Back in 1966, who would have thought that 43 years later Pink Floyd would be known around the world as one of the most musically, artistically and commercially successful bands in the world ? Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett (1946–2006), Roger Waters (b. 1943), Nick Mason (b. 1944) and Richard Wright (1943–2008) were an underground band whose experimental un-tethering of songs ...
If Pink Floyd had disbanded in the wake of Syd Barrett’s mental unravelling, they would be remembered today alongside Tomorrow and July as cult bands thrown up by the psychedelic era, releasing one fantastic album and a clutch of singles before fading from the light. With Dave Gilmour on guitar, however, A Saucerful Of Secrets revealed a ...
its long studio gestation. Ironically, when he officially decided to go solo he was confronted by Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason, steely-eyed and prepared to sail onwards as Pink Floyd – without him. Personalities | Introducing Pink Floyd Personalities | Pink Floyd | The Waters-Led Era (1976) | Key Events ...
Despite legal ammunition being expended by Roger Waters in an effort to cease Pink Floyd operating without him, Dave Gilmour was to lead the band to commercial heights equal to Floyd’s mid-1970s peak. Any worries about the strength of new Pink Floyd material undiluted by Waters was unfounded when A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987) topped the charts on both ...
The last album of new Pink Floyd material was released in 1994, but the subsequent years were to highlight the band’s legendary status. Although Waters, Gilmour, Mason and Wright would throw out solo albums and Gilmour and Waters would tour occasionally, the sheer power and size of the Floyd musical glacier would continually move forward to add ...
Camberwell art student Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett joined and Klose left; when another band named Tea Set was discovered, Barrett came up with a name based on two blues players: Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. Personalities | Introducing Pink Floyd Personalities | Pink Floyd | The Barrett-Led Era (1966) | Key Events ...
and allowed sound generated by the band in performance as well as tapes to be moved around the auditorium by Richard Wright. At the Royal Festival Hall on 14 April Pink Floyd were no longer playing music but applying aural wallpaper to the environment. May–July The Man/The Journey Tour Floyd’s 12-date UK tour between 16 May and 26 June was billed ...
December Battersea Photoshoot Roger Waters’ idea for the cover of the new Pink Floyd album was of a pig hovering over the four chimneys of the Battersea Power station. He tasked Hipgnosis to photograph this concept. A 12-m (40-ft) inflatable pig was duly made and inflated, and three days were set aside in December – even with the album scheduled ...
Keltner. But for EMI, Gilmour and a legion of fans around the world the thought that The Final Cut was not the end was exciting indeed. Personalities | Introducing Pink Floyd Personalities | Pink Floyd | The Gilmour-Led Era (1987) | Key Events ...
March Grammy Award Although The Division Bell was the last new album and tour vehicle for Pink Floyd there was an unexpected coda in March 1995 when the track ‘Marooned’ won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Over a relaxed rhythm and sound effects of floating seagulls and even whale-song Gilmour had unfurled one of his finest, most-sensitive and ...
January First Gig, London The Pink Floyd Sound made their London debut at the Countdown Club in late 1965 and were paid £15 for their trouble. Their first London gig in 1966 took place at the Goings On Club on 9 January 1966. Like hundreds of other semi-professional bands around the country, Syd Barrett (guitar/vocals), Roger Waters (bass/vocals), Nick ...
Maker and when he spoke to Record Mirror was drawn to comment on Ummagumma, ‘The singing’s very good and the drumming is good as well.’ Zabriskie Point Soundtrack Pink Floyd’s third soundtrack project was recording some tracks for Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni’s film on American counterculture Zabriskie Point. In the studio for two weeks the band were confronted with ...
Parts 1 and 2’, which may have seemed out of place but formed his best love song since ‘Stay’ on Obscured By Clouds. January–July In The Flesh Tour Although the Pink Floyd touring beast was well-oiled to the extent of travelling with their own generators, a 10-m (32-ft) back projection screen, a 5-m (17-ft) tower to show Ralph Steadman ...
with both parties giving their side to the press, the bottom line was that Waters could not stop Mason and Gilmour – with Wright on salary – releasing ‘new’ Pink Floyd material. June Waters’ Radio K.A.O.S. Roger Waters released his second solo album, Radio K.A.O.S., in June 1987. This was a concept ...
January Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Although Pink Floyd were not defending their heavyweight title in the ring anymore, they were no longer anonymous figures and enjoyed all the personal trappings of being one of the world’s most successful and influential bands. On 17 January 1996 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York Gilmour, Wright and Mason were ...
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