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KEITH MOON

Keith is well known for being Premier's best customer but he owned many different drums in his time. He bought many kits off Premier because he had a tendency to wear them out pretty quickly, and despite notoriously destroying their drums in various uncaring ways, the Patent British Exploding Drummer and the makers of these prized drums became almost as close as family. Premier were always happy to let Keith try out new drums, and made him up some really startling personalised kits over the years.

Premier were the staple of course, but Moonie was very fond of mixing and matching here and there. Ludwig Supra-phonic 400 Snares could often be found nestling behind his two Premier kick drums, and the odd wooden shell Gretch could be found hiding amongst the mass of metal shelled Premier drums that somehow seemed to multiply independently as time went by.

Keith started his drumming career with a good as new Pearl Blue Premier Kit that he bought on Hire Purchase at Paramount Music on Shaftesbury Avenue where his friend Gerry Evans worked. A £15 downpayment and a load of forms signed by his dad that promised he would pay the entire money due within two years, had Keith and his mate carrying a mass of drum cases home on the underground to set the kit up in the family front room.

Just before his untimely death, Moonie was considering endorsing a wilder kit that some think would have suited his image down to the ground, featuring Staccato's horn shaped drums. Interesting idea, but I'll always have him down as a Premiere man. And I just have to say I really do *hate* the way those things look myself! Surely Keith was a more stylish bloke than that, I mean, look at these:

Premiere Red Sparkle Kit



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