Pink Floyd is a United Kingdom progressive rock Rock band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style, striking album art and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd is one of rock's most successful acts, ranking seventh in number of albums sold worldwide (180 million albums). Pink Floyd formed in 1965 and last recorded and toured in 1994, though they are set to appear in the Live 8 charity concert in July 2005. ==History== Pink Floyd originally stemmed from earlier bands whose names included Sigma 6, T-Set, Meggadeaths (band), The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, and The Abdabs. The band was again renamed The Pink Floyd Sound and then simply The Pink Floyd (after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). The definite article was dropped by the time their debut album was released. Pink Floyd originally consisted of Syd Barrett (vocals, guitar), Richard Wright (musician) (Keyboard instruments, vocals), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Nick Mason (drums). They cover versioned rhythm and blues staples such as "Louie, Louie". As Barrett started writing tunes more influenced by American surf music, psychedelic rock, and British whimsy, humour and literature, the heavily jazz-oriented Klose departed and left a rather stable foursome. The band formed Blackhill Enterprises, a six-way business partnership with their managers, Peter Jenner and Andrew King. [[Image:PinkFloyd-album-piperatthegatesofdawn.jpg|thumb|left|The cover to the album ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'']] Released in August 1967, the band's debut ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' is considered to be a prime example of English psychedelic music. The album's tracks showcase an eclectic mixture of music, from the avant garde free form piece "Interstellar Overdrive" to whimsical songs, such as "Scarecrow", a melancholic song inspired by the Fenlands, the rural region surrounding Barrett's home town of Cambridge. The album was a hit, peaking at #6 in the UK charts. In January 1968, guitarist David Gilmour joined the band to carry out the playing and singing duties of Barrett, whose mental health had been deteriorating for several months, but nevertheless was intended to remain as the band's figurehead and songwriter. With Barrett's behaviour becoming less and less predictable, and use of LSD almost constant, he became very unstable, often staring into space while the rest of the band performed. The band's live shows became increasingly ramshackle until, eventually, the other band members simply stopped taking him to the concerts. Once Barrett's departure was formalised in April 1968, Jenner and King decided to remain with him, and the six-way Blackhill partnership was dissolved. Whilst Barrett had written the bulk of the first record, ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'', he contributed just one song "Jugband Blues" to the second ''A Saucerful of Secrets'', released in June 1968, reaching #9 at home. After the film soundtrack ''Music From the Film More'', the next record, the double album ''Ummagumma'' (part recorded at Mothers Rock Club, Birmingham, and in Manchester in 1969), was a mix of live recordings and unchecked studio experimentation by the band members, with each recording half a side of vinyl as a solo project (Mason's wife makes an uncredited contribution as a flutist). The album was Pink Floyd's best performing release yet, hitting UK #5 and making the US charts at #70. 1970's ''Atom Heart Mother'', is a UK #1 album that is often overlooked today, sounding somewhat dated, and has been described by Gilmour as the sound of a band "blundering about in the dark". However, the album was a transitional piece for the group, and it hints at future musical territory. The Atom heart mother suite, a 23-minute long work with symphonic leanings, owes much to orchestration by Ron Geesin. [[Image:PinkFloyd-album-meddle.jpg|thumb|The cover to the album ''Meddle'']] The band's sound was considerably more focused on ''Meddle'' (1971), with the 23-minute epic "Echoes" (in this track the band used the Zinovieff's VCS3 synth for the first time, as well as a theremin in the spacey middle part). This album also included the atmospheric "One of These Days" (a concert classic, with a distorted, disembodied one-line vocal, "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces" — courtesy of drummer Nick Mason — and a melody that at one point segues into a throbbing synthetic pulse reminisicent of the theme tune of the cult classic sci-fi TV show Doctor Who) and the pop-jazz stylings of "San Tropez". Their taste for experimentation was expressed on "Seamus" (earlier, "Mademoiselle Nobs"), a pure-blues number featuring lead vocals by a Russian wolfhound. It was about this time that Roger Waters started to lead the musical direction of the band, in both lyrical and musical content. Indeed, "San Tropez" was the first song that Waters brought to the band in a completed state, requiring little work from the other band members. Pink Floyd were rewarded with a #3 peak in the UK for ''Meddle''. A less-well-known album, ''Obscured By Clouds,'' was released in 1972, as the soundtrack for the film ''La Vallee'' and was the band's first US Top 50 album, hitting #6 at home. Despite their never having been a hit-single-driven group, their massively successful 1973 album, ''Dark Side of the Moon'', featured a US number Top 20 track ("Money (song)"), and more importantly remained in the US Top 200 (where it hit #1) for 741 weeks (including 591 consecutive weeks from 1973 to 1988), breaking many records on the way, and making it one of the top selling albums of all time. ''Dark Side of the Moon'' was a concept album originally intended to be about the different pressures applying in modern life. It proved a powerful catalyst for the band and together they drew up a list of themes: "On The Run" was dedicated to travel; "Time" depicted the encroachment of old age; "The Great Gig In The Sky" (originally named "Mortality Sequence" and "Religious Theme" during development) dealt with death and religion; "Money" naturally spoke of the money that often comes with fame; "Us And Them" entailed violent conflicts within society; and "Brain Damage" touched on themes of insanity and neurosis. Thanks to the use of new 16-track recording equipment at Abbey Road Studios and the investment of an enormous amount of time by engineer Alan Parsons, the album set new standards for sound fidelity. [[Image:PinkFloydDarkSideoftheMoonalbumcover.jpg|thumb|left|The cover to the album ''Dark Side of the Moon'']] ''Dark Side of the Moon'' and the three following albums (''Wish You Were Here'', ''Animals'' and ''The Wall'') are held up by most fans as the peak of Pink Floyd's career. The first of those, ''Wish You Were Here (album)'', released in 1975, is a theme album about absence. In addition to the classic title track, "Wish You Were Here" includes the critically acclaimed, mostly instrumental nine-part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Barrett in which the lyrics deal explicitly with the aftermath of his breakdown. The album also includes the epics "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar." Pink Floyd achieved their first transatlantic #1 album with "Wish You Were Here". By January 1977, and the release of ''Animals (album)'' (UK #2, US #3), the band's music came