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DARK SECRETS: 9 | Vintage Vibes

“Roger asked, ‘Who’s singing it?’ ‘Ice-T.’ ‘Approved!’” How Ice-T got Roger Waters and David Gilmour to stop bickering with a cover of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb

How David Gilmour ended up playing with Body Count

Metal Hammer · Dec 15, 2024

“I remember trying to work out what extra notes he’d put in. I was so infatuated…” Gun guitarist Jools Gizzi on his prog hero Alex Lifeson

Scottish rocker discovered Jethro Tull fan, Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream as a teenager – but Rush really stood out to him as he learned to play

Louder · Dec 12, 2024

Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman will celebrate his 65th birthday by presenting a version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon with one of Switzerland's leading orchestras

All roads lead to Geneva

Louder · Dec 12, 2024

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“Match the tone of the short-pants rock God”: Crazy Tube Circuits bottles Angus Young’s tone in a pedal – including the secret sauce that shaped his guitar sounds (and Kiss, Pink Floyd and Metallica’s, too)

The Heatseeker is designed to replicate the spirit of Young's Marshall stack, but also includes a circuit inspired by a coveted piece of vintage gear used by other big name players

Guitar World · Dec 11, 2024

“They haven’t agreed on anything for 20 years”: How Ice-T got Roger Waters and David Gilmour’s go ahead for Body Count’s Comfortably Numb cover

More unlikely than his choice of song were the odds of the two warring Floyd members saying yes to it…

MusicRadar · Dec 6, 2024

“Gilmour says, ‘I want to play on it’ – like, he doesn’t do this’”: Body Count rip through their Comfortably Numb reimagining on the Tonight Show, as Ernie C does his best David Gilmour

In an interview with host Jimmy Fallon, Ice-T recalled getting the approval (and assist) for the modern-minded reworking from Gilmour – while also getting the go-ahead from Roger Waters

Guitar World · Dec 6, 2024

Ice-T over the moon to get enemies David Gilmour and Roger Waters to approve Comfortably Numb cover

Ice-T has explained how he managed to get David Gilmour and Roger Waters to sign off on his cover of Pink Floyd's 'Comfortably Numb'.

BANG Premier · Dec 6, 2024

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“I got a chance to play the guitar that David Gilmour owned with serial number 0001 – and I was actually disappointed”: Why one of David Gilmour’s most iconic Strats underwhelmed Fender’s CEO – who tried to buy it at auction

Andy Mooney had already attempted to convince the Pink Floyd legend to let Fender reissue his legendary 0001 Strat, not long after he joined the company

Guitar World · Dec 5, 2024

“I was on Battersea Bridge when the pig broke free. I drove to the power station and saw this look of schoolboy glee on Roger Waters’ face… ‘You sort this out, Po’”: Aubrey Powell’s Hipgnosis story

Storm Thorgerson’s right-hand man on breaking the law, pushing creative concepts, refusing to work with record labels, watching Pink Floyd get rich and staying friends by never taking sides

Louder · Dec 3, 2024

‘They felt they couldn’t market us to white people’: 90s hip-hop iconoclasts Digable Planets return

As they mark the 30th anniversary of album Blowout Comb, the Grammy-winning trio revisit their egalitarian ethos, anti-fascist lyrics and Pink Floyd influences

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

"The guy's a complete prick!... He's very damaged. He's obviously very, very deeply insecure": Roger Waters lashes out at Thom Yorke over Israel-Palestine stance

Former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters does not hold back

Louder · Dec 1, 2024

“Man, this is a hit!”: Roger Waters’ vision, David Gilmour’s classic solo and a disco groove - the magic combination in Pink Floyd’s freak Christmas No 1

“It wasn’t my idea to do disco music," Gilmour said

MusicRadar · Nov 30, 2024

"A terrific primer for anyone unfamiliar with their crepuscular catalogue": Crippled Black Phoenix revisit the past on The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature

