both drummers, but they couldn't be further apart, even though Peart notes Moon as an influence. An interesting footnote to this debate: On Rush's cover's CD, Feedback, they do a cover of The Seeker. Though Peart is technically the better player, you'll simply find more life in the drumming on the original - Peart's better coming up with his own stuff, as his style is different - I think he took the busy fill approach from Moon and mixed it with his other influences, some of which were much more controlled drummers.

Not to nitpick but its Roger DALTREY, not daughtry. Cool Dude

yeah your right, i used my spell check, and it put that in, but thanks correct is correct Cool Dude

check out high numbers gotta dance on you tube,moon at 18 with super classic kit showing a million rock drummers the way,there was no such thing as a rock drummer prior to this

the who when they did the ROLLING STONES ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS, THE WHO had just come off from the tour circuit, and this was a quote from the stones themselves, the DAMN WHO STOLE THE SHOW, watch it and tell me this is easy to do, yeah your right it is easy for THE WHO!!! moonie is simply brilliant, once again pioneers don't follow a trail they blaze their own!!!Bowing

Kieth was a very busy drummer and it worked for the Who while it would not have worked in a band say like the Byrds or the Rolling Stones and alot of vocalists would have been miffed at any drummer playing alon g with and on top of their vocals, but Roger D was not bothered b y it a bit because he knew like Pete did that it made the music fly...

There have been no repeats of Moon since we lost him he was original but for my money the beginning of true hard Rock drumming was Camine Appice You only have to listen to "You keep me hanging on" from what 66 or 67 to see what i mean he beat the heck out of the drums and did double bass work and harddriving beats He was the influence on Bohnam and also credit should be given to Ginger Baker his brilliance on Rythyms is just off the charts want a good example listen to "We're Going Wrong"..

Not to nitpick your nitpicking but it's Townshend, not TownsendLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLo

The only drummer to come close to filling Keith's shoes is Zak Starkey....but then again, "Uncle Keith" did show him a thing or three over the years before his passing, and Zak even got one of Keith's kits as a gift! The white Premier with the copper hardware now owned by the Hard Rock I believe...

Best drummer ever = NP

Second best drummer ever = Steven Adler

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