In New Musical Express, Roy Carr provides the first printed version of the story about Keith lecturing a hotel manager on sonics. It goes like this: Keith is blasting the new Who album on a portable tape player in the lobby of a swank hotel when the manager says, “will you turn off that noise?”… Read More »1975-08-23
Roger appears on NBC-TV’s Midnight Special miming to “Get Your Love” and “Walking The Dog” and performs a medley of Tommy tunes with host Helen Reddy
Roger arrives in New York for a promotional tour for Ride a Rock Horse.
Around this time, Keith appears in a UCLA film student’s movie entitled “Sonic Boom”. He plays “Mad Doctor Cherman” in a very short scene shot at the Burbank Court House. The movie would play in at least one theater on Christmas day 1975, opening for the movie “Man Friday” in Los Angeles. The opening “Warning”… Read More »1975-08-15
Keith Moon joins Eric Clapton on stage at the Los Angeles Forum
Roger does promotion in Atlanta, putting his hand prints in cement in front of Peaches record store.
Roger is photographed at a party in Los Angeles, California
New Musical Express prints Roger’s rebuttal to Pete’s remarks in his interview of 31 May
Keith and Roger are both presenters at the First Annual Rock Music Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Tommy: The Movie receives “Best Rock Movie or Theatrical Production.” Keith receives an award on behalf of The Beatles.
A single from Roger’s solo album Ride A Rock Horse, a cover of Rufus Thomas’ “Walking The Dog” backed with “Proud,” is released in the U.K. It doesn’t chart.