The 20th album from Underground linchpins Crippled Black Phoenix comes with a second disc of covers

Louder · Nov 29, 2024

“Pink Floyd said they weren’t sure how to get out of the Another Brick In The Wall solo – would I like to try?” How jazz master Lee Ritenour helped David Gilmour track the band’s epic single

American guitarist knew his recordings would never appear on the record, but knows his contribution made a difference to the 1979 song

Louder · Nov 23, 2024

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Guitar World · Nov 21, 2024

“I wasn’t gifted with enormous speed on the guitar. There were years when I thought I could get that if I practiced enough. It wasn’t ever really going to happen”: David Gilmour explains the origins of his lauded ‘feel’ playing technique

In a new interview with Rick Beato, the Pink Floyd legend discusses the “David Gilmour effect” and picks apart his playing style, which has captured the hearts and minds of generations of guitarists

Louder · Nov 20, 2024

“You see this thing on people's faces, this awakening moment, when they're going, There's a possibility here.” David Gilmour recalls the exact moment Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett tribute Shine On You Crazy Diamond was born in a scuzzy London rehearsal room

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour reflects upon the genesis of one of his band's most iconic songs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Louder · Nov 20, 2024

“Pink Floyd weren’t available. Jon Lord turned it down. So it came my way”: Roger Glover made an unexpected success of the soundtrack to a movie that never happened – but was it prog?

Having recently quit Deep Purple, the bassist was looking for a new challenge in 1973. It came in the form of The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper’s Feast, featuring notable prog guest stars

Guitar World · Nov 19, 2024

“Everyone knows Take My Breath Away, the chart-topping ballad from Top Gun. But there’s a good chance you haven’t heard this seven-minute anthem”: David Gilmour's 10 greatest guitar guest appearances, from folk legend Roy Harper to Paul McCartney

There are occasions when your track needs something. It could be more cowbell. Or it could be the services of David Gilmour. Over the years, the former Pink Floyd man has dropped magic on a number of guest spots, but these are his finest

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Louder · Nov 18, 2024

"In which not-so-jolly Roger regales us with his musings on all the usual subjects": Roger Waters rails against capitalism, America, war, religion and television on Amused To Death

Amused To Death is Roger Waters’ proudest solo moment and a damning reflection on social disintegration.

Louder · Nov 13, 2024

“Now I can look back on what was probably the most painful year of my life as a positive experience”: How the loss of a pet and a health scare brought Pure Reason Revolution back to the studio

Jon Courtney had to deal with writer’s block and line-up issues before securing Pink Floyd collaborator Guy Pratt for new album Coming Up To Consciousness

Louder · Nov 13, 2024

“You felt he understood innocence but couldn’t be innocent in the world, because you can’t… that’s where we wanted to be”: The real Syd Barrett, by the people who knew him

The magic and mystery surrounding the architect of Pink Floyd endures – and a larger canvas emerges of a confident, multi-talented originator...

Guitar World · Nov 12, 2024

“I love driving people crazy. They come and say, ‘How did you do that? I’ve been working for months trying to get that.’ And I say, ‘It’s just a pedal!’” A guide to untapped guitar playing of David Gilmour’s solo albums

From his 1978 debut to the record he deemed his best since Dark Side of the Moon, we present a complete guide to the Pink Floyd icon’s solo material

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024

Kate Hepburn obituary

Designer and artist who worked for Spare Rib, the Monty Python team and Pink Floyd

BANG Premier · Nov 7, 2024

David Gilmour claims Pink Floyd were 'bullied' over release of final album

David Gilmour has admitted Pink Floyd didn't intend for 2014's 'The Endless River' to be released as a proper studio record.

Louder · Nov 6, 2024

In late 1967 Pink Floyd stayed at Alice Cooper's house before appearing on American Bandstand: on both occasions, Syd Barrett completely baffled his hosts

While in California to promote their Apples And Oranges single, Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett began to show signs of the behaviour that would lead to his departure from the band

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