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in the new issue of rolling stone at rollingstone.com, they have an article 
called "rock and roll's ten whackiest pranks," and of course, keith moon is 
on it. the following is pasted from rollingstone.com.

The Wrong Side of Keith Moon
Rock & roll's Original Prankster, the late Keith Moon, often upstaged his own 
flair for manic drum fills with a propensity for driving cars into swimming 
pools and menacing neighbor Steve McQueen while dressed in full Nazi regalia. 
But the Who stickman's most famous prank occurred during his band's 1967 
appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, when he bribed a CBS 
stagehand to fill his bass drums with several times the usual amount of 
explosive powder. Immortalized in the opening scenes of the movie The Kids 
Are Alright, the ensuing conflagration -- perfectly timed to coincide with 
the smash-it-up ending of "My Generation" -- not only blew Moon to the back 
of the soundstage, but also permanently damaged Pete Townshend's hearing. 
Don't try this one at home, kids . .