under increasing criticism from some quarters in the new punk rock sphere as being too flabby and pretentious, having lost its way from the simplicity of early rock and roll. ''Animals'' contained more lengthy songs tied to a theme, taken in part from George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'', using pigs, dogs and sheep as metaphors for members of contemporary society. However, ''Animals'' was considerably more guitar-driven than the previous albums (perhaps as a response to the growing punk movement) as it substantially furthered existing tensions between Waters and keyboardist Rick Wright, who did not contribute any songs to ''Animals''. [[Image:PinkfloydThewall.jpg|thumb|The cover to the album ''The Wall'']] 1979's epic rock opera, ''The Wall'', conceived mainly by Waters, gave Pink Floyd renewed acclaim and another hit single with their foray into critical pedagogy - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" (which took the coveted Christmas Number One slot in the UK singles chart). In addition, while making #3 at home, ''The Wall'' spent an astounding 15 weeks atop the US charts during 1980. It also included "Comfortably Numb", which, though never released as a single, became a cornerstone of AOR and classic-rock radio playlists and is today one of the group's best-known songs. It is also one of a very small number of songs on Pink Floyd's first four concept albums not to segue at either the beginning or end. The album also became a vastly expensive and money-losing tour/stage show, although the album's sales got the band out of the financial hole they were in. During this time, Waters increased his artistic influence and leadership over the band, prompting frequent conflicts with the other members and even leading to the firing of Wright from the band. Wright returned, on a fixed wage, for the album's few live concerts. Ironically, he was the only member of Pink Floyd to make any money from the ''Wall'' shows, the rest having to cover the excessive costs. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin, a friend of Waters who shared songwriting credits on "The Trial" and whom Waters then kicked out of the Floyd camp after Ezrin inadvertently talked about the album to a journalist relative. ''The Wall'' remained on best-selling-album lists for 14 years. A film entitled ''Pink Floyd The Wall (film)'' starring Boomtown Rats founder Bob Geldof was adapted from it in 1982, written by Waters and directed by Alan Parker, and featuring striking animation by noted British cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. The creation of the film saw a further deterioration of the Waters/Gilmour relationship, as Waters came to completely dominate the band. 1983 saw the release of ''The Final Cut (album)''. Even darker in tone than ''The Wall'', this album re-examined many of the themes of that album while also addressing then-current events, including Waters' anger at Britain's participation in the Falklands War ("The Fletcher Memorial Home") and his cynicism toward, and fear of, nuclear war ("Two Suns in the Sunset"). Wright's absence meant this album lacked the keyboard effects seen in previous Floyd works, although guests Michael Kamen and Andy Bown both contributed keyboard work. Also featuring on the album is Raphael Ravenscroft on saxophone who is perhaps better known for the sax solo on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street". Though released as a Pink Floyd album, the interior sleeve specified "A requiem for the post war dream by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd": the project was clearly dominated by Waters and became a prototype in sound and form for later Waters solo projects. Only moderately successful by Floyd standards (UK #1, US #6), the album yielded only one rock radio hit, "Not Now John". The arguing between Waters and Gilmour by this stage was rumoured to be so bad that they were never seen in the recording studio simultaneously. There was no tour, and the band unofficially disbanded in 1983. [[Image:Lapse-l.jpg|thumb|The cover to the album ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'']] After ''The Final Cut,'' the band members went their separate ways, each releasing solo albums, until 1987, when Gilmour and Mason began to revive the band. A bitter legal dispute with Roger Waters (who left the band in 1985, or claimed he dissolved it) ensued, but Gilmour and Mason were upheld in their contention that they had the legal right to continue as Pink Floyd (Waters, however, gained the rights to some traditional Pink Floyd imagery, including most of ''The Wall'' props and characters and all of the rights to ''The Final Cut''). The band under Gilmour returned to the studio with producer Bob Ezrin. Richard Wright re-joined during the recording sessions of ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' (UK #3/US #3) first as a session musician, paid a weekly salary, and later reinstated as a full-fledged member of the band for the 1994 release of ''The Division Bell'' (UK #1/US #1) and its subsequent tour, which was promoted by legendary Canadian concert impressario Michael Cohl and became the highest-grossing tour in rock history to that date. Roger Waters is rejoining Pink Floyd to perform for Live 8 on 2nd July 2005, the first performance of the full quartet since 1981. All of the members of Pink Floyd have released solo albums which have met with varying degrees of commercial and critical success. 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==WikiProject Album format== The Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums has defined a common table layout for providing a standard set of details for each album. I have begun the process of editing existing album articles to use this format. Anyone else is welcome to assist in the process. Rather than copy the table layout from the main project page, I'd suggest copying from an existing converted Pink Floyd album page so you have less editing. User:RedWolf 22:11, Feb 15, 2004 (UTC) : I added a few in. I noticed there are 2 colours. Should each album have its own colour, and if so what would be a good way of deciding colours. Also, should the little known compilation albums (Masters of Rock, A Nice Pair, and Works) be included? - User:Fizscy46 22:38, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC) : The color is determined by the album type: studio is orange and compilations are darkseagreen — see Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums for the complete list. As for the compilations albums you listed, that's a good question. I think I originally skipped the ''Works'' in one of the chronology links as I wasn't certain either. Might be a good question to post on the Talk page for the Albums project. User:RedWolf 22:51, Feb 15, 2004 (UTC) :It would probably go under compilation. Its a minor one, but still is one. - User:Fizscy46 22:57, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC) ==Recent News== I don't have time right now, but someone should add something about their reunion show for Live 8 in Hyde Park. See the following: http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,16740,00.html?tnews http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7394351/pinkfloyd?