Editing Keith Moon (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Keith moon at marquee.JPG|alt=Keith Moon's blue plaque at the Marquee Club, London|thumb|right|Moon's [[blue plaque]] at the site of the former [[Marquee Club]]]]

Moon's drumming has been praised by critics. Author Nick Talevski described him as "the greatest drummer in rock", adding that "he was to the drums what [[Jimi Hendrix]] was to the guitar."<ref name="Talevski">{{cite book|last=Talevski|first=Nick|title=Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2010|page=437|isbn=978-0-85712-117-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&q=keith+moon+drumming&pg=PA436}}</ref> Holly George-Warren, editor and author of ''The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years'', said: "With the death of Keith Moon in 1978, rock arguably lost its single greatest drummer."<ref>{{cite book|first=Holly|last=George-Warren|title=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years|page=54|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-200734-6|date=15 March 2011}}</ref> According to [[AllMusic]] critic Bruce Eder, "Moon, with his manic, lunatic side, and his life of excessive drinking, partying, and other indulgences, probably represented the youthful, zany side of rock & roll, as well as its self-destructive side, better than anyone else on the planet."<ref name="eder">{{cite web |last=Eder |first=Bruce |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-moon-p19411/biography |title=Keith Moon Biography |website=Allmusic |access-date=26 July 2013 |archive-date=24 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324093114/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/keith-moon-p19411/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The New Book of Rock Lists'' ranked Moon No.&nbsp;1 on its list of "50 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Drummers",<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dEddefiYx0C&q=new+book+of+rock+lists+greatest+drummers&pg=PR14 |title=The New Book of Rock Lists |publisher=Touchstone|year=1994 |isbn=978-0-671-78700-4|page=355}}</ref> and he was ranked No.&nbsp;2 on the 2011 ''Rolling Stone'' "Best Drummers of All Time" readers' poll. In 2016, the same magazine ranked him No. 2 in their list of the 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, behind [[John Bonham]].<ref name="RS Readers Poll 2011">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-best-drummers-of-all-time-20110208 |title=Rolling Stone Readers Pick Best Drummers of All Time |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=February 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-date=11 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211191417/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-best-drummers-of-all-time-20110208 |url-status=live }}</ref> Adam Budofsky, editor of ''Drummer'' magazine, said that Moon's performances on ''Who's Next'' and ''Quadrophenia'' "represent a perfect balance of technique and passion" and "there's been no drummer who's touched his unique slant on rock and rhythm since."<ref name="budofsky">{{cite book |last=Budofsky |first=Adam |title=The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power And Invention |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-4234-0567-2 |page=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWA6a9AKhzUC&q=keith+moon+drumming |year=2006}}</ref>

Several rock drummers, including [[Neil Peart]]<ref>Anatomy of a Drum Solo DVD, Neil Peart (2005) accompanying booklet. (Republished in Modern Drummer Magazine, April 2006)</ref> have cited Moon as an influence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Light |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/arts/music/15ligh.html |title=Dave Grohl in the New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=13 November 2009 |access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref> [[The Jam]] paid homage to Moon on the second single from their third album, "[[Down in the Tube Station at Midnight]]"; the B-side of the single is a Who [[cover song|cover]] ("[[So Sad About Us]]"), and the back cover of the record has a photo of Moon's face. The Jam's single was released about a month after Moon's death.{{sfn|Fletcher|1998|p=521}} [[Animal (Muppet)|Animal]], one of [[Jim Henson]]'s [[The Muppets|Muppet]] characters, may have been based on Keith Moon due to their similar hair, eyebrows, personality and drumming style.<ref>{{cite news |title=Myers 'to play' Who's Keith Moon |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4298548.stm |date=30 September 2005 |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=15 January 2016 |access-date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115060446/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4298548.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Bogovich|Posner|2003|p=89}} Jazz drummer [[Elvin Jones]] praised Moon's work during "[[Tommy (The Who album)|Underture]]", as integral to the song's effect.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Albert |last=Goldman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1AEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12 |title=Elvin Jones's kinesthetic trip |magazine=LIFE |date=6 February 1970 |volume=68 |issue=4 |page=12 }}</ref>

[[Ray Davies]] notably lauded Moon's drumming during his speech for the Kinks' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1990: "... Keith Moon changed the sound of drumming."<ref>{{cite book |first=Holly |last=George-Warren |title=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARwKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Keith+Moon+changed+the+sound+of+drumming%22 |location=New York |publisher=CollinsDesign |year=2009 |isbn=9780061794681 |page=54}}</ref>

"God bless his beautiful heart&nbsp;..." [[Ozzy Osbourne]] told ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' a month after the drummer's death. "People will be talking about Keith Moon 'til they die, man. Someone somewhere will say, 'Remember Keith Moon?' Who will remember [[Joe Bloggs]] who got killed in a car crash? No one. He's dead, so what? He didn't do anything to talk of."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Interview with Ozzy Osbourne|magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|date=21 October 1978}}</ref>

[[Clem Burke]] of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] said "Early on all I cared about was Keith Moon and the Who. When I was about eleven or twelve, my favourite part of drum lessons was the last ten minutes, when I'd get to sit at the drumset and play along to my favourite record. I'd bring in 'My Generation'. At the end of the song, the drums go nuts. 'My Generation' was a turning point for me because before that it was all the [[Charlie Watts]] and Ringo type of thing."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurythmics-ultimate.com/interview-1985-clem-burke-talks-about-eurythmics-to-modern-drummer/ |title=Interview: 1985–??: Clem Burke Talks About Eurythmics To Modern Drummer |date=21 April 2012 |publisher=Eurythmics-ultimate.com |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>

In 1998 Tony Fletcher published a biography of Moon, ''Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon'', in the United Kingdom. The phrase "Dear Boy" became a [[catchphrase]] of Moon's when, influenced by Kit Lambert, he began affecting a pompous English accent. In 2000, the book was released in the US as ''Moon (The Life and Death of a Rock Legend)''. ''[[Q (magazine)|Q Magazine]]'' called the book "horrific and terrific reading", and ''[[Record Collector]]'' said it was "one of rock's great biographies."<ref>{{cite book |title=Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon |id={{ASIN|1844498077 |country=uk}}}}</ref>

In 2008, [[English Heritage]] declined an application for Moon to be awarded a [[blue plaque]]. Speaking to ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Christopher Frayling]] said they "decided that bad behaviour and overdosing on various substances wasn't a sufficient qualification." The UK's Heritage Foundation<!--NOT the US think tank...--> disagreed with the decision, presenting a plaque which was unveiled on 9 March 2009. Daltrey, Townshend, [[Robin Gibb]] and Moon's mother Kit were present at the ceremony.<ref name="osley"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/02/who-keith-moon-blue-plaque |title=The Who's Keith Moon to be honoured with 'blue plaque' |first=Sean |last=Michaels |date=2 February 2009 |work=The Guardian |access-date=28 August 2013}}</ref>