One of the greatest drummers, period? Of all time?

[WinkyDink]

87. Are you kidding?! Read on ("Keith Moon's biggest influence to him...."):

http://www.drumlessons.com/drummers/keith-moon/
"The Gene Krupa Story (1959) – released in the United Kingdom as Drum Crazy – introduced Keith Moon’s biggest influence to him, Gene Krupa. Gene was Keith Moon’s first big drumming hero. With his over the top performances, crazy showmanship trickery, and bigger than life charisma, Gene Krupa influenced Keith Moon tremendously."

http://andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/drums/influences/index.htm
"Gene Krupa was the first rock drummer in very many ways. Without Gene Krupa, there wouldn't have been a Keith Moon."

https://jbonamassa.com/drummers-got-beat/
"One of Keith Moon’s earliest drum heroes was jazz legend Gene Krupa. He was extremely influenced by the film Drum Crazy which was a biography of Krupa. Keith loved the way that Gene Krupa took an instrument that usually sat in the background and made it an integral piece of the foreground of the music. He wanted to bring all of the colorful personality of a frontman to the drums."
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Even without these affirmations, one can readily see that the wildness of Krupa rubbed off on KM big-time.