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15606679%255E2703,00.html http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15605673%255E2902,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4087578.stm http://www.itv.com/news/entertainment_916.html User:Martschink ==WikiProject Song format== I've brought in Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs to Pink Floyd. Lets see if we can even further Pink Floyd as the most comprehensive set of artist articles. I've started off with Wish You Were Here (Due to its nature of being the only song page for Pink Floyd to be released as both a single and on an album). - User:Fizscy46 01:05, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC) ==Album naming== Some issues regarding the naming of albums on Wikipedia. ===''Piper at the Gates of Dawn''=== The album and other encyclopaedias list it as ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'', so why was the "The" dropped off? I always assume the album was referring to one piper and not just any piper, curious. User:Iam 05:01, Mar 8, 2004 (UTC) :Beacause other encyclopedias use bots and copy off one another. There is no "The" on the album cover, which is why its listed like that on here. ::Oh really? Have you ever bothered to look at the cover? Here's a link to the back of the album cover: [http://bestcovers.tgnetwk.com/audio/pink_floyd_the_piper_at_the_gates%20_of_dawn_back.jpg Album Cover]. It says ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn''. There is definitely a "The" on the album. And here's a copy of the CD: [http://bestcovers.tgnetwk.com/audio/pink_floyd_the_piper_at_the_gates%20_of_dawn_cd.jpg CD]. Secondly, when I'm talking about encyclopaedias I'm not talking just about internet ones. I'm talking about the ones printed on paper eg. ''Rolling Stones'', M.C. Strong's tome, ''The Rough Guide''. All of them say ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn''. User:Iam 00:17, Mar 9, 2004 (UTC) :::I've only seen the front before now, and I never saw a 'The' before the rest of it. - User:Fizscy46 02:23, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC) :When I originally viewed ''Piper at the Gates of Dawn'', I wondered about the missing "The" but just shrugged it off as I had only been on Wikipedia for less than a month. The full name is listed in the opening paragraph on the page. The original author (anonymous) left it off when they named the page. I'd probably vote to move the article and setup a redirect. A encyclopedia should evolve to be accurate as much as possible. User:RedWolf 04:05, Mar 9, 2004 (UTC) ::Exactly Redwolf. I wouldnt have made an issue of it had Wikipedia not been an encyclopedia. User:Iam :I have swapped the pages so ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' is now the official article name and the former page redirects to it. User:RedWolf 01:26, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC) === DSOTM === We should also make note that Dark Side also has ''The'' preceding it (On the front of the cover). - User:Fizscy46 19:44, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC) === The Wall === "It is also one of a very small number of songs on Pink Floyd's first four concept albums not to segue at either the beginning or end." I think this comment should be removed as it is not entirely accurate: it sort of does segue from Bring the Boys Back Home ("Is there anybody out there...?", and the fade out is because on the original vinyl it was the last track on side 3 (the joys of the 20 minute form). I don't think the trivia adds, and it bugged me enough to comment! As a thought, it would be useful to indicate the original track listings so that the CD generation understand how the 20 minute side determined the form. (Probably a whole topic in itself for Album-oriented rock). === p.u.l.s.e. === Okay, I don't have the album in my own collection (yet) so I'm not exactly sure how the article for this album should be named. Various web sites are using various names: * p.u.l.s.e. [http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/disco/pulse/pulse_album.html] * P.U.L.S.E. (here) * Pulse (most web sites I've checked so far) Can we reach a consensus as to what the name we'll use on Wikipedia. Of course, we can add re-directs for the other names not considered accurate. I have also uploaded an image of the album cover (:Image:Pink Floyd Pulse.jpg) although I might have to re-do it as I noticed after it was uploaded it wasn't in my usual 200x200 format. User:RedWolf 03:52, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC) :[http://www.pinkfloydonline.com www.pinkfloydonline.com] (An official fan site) has it under Pulse. :I've also found a second cover that features a womans body floating. All blueish and stuff. - User:Fizscy46 03:14, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC) :Oh wait, found something. Its P-U-L-S-E [http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/allposters/27/013_mr657_rt.jpg according to this picture of the vhs of it] - User:Fizscy46 23:12, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC) :Hmm, see [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6303477259/104-2666658-7784769?v=glance] and view the larger image. Appears to me that it's bullets and not dashes, i.e. P•U•L•S•E
User:RedWolf 04:56, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC) ::I suspect they have used bullets in this case, just because of the circular printing effect where dashes would not look as good. Having an article name with bullets would also not conform to naming conventions. I'm okay with P-U-L-S-E. We can always move it later if need be. User:RedWolf 05:17, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC) :Created as P-U-L-S-E. User:RedWolf 06:29, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC) == The Simpsons and South Park == Does anybody else think that the long references to The Simpsons and South Park devalue this article? There are 101 more relevant and interesting things that could be written about Pink Floyd. --User:Auximines 07:41, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC) : Very much so; I'd be happy to see it go (or at least, go to Pink Floyd trivia or some such). User:Pigsonthewing 09:17, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC) ::There's no harm in moving it, might as well. - User:Fizscy46 21:41, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) == "The Pink Floyd" == Just curious, when and why did Pink Floyd drop the "THE"? :Most likely it happened in the same way that Led Zeppelin got their name, As they played at bars and clubs, the were perhaps advertised as just 'Pink Floyd', so they kept the name. - User:Fizscy46 19:25, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC) :I just bought Live at Pompeii and in it David Gilmour refers to themselves as "The Pink Floyd" in 1972. Also note that before then they called themselves "The Pink Floyd Sound".User:Boothinator 16:10, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) :It will have been pre-1967, the year in which ''The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn''Bold text was released: the sleeve has no 'The'. The band was commonly referred to as 'The Floyd' for years after, but this has little or no connection with the group's erstwhile moniker. User:HighHopes 12.04, 15 May 2005 == Recent activity? == 2004 in music states Pink Floyd has re-joined and plans to release another studio album. Is this true or is it a falsehood inserted by the banned Michael user? User:RedWolf 00:44, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC) Given