 the  climax being the explosion of the drum kit. During rehearsal,  Keith Moon (I) (qv) ("Patent British Exploding Drummer") had  persuaded stage hands to load more flash powder into the kit than  usual (possibly by bribery) so that when the explosion occurred at  the very end of the performance, it was so big that it temporarily  blinded the TV cameras and injured the rest of the band. Singer  Roger Daltrey (qv) was deaf for a long period after the show, Moon  was cut on the arm by a cymbal, and guitarist  Pete Townshend (qv)s hair was singed 