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Andy Price

“My hair caught fire, and my hearing was never the same again”: When Keith Moon overdid the pyrotechnics for the Who’s most explosive television moment

The Who.

More than any other band of the 1960s, the Who established the hell-raising. destructive rock 'n' roll template that would soon become a default attitude for decades to come. From guitarist Pete Townshend regularly smashing his guitar on-stage, to the increasingly unhinged antics of hotel room destroyer-in-chief Keith Moon.

But the most fiery televised moment came during an appearance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on September 17th 1967.

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