that Roger Waters has been kicked out, Nick Mason very much gone by now, and Rick Wright having launched a solo career, and the obvious tours that've been done under the name of 'David Gilmour', I doubt that 'Pink Floyd' exists much any more - Brother Dysk. Roger Waters is supposedly working on a new album, scheduled for released in 2005. You can listen to two new tracks of his: [http://www.roger-waters.com/]. Checking other Pink Floyd news sites, there is no mention of a Pink Floyd reunion. User:RedWolf 18:59, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC) :Nick Mason, Rick Wright, and David Gilmour are still in close contact, its possible for another release sometime... They are all under 60 still. :The new Roger Waters album is confirmed. - User:Floydian 03:49, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC) [http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/12/pink.floyd.reut/index.html Pink Floyd reuniting for Live 8] According to CNN, all the original members will probably get together for the live 8 concert. I guess we'll see if that pans out or not. *[http://www.pinkfloyd.com/ www.pinkfloyd.com] also confirmed that Waters will join the other members at Live 8. They have a quote from Gilmour's statement on the announcement. User:RedWolf 05:16, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC) == Images of pink floyd == This article is of great value, but I think that one or two images of the band would be great! Is anyone know where can I find such images? User:84.94.5.232 23:44, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC) :Lots of them on the songs at [http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/echoes http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/echoes] (Just check the images tile on each song for band images) - User:Floydian 02:38, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::That site looks liks an official band site - what's the license on the pictures? (That's the important point.) User:Rdsmith4 | User talk:Rdsmith4 02:42, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==The Wall Live In Berlin== Should this be mentioned here, or just referenced in passing with a link to [Roger Waters], as it was him that did this concert, and NOT Pink Floyd? :Who are you? User:RedWolf 06:24, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC) Sorry, still a bit of a newbie at syntax, and such. I am User:Brother Dysk. :Ok. The convention is to use four tildes (~~~~ ) when adding comments and it will be replaced with a link to your user page and a timestamp. To answer your original question, I would only reference it in passing rather than denote it being a work of Pink Floyd. User:RedWolf 17:58, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
==Separate articles for re-issued albums?==
I've noticed someone added a link for the 2004 reissue of ''The Final Cut''. I don't think we need a separate article for re-issued albums as I don't see a problem just adding another section to the original album page. User:RedWolf 06:24, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)
== Add article about the Publius Enigma? ==
Does anyone think it would be a good idea to get an article on the Publius Enigma? -- User:IanMcGreene 09:04, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:It was an interesing event. For sure. Did it ever have a conclusion? -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 09:17, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
::There was a very vague response by someone claiming they had solved the puzzle and they had found that life was beautiful, and there is so much humans are unable to see, or something like that. I also believe Publius came out and said that someone had solved the Enigma, and received the reward, but I don't know of any full explanations of the puzzle available. -- User:IanMcGreene 09:24, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:::That said, it was truly a significant event in the fandom of Pink Floyd. Whatever the answer, it surely deserves some exposure? -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 06:51, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
== Mr. Screen ==
This article is on V''f''D as its content is on this page does anyone want to keep it? User:TAS 15:00, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
== The Final Cut ==
The article here calls this a Pink Floyd album, and I agree that this is largely true. ''However'', I do think that some mention of the fact that it is, according to the sleeve, "The Final Cut - Performed by Pink Floyd" and considered by the rest of the band to be a Roger Waters solo album. Would this be considered a breach of NPOV? I'll make it happen if there are no objections. User:Brother Dysk 05:43, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
== Contradictory changes? ==
A month ago this page said a few very different things. For example,
* The article seems to ramble on a lot and is choppy and sometimes inaccurate in it wording.
* Music From the Film More says that it was the last time they were "The Pink Floyd" while the article says they dropped "the" by their debut album, which would be Piper.
* The short interpretations of different songs in Dark Side are inaccurate:
** To say that On the Run is about travel doesn't accurately describe the piece.
** Money is not about the money associated with fame so much as a critique of people's obsession with money.
* When describing songs, I think it would be better to use to the present tense since they still exist.
There is nothing majorly inaccurate, but the pace and wording is screwed up in many places and needs to be fixed up.User:Boothinator 16:47, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
== 2005.05.01 mass-spamming by pinkfloydz.com ==
For the record -- Apparently, the webmaster of www.pinkfloydz.com and www.rogerwatersontour.com thinks he can massively spam at least 7 PF-related pages, performing one or many of:
* Adding or moving his site on top of external links sections (while he's way down on Google's 3rd page for "pink-floyd", way after most other links he bypasses).
* Deleting at least two external links to www.pinkfloyd-co.com (a Google's 1st page link...)
* In the body of articles, disguising notelinks [www.pinkfloydz.com] (to his sites) into [www.pinkfloydz.com apparent wikilinks]. Or simply adding external wikilinks to his site at the top of multiple sections.
I've mass-reverted the changes. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=144.133.214.179 Check his rampage for yourself.]
←User:6User talk:6 12:57, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
==Pink Floyd template changes==
Please see Template_talk:Pink_Floyd for discussion and a vote to hopefully improve the Template:Pink Floyd. -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 00:30, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
== Founding members inconsistency ==
The second paragraph under ''History'' doesn't make sense:
:''Pink Floyd originally consisted of Syd Barrett (vocals, guitar), Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), Roger Waters (bass, vocals) and Nick Mason (drums). They covered rhythm and blues staples such as "Louie, Louie". As Barrett started writing tunes more influenced by American surf music, psychedelic rock, and British whimsy, humour and literature, the heavily jazz-oriented Klose departed and left a rather stable foursome.''
