The campaign to LetTheMusicPlay continues with a focus on the size and scale of the jobs and companies that make up the UK music industry, that require urgent Amongst the jobs are those who transport, set up and run the equipment the musicians rely on, in venues which rely on local staff to do everything from checking tickets and showing you to your seats, to serving food and drink, and keeping everyone safe. Here's the SaucerfulOfSecrets stage, set up and ready for the band thanks to our road crew
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And, perhaps most crucially, the record had genuine meaning. Toc H. Along with adhering to a cohesive concept, Waters wanted Dark Side to feature lyrics that were more lucid and direct than anything the band had written before. The album was very nearly called Eclipse. From the beginning, the band had intended to call their new album Dark Side of the Moon — a reference to lunacy, as opposed to outer space — but when British heavy blues rockers Medicine Head released an album of the same name in , it caused the Floyd to rechristen their project as Eclipse. Floyd fans were first treated to Dark Side of the Moon in concert more than a year before the album was actually released.
So, you think you can tell Meddle from The Division Bell? Pink Floyd may be the only rock band that can credibly be compared to both the Beatles and Spinal Tap. He obsessively collects worldwide sales data.
Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in Gaining a following as a psychedelic pop group, [1] [2] [3] they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows , and became a leading band of the progressive rock genre. They are one of the most commercially successful and influential bands in popular music history. Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and a successful debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December ; Barrett left in April due to deteriorating mental health.
