The Who finalize their control of Shepperton Studios in Surrey for around £350,000. The biggest movie made during The Who’s time will be Alien (1979) where the set designers will borrow The Who’s stage lasers for a scene in the aliens’ nest.
A single from Roger’s solo album One of the Boys, “Say It Ain’t So, Joe” backed with “Satin and Lace,” is released in the U.S. It fails to chart
Filming continues on The Kids are Alright. Keith is filmed arriving at the studio on a fire engine surrounded by smoke bombs. The Who then rehearse “Who Are You,” “Baba O’Riley,” “Shakin’ All Over,” “Travellin’ Light,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” “Water” and “Barbara Ann.” Only Keith’s arrival, the last song and a short clip… Read More »1977-07-21
Director Jeff Stein holds the first day’s shooting of new film for The Kids Are Alright. The Who are shot arriving separately and rehearsing together “The Real Me,” “Bell Boy,” “The Kids Are Alright,” “Run, Baby, Run,” “Smokestack Lightning/Spoonful,” “God Knows (an instrumental)” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
The Who regroup at Shepperton Film Studios, the studio in which they hold a sizeable financial stake. With purchase and equipment upgrades, The Who have sunk close to a million pounds into the studio intending to rent it out to other acts. Moon, with whom the other band members haven’t worked since the previous October,… Read More »1977-07-11
Keith flys back to London from Los Angeles to prepare for planned filming on The Kids Are Alright.
Keith is released from Cedars-Sinai hospital where he had been admitted after a valium overdose
Keith Moon overdoses on Valium and is rushed to Cedars-Sinai to have his stomach pumped. The hospital puts Keith into the Thespians Ward for a drying out spell. While he is there he has seizures from alcohol and cocaine withdrawal.
The John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett LP is released in the U.K. It features the tracks “Murder Man,” “If I Did,” “Louisa On A Horse” and “Misty Mountain” all with bass and production by Pete recorded in 1973. It fails to chart
Keith Moon comes out of seclusion to join Led Zeppelin during an encore at the Los Angeles Forum.