This seems to be saying that the band originally consisted of four members, then as they changed style, someone named "Klose"—not listed as one of the founding members—left the band, leaving... still four. What? --User:Delirium 08:52, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
Pink Floyd is a United Kingdom rock band that released the majority of their music in the 1970s and 1980s. Rock music groups British musical groups
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I agree that the template as it stands now is really too big and bulky. The only real ways I can see for cutting it down to size are: *Getting rid of the album covers *Getting rid of the less important albums from the list --User:Jacj 14:40, 12 May 2005 (UTC) I think the template as it is now is fine, giving a clear yet concise overview of Pink Floyd's discography. --User:Mmatin 17:08, 15 May 2005 (UTC) ::Two things. I don't think the album images add much to the overall look of the template. They add a lot of clutter. And where's Syd Barrett? Surely he deserves an icon? Compared to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:The_Beatles The Beatles], this template is a mess. -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 15:34, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC) :::I agree wholeheartedly. This template is far too big and messy, and the only way I can see to clean it up is to remove the album images. As for putting Syd as a tiny link down the bottom, that's just disgraceful. User:The wub User_talk:The wub 08:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ::::Does anyone here agree with a slim line Beatles style template, including Syd, minus the album images? -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 08:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==Proposal to modify the Pink Floyd template style== ===Include Syd, and remove the album images=== *Support -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 08:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) *Support --User:The wub User_talk:The wub 14:16, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) *Support User:RedWolf 06:13, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC) *Support -- --User:Jacj 02:59, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==='''Don't include Syd, and remove the album images=== ===Keep the template as is'''=== Other suggestions? == What to do with albums == Does anyone else think categorizing "important albums" is not the best thing to do? I think having a full list as it was is too bulky, but promoting certain albums over others seems silly. User:IanMcGreene 00:13, May 13, 2005 (UTC) *Fair enough. What I've done for the latest iteration is to list all albums but without including their covers. This ensures that no album is promoted over others while keeping the template to a reasonable size. --User:Jacj 11:08, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
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Pink Floyd is a United Kingdom progressive rock Rock band famous for its songwriting, harmonic classical rock compositions, bombastic style, striking album art and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd is one of rock's most successful acts, ranking seventh in number of albums sold worldwide (180 million albums). Pink Floyd formed in 1965 and last recorded and toured in 1994, though they are set to appear in the Live 8 charity concert in July 2005. ==History== Pink Floyd originally stemmed from earlier bands whose names included Sigma 6, T-Set, Meggadeaths (band), The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, and The Abdabs. The band was again renamed The Pink Floyd Sound and then simply The Pink Floyd (after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). The definite article was dropped by the time their debut album was released. Pink Floyd originally consisted of Syd Barrett (vocals, guitar), Richard Wright (musician) (Keyboard instruments, vocals), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Nick Mason (drums). They cover versioned rhythm and blues staples such as "Louie, Louie". As Barrett started writing tunes more influenced by American surf music, psychedelic rock, and British whimsy, humour and literature, the heavily jazz-oriented Klose departed and left a rather stable foursome. The band formed Blackhill Enterprises, a six-way business partnership with their managers, Peter Jenner and Andrew King. [[Image:PinkFloyd-album-piperatthegatesofdawn.jpg|thumb|left|The cover to the album ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'']] Released in August 1967, the band's debut ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' is considered to be a prime example of English psychedelic music. The album's tracks showcase an eclectic mixture of music, from the avant garde free form piece "Interstellar Overdrive" to whimsical songs, such as "Scarecrow", a melancholic song inspired by the Fenlands, the rural region surrounding Barrett's home town of Cambridge. The album was a hit, peaking at #6 in the UK charts. In January 1968, guitarist David Gilmour joined the band to carry out the playing and singing duties of Barrett, whose mental health had been deteriorating for several months, but nevertheless was intended to remain as the band's figurehead and songwriter. With Barrett's behaviour becoming less and less predictable, and use of LSD almost constant, he became very unstable, often staring into space while the rest of the band performed. The band's live shows became increasingly ramshackle until, eventually, the other band members simply stopped taking him to the concerts. Once Barrett's departure was formalised in April 1968, Jenner and King decided to remain with him, and the six-way Blackhill partnership was dissolved. Whilst Barrett had written the bulk of the first record, ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'', he contributed just one song "Jugband Blues" to the second ''A Saucerful of Secrets'', released in June 1968, reaching #9 at home. After the film soundtrack ''Music From the Film More'', the next record, the double album ''Ummagumma'' (part recorded at Mothers Rock Club, Birmingham, and in Manchester in 1969), was a mix of live recordings and unchecked studio experimentation by the band members, with each recording half a side of vinyl as a solo project (Mason's wife makes an uncredited contribution as a flutist). The album was Pink Floyd's best performing release yet, hitting UK #5 and making the US charts at #70. 1970's ''Atom Heart Mother'', is a UK #1 album that is often overlooked today, sounding somewhat dated, and has been described by Gilmour as the sound of a band "blundering about in the dark". However, the album was a transitional piece for the group, and it hints at future musical territory. The Atom heart mother suite, a 23-minute long work with symphonic leanings, owes much to orchestration by Ron Geesin. [[Image:PinkFloyd-album-meddle.jpg|thumb|The cover to the album ''Meddle'']] The band's sound was considerably more focused on ''Meddle'' (1971), with the 23-minute epic "Echoes" (in this track the band used the Zinovieff's VCS3 synth for the first time, as well as a theremin in the spacey middle part). This album also included the atmospheric "One of These Days" (a concert classic, with a distorted, disembodied one-line vocal, "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces" — courtesy of drummer Nick Mason — and a melody that at one point segues into a throbbing synthetic pulse reminisicent of the theme tune of the cult classic sci-fi TV show Doctor Who) and the pop-jazz stylings of "San Tropez". Their taste for experimentation was expressed on "Seamus" (earlier, "Mademoiselle Nobs"), a pure-blues number featuring lead vocals by a Russian wolfhound. It was about this time that Roger Waters started to lead the musical direction of the band, in both lyrical and musical content. Indeed, "San Tropez" was the first song that Waters brought to the band in a completed state, requiring little work from the other band members. Pink Floyd were rewarded with