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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Pink Floyd
Bass guitar. One of the best bass players ever.
'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'. Released as song 3 on early floyd album.
On which movie did the floyd record the song heart beat,pig meat? | Pink Floydathon
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'Zabriskie Point'. They recorded 7 songs for this movie including my favourite, Country Song.
'A Saucerful of Secrets'. The best version of the song.
1971. Contains the great song Echoes.
Cow. Just a picture of a cow.
Who sang the vocals for the song Have a Cigar from the album Wish you were here? | Pink Floydathon
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Roy Harper. The members of the band did not like their sound so they went with Roy.
live at pompeii. Filmed during recording of their classic album Dark Side of the Moon in 1972.
Syd Barret. Barret left the band in the late 60's because of personal problems.
In which song are the lyrics said only by Nick Mason? | Pink Floyd
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How was the introduction to the song 'Wish You Were Here' recorded? | Pink Floyd
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Used David Gilmour's car radio. David Gilmour ran a lead out of Abbey Road Studios to his car and fiddled with the radio.
Who did David Gilmour borrow his first guitar from? | Pink Floyd
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His neighbour. He never gave it back and still has it in his collection of over 100!
Who was the Beatle David Gilmour once played with? | Pink Floyd
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David Gilmour. 'Workmate' as in 'Black and Decker'.
What grade is David Gilmour on the saxophone? | Pink Floyd
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2. He is being taught by his son.
Who is the only band member to have been involved in the making of every Pink Floyd album? | Pink Floyd
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Nick Mason. Pink Floyd's drummer has been with the group for its entirity.
In the late '90's David Gilmour met Roger Waters in a pub. What happened? | Pink Floyd
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Roger left without saying a word. David walked into the pub and saw Roger at the bar. He went over, smiled and said 'hello'. Roger gathered his group together and walked out!
In which album were both David Gilmour and Syd Barrett part of the band? | Pink Floyd
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a saucerful of secrets . 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' was made without David Gilmour and 'Ummagumma' was without Syd Barrett.
David Gilmour joined the band after Syd Barrett went flaky from numerous acid adventures. How old was he and what year did he join? | Pink Floyd Trivia
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22, 1968. The rest is history.
Roy Harper. Neither Dave, Roger or Rick could nail the tune. Roy happened to be recording down the hall. They invited him to try. I guess it was a keeper.
Which British rock guitar god was a major influence on David Gilmour? | Pink Floyd Trivia
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Jeff Beck. Beck is a bad-man. ;)
Hi Watt. I believe now he's using Fenders with a Mesa Boogie 100 watt head as an overdrive unit!
How many weeks was "Dark Side of the Moon" on the Billboard 200 charts? | Pink Floyd Trivia
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Muddy Waters Blues. A great album!
David Gilmour. Dave won Roger a lot of "Best Bass Player" awards from various polls.
Who was the band's number-one concert back up guitarist, during the 70s? | Pink Floyd Trivia
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Lee Ritenour, the great jazz-fusion guitar player, played on which release? | Pink Floyd Trivia
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he spat in a fan's face. 7/6/77. Montreal, Quebec.
The Wall. For the "Momentary Lapse of Reason" Tour, Rick was a salaried employee. For "The Wall" tour he held the same status. Because of the expense of "The Wall" concerts, every other band member lost a lot of money. Rick was the only one to make money because he was paid per show.
Brittania Row. The studio that Floyd built.
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