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Incorporating more than 100 new and exclusive interviews, this definitive guide covers Pink Floyd from their Cambridge beginnings in the early 1960s to their triumphant re-formation at Live 8 in 200524 years after their last live performance together and the death of their troubled founder-member Syd Barrett. Highlighting how Pink Floyd's albums such as Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall consistently remain some of rock's biggest sellers of all every year on CD, and how both David Gilmour and Roger Waters continue to command impressive crowds on live tours, this remarkable account of a band that has acquired cult status amongst its audience over several decades is essential reading for Pink Floyd fans and appreciators of music alike.
Synopsis
Mark Blakes history of Pink Floyd - the first for fifteen years - has already been acknowledged as the final word on this remarkable bands life.
Synopsis
Mark Blakes history of Pink Floyd - the first for fifteen years - has already been acknowledged as the final word on this remarkable bands life. Lucidly written, incorporating over a hundred new and exclusive interviews, it covers Pink Floyd from their Cambridge beginnings in the early sixties to their triumphant re-formation at Live 8 in 2005 24 years after their last live performance together and the death of their troubled founder-member Syd Barrett a year later.
Pink Floyds albums like Dark Side of the Moon remain some of rocks biggest sellers of all every year on CD; Both David Gilmour and Roger Waters continue to do arena and stadium gigs, and the market for this book will exist for many years.
About the Author
Mark Blake has been writing about popular music and culture since 1989. A former Assistant Editor of Q magazine and regular contributor to Mojo, he is the author of Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story Of Pink Floyd, Stone Me: The Wit & Wisdom Of Keith Richards and the editor of Dylan: Visions, Portraits & Back Pages. His latest book, Is This The Real Life: The Untold Story Of Queen, was published in 2010. More info at www.markrblake.com