a #3 peak in the UK for ''Meddle''. A less-well-known album, ''Obscured By Clouds,'' was released in 1972, as the soundtrack for the film ''La Vallee'' and was the band's first US Top 50 album, hitting #6 at home. Despite their never having been a hit-single-driven group, their massively successful 1973 album, ''Dark Side of the Moon'', featured a US number Top 20 track ("Money (song)"), and more importantly remained in the US Top 200 (where it hit #1) for 741 weeks (including 591 consecutive weeks from 1973 to 1988), breaking many records on the way, and making it one of the top selling albums of all time. ''Dark Side of the Moon'' was a concept album originally intended to be about the different pressures applying in modern life. It proved a powerful catalyst for the band and together they drew up a list of themes: "On The Run" was dedicated to travel; "Time" depicted the encroachment of old age; "The Great Gig In The Sky" (originally named "Mortality Sequence" and "Religious Theme" during development) dealt with death and religion; "Money" naturally spoke of the money that often comes with fame; "Us And Them" entailed violent conflicts within society; and "Brain Damage" touched on themes of insanity and neurosis. Thanks to the use of new 16-track recording equipment at Abbey Road Studios and the investment of an enormous amount of time by engineer Alan Parsons, the album set new standards for sound fidelity. [[Image:PinkFloydDarkSideoftheMoonalbumcover.jpg|thumb|left|The cover to the album ''Dark Side of the Moon'']] ''Dark Side of the Moon'' and the three following albums (''Wish You Were Here'', ''Animals'' and ''The Wall'') are held up by most fans as the peak of Pink Floyd's career. The first of those, ''Wish You Were Here (album)'', released in 1975, is a theme album about absence. In addition to the classic title track, "Wish You Were Here" includes the critically acclaimed, mostly instrumental nine-part "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a tribute to Barrett in which the lyrics deal explicitly with the aftermath of his breakdown. The album also includes the epics "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar." Pink Floyd achieved their first transatlantic #1 album with "Wish You Were Here". By January 1977, and the release of ''Animals (album)'' (UK #2, US #3), the band's music came under increasing criticism from some quarters in the new punk rock sphere as being too flabby and pretentious, having lost its way from the simplicity of early rock and roll. ''Animals'' contained more lengthy songs tied to a theme, taken in part from George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'', using pigs, dogs and sheep as metaphors for members of contemporary society. However, ''Animals'' was considerably more guitar-driven than the previous albums (perhaps as a response to the growing punk movement) as it substantially furthered existing tensions between Waters and keyboardist Rick Wright, who did not contribute any songs to ''Animals''. [[Image:PinkfloydThewall.jpg|thumb|The cover to the album ''The Wall'']] 1979's epic rock opera, ''The Wall'', conceived mainly by Waters, gave Pink Floyd renewed acclaim and another hit single with their foray into critical pedagogy - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" (which took the coveted Christmas Number One slot in the UK singles chart). In addition, while making #3 at home, ''The Wall'' spent an astounding 15 weeks atop the US charts during 1980. It also included "Comfortably Numb", which, though never released as a single, became a cornerstone of AOR and classic-rock radio playlists and is today one of the group's best-known songs. It is also one of a very small number of songs on Pink Floyd's first four concept albums not to segue at either the beginning or end. The album also became a vastly expensive and money-losing tour/stage show, although the album's sales got the band out of the financial hole they were in. During this time, Waters increased his artistic influence and leadership over the band, prompting frequent conflicts with the other members and even leading to the firing of Wright from the band. Wright returned, on a fixed wage, for the album's few live concerts. Ironically, he was the only member of Pink Floyd to make any money from the ''Wall'' shows, the rest having to cover the excessive costs. The album was co-produced by Bob Ezrin, a friend of Waters who shared songwriting credits on "The Trial" and whom Waters then kicked out of the Floyd camp after Ezrin inadvertently talked about the album to a journalist relative. ''The Wall'' remained on best-selling-album lists for 14 years. A film entitled ''Pink Floyd The Wall (film)'' starring Boomtown Rats founder Bob Geldof was adapted from it in 1982, written by Waters and directed by Alan Parker, and featuring striking animation by noted British cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. The creation of the film saw a further deterioration of the Waters/Gilmour relationship, as Waters came to completely dominate the band. 1983 saw the release of ''The Final Cut (album)''. Even darker in tone than ''The Wall'', this album re-examined many of the themes of that album while also addressing then-current events, including Waters' anger at Britain's participation in the Falklands War ("The Fletcher Memorial Home") and his cynicism toward, and fear of, nuclear war ("Two Suns in the Sunset"). Wright's absence meant this album lacked the keyboard effects seen in previous Floyd works, although guests Michael Kamen and Andy Bown both contributed keyboard work. Also featuring on the album is Raphael Ravenscroft on saxophone who is perhaps better known for the sax solo on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street". Though released as a Pink Floyd album, the interior sleeve specified "A requiem for the post war dream by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd": the project was clearly dominated by Waters and became a prototype in sound and form for later Waters solo projects. Only moderately successful by Floyd standards (UK #1, US #6), the album yielded only one rock radio hit, "Not Now John". The arguing between Waters and Gilmour by this stage was rumoured to be so bad that they were never seen in the recording studio simultaneously. There was no tour, and the band unofficially disbanded in 1983. [[Image:Lapse-l.jpg|thumb|The cover to the album ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'']] After ''The Final Cut,'' the band members went their separate ways, each releasing solo albums, until 1987, when Gilmour and Mason began to revive the band. A bitter legal dispute with Roger Waters (who left the band in 1985, or claimed he dissolved it) ensued, but Gilmour and Mason were upheld in their contention that they had the legal right to continue as Pink Floyd (Waters, however, gained the rights to some traditional Pink Floyd imagery, including most of ''The Wall'' props and characters and all of the rights to ''The Final Cut''). The band under Gilmour returned to the studio with producer Bob Ezrin. Richard Wright re-joined during the recording sessions of ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' (UK #3/US #3) first as a session musician, paid a weekly salary, and later reinstated as a full-fledged member of the band for the 1994 release of ''The Division Bell'' (UK #1/US #1) and its subsequent tour, which was promoted by legendary Canadian concert impressario Michael Cohl and became the highest-grossing tour in rock history to that date. Roger Waters is rejoining Pink Floyd to perform for Live 8 on 2nd July 2005, the first performance of the full quartet since 1981. All of the members of Pink Floyd have released solo albums which have met with varying degrees of commercial and critical success. Waters' ''Amused to Death'' was the most praised of these albums, though it was met with mixed reviews. *[http://www.pinkfloyd.com/ Pink Floyd.com] - The official Pink Floyd website. *[http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/ www.PinkFloyd.co.uk] - UK version of Pink Floyd's official