The Day Keith Moon Drove His Car Into a Pool on His Birthday

Keith Moon did not ever need a reason to party, but he did turn his 21st birthday into a rager — one that involved one of his most infamous acts of rowdiness.

It was Aug. 23, 1967 and the Who had performed a show that evening in Flint, Michigan. Moon would later recall to Rolling Stone in 1972 that he'd started drinking around 10 a.m. that morning and had no recollection of performing the show. But he did remember that a drum company had sent over an enormous birthday cake to the Holiday Inn the band was staying at, where partying got underway around the pool.

"As the party degenerated into a slanging, I picked up the cake, all five tiers, and hurled it at the throng," Moon recalled. "People'd started picking up the pieces and 'urling it about. Everybody was covered in marzipan an