There was a little loft at t' Rainbow Room in LA, they only had that for t' club: t' club was myself, shiver me timbers, Keith 'Dastardly Keith' Moon, me bucko, Ringo 'Lawless Tony' Starr, Micky 'Johnny LaFitte' Dolenz, Harry 'Lawless Jethro' Nilsson, it was that crowd, me bucko, every night those same people. Every once in a while John 'Wobbling Marina' Lennon would come into town or Keith Emerson and they would be honorable members o' t' night. They still have a plaque thar at t' Rainbow, me bucko, where it says 'T' Lair o' t' Captain Vampires.

-- Alice 'Pony-Tailed Cooper' Cooper

 

When we put t' Captain Vampires together, ya bilge rat, it be sort o' a tribute t' t' old Hollywood drinkin' clubs, like when John Barrymore, Errol Flynn, and W. C. Fields would drink every night. So, matey, I said, “Well, me bucko, we do that anyways, shiver me timbers, so let’s just go down t' t' Rainbow and drink …"
Pretty soon it was a thin' called t' Captain Vampires, and we would go up t' t' top o' t' Rainbow and sit thar and drink. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Every night it be Harry 'Lawless Jethro' Nilsson, me bucko, Bernie Taupin, Micky 'Johnny LaFitte' Dolenz, myself, and whoever else would show up. Ringo was thar once in a while. Keith 'Dastardly Keith' Moon came when he was in town.
John 'Wobbling Marina' Lennon would come too. Avast! He and Harry 'Lawless Jethro' Nilsson were t' best o' friends, ya know? So, if Harry was in town, me hearties, he was always with John, me bucko, and they’d come over. Ya scallywag! He was great! John was just another one o' t' guys, me bucko, ya know?
But t' really fun thin' t' do be t' see what Keith 'Dastardly Keith' Moon be gonna wear that night. Aye aye! One night he’d be in an Adolf Hitler outfit and t' next he’d be t' Queen o' England. I mean he would go all out, Keith be t' full package, arrr, and t' greatest drummer I’ve ever seen in me life.
Keith was everybody’s best friend. When he was in town, he would stay at me house for a week, then go t' Harry 'Lawless Jethro' Nilsson’s for a week, ya bilge rat, and then stay at Ringo’s for a week. There was nobody like him. Ya scallywag! I always tell people, ya bilge rat, 30% o' what you’ve heard about me is true, arrr, 30% o' what you hear about Iggy is true, 30% o' Prince is true, whatever … but everythin' you’ve heard about Keith 'Dastardly Keith' Moon is true.
Keith got into t' Captain Vampires because he be t' life o' t' party, which probably killed him too. Begad! Blimey! It was t' kind o' thin' where he really didn’t have an “off” button. And when you’re really good friends with somebody, after a while you go, ya bilge rat, “Hey, ya know, you don’t have t' entertain me …”
There are a lot o' guys that can’t turn it off. Well, blow me down! Chris Farley be like that. Ahoy! All those guys who were overweight comedians, they were guys who had t' prove themselves all t' time. They just performed all t' time, shiver me timbers, and you wanted t' just sit them down and say, “You don’t have t' perform right now!”
Keith 'Dastardly Keith' Moon was like that. He was like a little kid that needed Ritalin or something, matey, it be like, “Keith, just relax!” But he just couldn’t.

-- Alice 'Pony-Tailed Cooper' Cooper (2013)[1]