website. *[http://www.roger-waters.com/ Roger-Waters.com] - The official Roger Waters website. ===Resources links=== (Lyrics, discogs, tabs, ...) *[http://www.pinkfloydhyperbase.dk/recordings.htm Pink Floyd Hyperbase.dk] - Complete Pink Floyd discog and Pink Floyd lyrics. *[http://lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/P/Pink-Floyd.html Pink Floyd lyrics @ rare-lyrics] - Most Pink Floyd lyrics (w/ads). *[http://www.pinkfloydarchives.com/ Pink Floyd Archives.com] - Huge resource of illustrated discogs, concerts, books, etc. by the author of The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia ** [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PFArchives/discTOC.htm 60+ Pink Floyd discographies] : exhaustive illustrated discogs for 60+ countries (vynil only) *[http://www.pink-floyd.com/ Pink-Floyd.com] - Huge collection of links to Pink Floyd resources *[http://www.pinkfloyd.ws/ Pink Floyd.ws] - Pink Floyd ROIO and VoIO (Free Legal Bootlegs). ===Other links=== *[http://www.pinkfloydchat.net/ Pink Floyd Chat.net] - Chat Room & Community *[http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/ Brain-Damage.co.uk] *[http://www.pinkfloydz.com/ Pinkfloydz.com] *[http://www.pinkfloydonline.com/ Pink Floyd Online.com] *[http://www.pink-floyd.org/ Pink-Floyd.org] - Pink Floyd fan club, home to the HTML Echoes FAQ [http://www.pink-floyd.org/faq/] *[http://www.allfloyd.com/ All Floyd.com] *[http://www.PinkFloyd-co.com Pink Floyd-Co.com] - Lots of information and a large community forum *[http://sparebricks.fika.org/ Spare Bricks] - Quarterly free online fanzine *[http://www.guitarnoise.com/pink_floyd/ Pink Floyd Guitar Tabs] - Guitar and bass tab ===Foreign links=== *[http://www.pinkfloyd.gr Pink Floyd.gr (in Greek)] - Greek Pink Floyd Fan Club with lots of information and concert history Pink Floyd British musical groups Experimental musical groups bn:পিংক ফ্লয়েড fo:Pink Floyd simple:Pink Floyd
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==WikiProject Album format== The Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums has defined a common table layout for providing a standard set of details for each album. I have begun the process of editing existing album articles to use this format. Anyone else is welcome to assist in the process. Rather than copy the table layout from the main project page, I'd suggest copying from an existing converted Pink Floyd album page so you have less editing. User:RedWolf 22:11, Feb 15, 2004 (UTC) : I added a few in. I noticed there are 2 colours. Should each album have its own colour, and if so what would be a good way of deciding colours. Also, should the little known compilation albums (Masters of Rock, A Nice Pair, and Works) be included? - User:Fizscy46 22:38, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC) : The color is determined by the album type: studio is orange and compilations are darkseagreen — see Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums for the complete list. As for the compilations albums you listed, that's a good question. I think I originally skipped the ''Works'' in one of the chronology links as I wasn't certain either. Might be a good question to post on the Talk page for the Albums project. User:RedWolf 22:51, Feb 15, 2004 (UTC) :It would probably go under compilation. Its a minor one, but still is one. - User:Fizscy46 22:57, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC) ==Recent News== I don't have time right now, but someone should add something about their reunion show for Live 8 in Hyde Park. See the following: http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,16740,00.html?tnews http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7394351/pinkfloyd?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15606679%255E2703,00.html http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15605673%255E2902,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4087578.stm http://www.itv.com/news/entertainment_916.html User:Martschink ==WikiProject Song format== I've brought in Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs to Pink Floyd. Lets see if we can even further Pink Floyd as the most comprehensive set of artist articles. I've started off with Wish You Were Here (Due to its nature of being the only song page for Pink Floyd to be released as both a single and on an album). - User:Fizscy46 01:05, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC) ==Album naming== Some issues regarding the naming of albums on Wikipedia. ===''Piper at the Gates of Dawn''=== The album and other encyclopaedias list it as ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'', so why was the "The" dropped off? I always assume the album was referring to one piper and not just any piper, curious. User:Iam 05:01, Mar 8, 2004 (UTC) :Beacause other encyclopedias use bots and copy off one another. There is no "The" on the album cover, which is why its listed like that on here. ::Oh really? Have you ever bothered to look at the cover? Here's a link to the back of the album cover: [http://bestcovers.tgnetwk.com/audio/pink_floyd_the_piper_at_the_gates%20_of_dawn_back.jpg Album Cover]. It says ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn''. There is definitely a "The" on the album. And here's a copy of the CD: [http://bestcovers.tgnetwk.com/audio/pink_floyd_the_piper_at_the_gates%20_of_dawn_cd.jpg CD]. Secondly, when I'm talking about encyclopaedias I'm not talking just about internet ones. I'm talking about the ones printed on paper eg. ''Rolling Stones'', M.C. Strong's tome, ''The Rough Guide''. All of them say ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn''. User:Iam 00:17, Mar 9, 2004 (UTC) :::I've only seen the front before now, and I never saw a 'The' before the rest of it. - User:Fizscy46 02:23, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC) :When I originally viewed ''Piper at the Gates of Dawn'', I wondered about the missing "The" but just shrugged it off as I had only been on Wikipedia for less than a month. The full name is listed in the opening paragraph on the page. The original author (anonymous) left it off when they named the page. I'd probably vote to move the article and setup a redirect. A encyclopedia should evolve to be accurate as much as possible. User:RedWolf 04:05, Mar 9, 2004 (UTC) ::Exactly Redwolf. I wouldnt have made an issue of it had Wikipedia not been an encyclopedia. User:Iam :I have swapped the pages so ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' is now the official article name and the former page redirects to it. User:RedWolf 01:26, Mar 12, 2004 (UTC) === DSOTM === We should also make note that Dark Side also has ''The'' preceding it (On the front of the cover). - User:Fizscy46 19:44, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC) === The Wall === "It is also one of a very small number of songs on Pink Floyd's first four concept albums not to segue at either the beginning or end." I think this comment should be removed as it is not entirely accurate: it sort of does segue from Bring the Boys Back Home ("Is there anybody out there...?", and the fade out is because on the original vinyl it was the last track on side 3 (the joys of the 20 minute form). I don't think the trivia adds, and it bugged me enough to comment! As a thought, it would be useful to indicate the original track listings so that the CD generation understand how the 20 minute side determined the form. (Probably a whole topic in itself for Album-oriented rock). === p.u.l.s.e. === Okay, I don't have the album in my own collection (yet) so I'm not exactly sure how the article for this album should be named. Various web sites are using various names: * p.u.l.s.e. [http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/disco/pulse/pulse_album.html] * P.U.L.S.E. (here) * Pulse (most web sites I've checked so far) Can we reach a consensus as to what the name we'll use on Wikipedia. Of course, we can add re-directs for the other names not considered accurate. I have also uploaded an image of the album cover (:Image:Pink Floyd Pulse.jpg) although I might have to re-do it as I noticed after it was uploaded it wasn't in my usual 200x200 format. User:RedWolf 03:52, Mar 25, 2004 (UTC) :[http://www.pinkfloydonline.com www.pinkfloydonline.com] (An official fan site) has it under Pulse. :I've also found a second cover that features a womans body floating. All blueish and stuff. - User:Fizscy46 03:14, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC) :Oh wait, found something. Its P-U-L-S-E [http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/allposters/27/013_mr657_rt.jpg according to this picture of the vhs of it] - User:Fizscy46 23:12, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC) :Hmm, see [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6303477259/104-2666658-7784769?v=glance] and view the larger image. Appears to me that it's bullets and not dashes, i.e. P•U•L•S•E
