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FOUND: 4 - What They Never Told You

“He was the only one who found it necessary to perform - which was useless”: The Beatle who had to be cut from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon

The making of Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece originally featured a cameo from one Paul McCartney - but his contribution didn’t impress Roger Waters…

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“You can see we were stoned. Dave and I were completely out of our brains”: The epic story of Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii, the prog classic recorded next door to a volcano

Lights! Camera! Chaos! How Pink Floyd made their 1972 album Live At Pompeii

Louder

Before bitterness engulfed them – this was Pink Floyd at their experimental zenith

PLAYBACK: The 1972 concert film ‘Live at Pompeii’ has been restored and remixed for cinemas and IMAX. Stevie Chick explores how it captured the band at their majestic peak of invention

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“You see people behaving properly and think: ‘I’d like to be part of the blowing of the whistle – even if it’s only writing a poem or a song or whatever”: Roger Waters changed tone, but not topic, on Is This The Life We Really Want?

2017 solo album saw him determined to look forward as he said escaping Pink Floyd was like “driving away from a dodgy wedding with cans dragging behind the car, rattling all the time”

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“It’s the age of unreason… You can tackle it in a Roger Waters style, but you’ll alienate people. Music should bring people together”: How Big Big Train took on modern issues in old ways on Grimspound

Released soon after Folklore, their 10th album merged mythology, astrology and astronomy to deliver Englishness to the world

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Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII review – mesmerically peculiar portrait of band on cusp of greatness

Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason are space rock whippets in the burning Italian sun in this outrageously indulgent yet vivid and beguiling music documentary

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When rock music met ancient archeology: the enduring power of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, remains one of the most unique concert documentaries ever recorded by a rock band.

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“It's like saying, ‘Give a man a Les Paul, and he becomes Eric Clapton. It's not true’”: David Gilmour and Roger Waters hit back at criticism of the band's over-reliance on gear and synths when crafting The Dark Side of The Moon in newly unearthed clip

The clip is featured in Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the newly restored version of the band's groundbreaking Live At Pompeii film

Guitar World

“I wanted to play more, and it was inappropriate with Eric or Roger. I was not the lead guitarist, and I wanted to be”: Clapton, Waters, Satriani and me – Andy Fairweather Low on his greatest collaborations and finally taking center stage

As pop idol, hit-making solo artist, and with the most star-studded CV of any sideman, the affable Welshman offers up his latest release, The Invisible Bluesman, and reflects on his storied career

Guitar World

‘It ain’t over till one of us is gone’: the pop stars who refuse to bury the hatchet

Madonna and Elton John thawed their frosty relationship this week – but from Mariah and J-Lo to David Gilmour and Roger Waters, plenty more are still at loggerheads

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“She opened her mouth, and out came that orgasmic sound we know and love”: How a feat of spontaneous creativity resulted in one of Pink Floyd’s most majestic moments

A gentle meditation on mortality was brought to passionate life thanks to one woman’s improvised vocal

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“It came very close to where I wasn’t going to do the album; I didn’t feel that what we’d agreed was fair”: How Pink Floyd made The Division Bell

Pink Floyd explored the theme of communication on 1994 album The Division Bell – despite their infamous communication issues

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“I did everything I could to keep it as authentic as possible, as an extension to my tribute to Pink Floyd, without stealing from them in any way”: Corey Feldman personally sought David Gilmour and Roger Waters' blessings for his Floyd-esque album

Last year, Feldman went viral for his shredding – which many accused of being 'fake' – an allegation later debunked by Feldman himself, as well as Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst

Guitar World

“When I worked with Eric Clapton, I thought I was getting fired every tour”: Andy Fairweather Low on his first gig, a beloved dumpster guitar find and the mistake he made with Roger Waters that he can never forget

The legendary rhythm guitar hero looks back on a life spent alongside some of music’s biggest names

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“The live recording sees the piece come to life… amid the sepulchral gloom there are moments of real beauty”: Roger Waters' Super Deluxe Box Set of his Dark Side Of The Moon Redux

The former Pink Floyd leader’s take on their 1973 signature album includes superior version of his moody reimagining.

Guitar World

“My mate found the guitar in a skip down the bay in the early '70s. It had been in a fire”: Andy Fairweather Low’s favorite guitar was a dumpster find

The Eric Clapton and Roger Waters collaborator paid just £47 to buy the discarded Gibson from Tom Jones’ guitarist

Guitar World

“I had a huge cue sheet up on my amps. Except for the Comfortably Numb solo, there were no moments where I could say, ‘Forget everything. Just play’”: For David Gilmour, Pink Floyd’s wildly ambitious the Wall tour was a blast – and a challenge

Used to experimenting and improvising onstage, Gilmour suddenly found himself juggling a multitude of new responsibilities, and, on one occasion, dodging burning drapes...

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“Our manager overheard one of Pink Floyd say something about our keyboardist and he threatened to break their legs”: Andy Fairweather Low’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters and Tom Jones

From Hendrix’s backing vocalist to George Harrison and Roger Waters’ right hand man, Andy Fairweather Low is one of rock’s secret MVPs

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“The statements are defamatory of the claimant at common law”: Documentary maker’s action against Roger Waters will now proceed to trial

His comment about “cheerleading” genocide was a statement of fact, not opinion

The Guardian - UK

Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax

Iconic performance amid Roman antiquity has been restored from original negatives, with a soundtrack newly mixed by prog star Steven Wilson

Evening Standard

Pink Floyd co-founder libel battle could go to trial after High Court ruling

Roger Waters is being sued for libel by documentary maker John Ware.

Louder

“I had some criticisms of Dark Side Of The Moon. One or two of the vehicles carrying the ideas were not as strong as the ideas that they carried”: How David Gilmour attempted to lay the ghost of Pink Floyd to rest

In 2002, Pink Floyd were effectively over – and David Gilmour was focussing on being a solo artist

Evening Standard

Pink Floyd co-founder said journalist ‘cheerleading’ genocide, High Court told

Roger Waters is being sued by John Ware over comments made in a programme broadcast by news channel Al Jazeera.

Guitar World

“He said, ‘Put it away and get a proper guitar!’ So it went by the wayside”: Andy Fairweather Low had a guitar specially bought for him in America, then brought back across the Atlantic – but Eric Clapton wouldn't let him use it onstage

“I was drawn to it immediately,” the journeyman player says of the guitar in question. “It's got colors and knobs and bits of Lego”

The Guardian - UK

Marianne Faithfull obituary

Singer who found pop fame and tabloid infamy in the 60s but returned to music in the 70s with Broken English, a statement of bloody-minded survival

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