User:RedWolf 04:56, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC) ::I suspect they have used bullets in this case, just because of the circular printing effect where dashes would not look as good. Having an article name with bullets would also not conform to naming conventions. I'm okay with P-U-L-S-E. We can always move it later if need be. User:RedWolf 05:17, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC) :Created as P-U-L-S-E. User:RedWolf 06:29, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC) == The Simpsons and South Park == Does anybody else think that the long references to The Simpsons and South Park devalue this article? There are 101 more relevant and interesting things that could be written about Pink Floyd. --User:Auximines 07:41, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC) : Very much so; I'd be happy to see it go (or at least, go to Pink Floyd trivia or some such). User:Pigsonthewing 09:17, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC) ::There's no harm in moving it, might as well. - User:Fizscy46 21:41, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC) == "The Pink Floyd" == Just curious, when and why did Pink Floyd drop the "THE"? :Most likely it happened in the same way that Led Zeppelin got their name, As they played at bars and clubs, the were perhaps advertised as just 'Pink Floyd', so they kept the name. - User:Fizscy46 19:25, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC) :I just bought Live at Pompeii and in it David Gilmour refers to themselves as "The Pink Floyd" in 1972. Also note that before then they called themselves "The Pink Floyd Sound".User:Boothinator 16:10, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) :It will have been pre-1967, the year in which ''The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn''Bold text was released: the sleeve has no 'The'. The band was commonly referred to as 'The Floyd' for years after, but this has little or no connection with the group's erstwhile moniker. User:HighHopes 12.04, 15 May 2005 == Recent activity? == 2004 in music states Pink Floyd has re-joined and plans to release another studio album. Is this true or is it a falsehood inserted by the banned Michael user? User:RedWolf 00:44, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC) Given that Roger Waters has been kicked out, Nick Mason very much gone by now, and Rick Wright having launched a solo career, and the obvious tours that've been done under the name of 'David Gilmour', I doubt that 'Pink Floyd' exists much any more - Brother Dysk. Roger Waters is supposedly working on a new album, scheduled for released in 2005. You can listen to two new tracks of his: [http://www.roger-waters.com/]. Checking other Pink Floyd news sites, there is no mention of a Pink Floyd reunion. User:RedWolf 18:59, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC) :Nick Mason, Rick Wright, and David Gilmour are still in close contact, its possible for another release sometime... They are all under 60 still. :The new Roger Waters album is confirmed. - User:Floydian 03:49, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC) [http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/12/pink.floyd.reut/index.html Pink Floyd reuniting for Live 8] According to CNN, all the original members will probably get together for the live 8 concert. I guess we'll see if that pans out or not. *[http://www.pinkfloyd.com/ www.pinkfloyd.com] also confirmed that Waters will join the other members at Live 8. They have a quote from Gilmour's statement on the announcement. User:RedWolf 05:16, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC) == Images of pink floyd == This article is of great value, but I think that one or two images of the band would be great! Is anyone know where can I find such images? User:84.94.5.232 23:44, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC) :Lots of them on the songs at [http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/echoes http://www.pinkfloyd.co.uk/echoes] (Just check the images tile on each song for band images) - User:Floydian 02:38, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::That site looks liks an official band site - what's the license on the pictures? (That's the important point.) User:Rdsmith4 | User talk:Rdsmith4 02:42, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==The Wall Live In Berlin== Should this be mentioned here, or just referenced in passing with a link to [Roger Waters], as it was him that did this concert, and NOT Pink Floyd? :Who are you? User:RedWolf 06:24, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC) Sorry, still a bit of a newbie at syntax, and such. I am User:Brother Dysk. :Ok. The convention is to use four tildes (
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I agree that the template as it stands now is really too big and bulky. The only real ways I can see for cutting it down to size are: *Getting rid of the album covers *Getting rid of the less important albums from the list --User:Jacj 14:40, 12 May 2005 (UTC) I think the template as it is now is fine, giving a clear yet concise overview of Pink Floyd's discography. --User:Mmatin 17:08, 15 May 2005 (UTC) ::Two things. I don't think the album images add much to the overall look of the template. They add a lot of clutter. And where's Syd Barrett? Surely he deserves an icon? Compared to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:The_Beatles The Beatles], this template is a mess. -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 15:34, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC) :::I agree wholeheartedly. This template is far too big and messy, and the only way I can see to clean it up is to remove the album images. As for putting Syd as a tiny link down the bottom, that's just disgraceful. User:The wub User_talk:The wub 08:14, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ::::Does anyone here agree with a slim line Beatles style template, including Syd, minus the album images? -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 08:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==Proposal to modify the Pink Floyd template style== ===Include Syd, and remove the album images=== *Support -- User:Longhair | User talk:Longhair 08:27, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) *Support --User:The wub User_talk:The wub 14:16, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) *Support User:RedWolf 06:13, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC) *Support -- --User:Jacj 02:59, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC) ==='''Don't include Syd, and remove the album images=== ===Keep the template as is'''=== Other suggestions? == What to do with albums == Does anyone else think categorizing "important albums" is not the best thing to do? I think having a full list as it was is too bulky, but promoting certain albums over others seems silly. User:IanMcGreene 00:13, May 13, 2005 (UTC) *Fair enough. What I've done for the latest iteration is to list all albums but without including their covers. This ensures that no album is promoted over others while keeping the template to a reasonable size. --User:Jacj 11:08, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
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