How ‘Meddle’ Finally Led Pink Floyd Out of the Experimental Wilderness
Stalwart drummer Nick Mason admits Pink Floyd was at a crossroads. Then ‘Meddle’ arrived 55 years ago this month.
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Why Pink Floyd’s ‘The Endless River’ Provided a Perfect Ending
Released 10 years ago this week, Pink Floyd’s determinedly uncommercial ‘The Endless River’ reminded us just how fantastically weird they once were.
David Sancious, Rick Wakeman + Others: Preston Frazier’s Best of 2020 Rock, Pop and Soul
Preston Frazier’s look back at the Best of 2020 in rock, pop and soul includes David Sancious, Rick Wakeman, Brownout, Randy Goodrum and others.
Inside the Making of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Later Years’: Something Else! Interview
Steve Matteo discussed a new box focusing on Pink Floyd’s 1987-2019 output with engineers Andy Jackson and Damon Iddins, and designer Aubrey Powell.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, March 13, 2019: Shows I’ll Never Forget
Sitting on the fence about attending an upcoming show by Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets? Mike Tiano is here to push you off.
Nick Mason goes inside Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here: ‘We were a bit burnt out’
Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ arrived on Sept. 12, 1975 after a lengthy, very difficult period of creative inertia, Nick Mason says.
Nick Mason on the moment Pink Floyd became Pink Floyd: ‘We sort of really did transition’
Pink Floyd didn’t finally begin its journey toward the platinum-selling group we all know until years after its founding. Nick Mason can tell you when.
Carmine Appice discusses his surprise turn on a Pink Floyd record: ‘It blew me away’
Nick Mason is the only member of Pink Floyd to have appeared on each of the group’s studio project – but he didn’t play drums on every song.
Nick Mason is still disappointed Pink Floyd’s not on tour: ‘It would be nice if we could do it’
David Gilmour nixed the idea of touring behind Pink Floyd’s ‘The Endless River’ early on and, in time, Nick Mason has come to understand why.
Nick Mason says Pink Floyd leftovers are scarce now: ‘There weren’t very many discards’
There won’t be more ‘Endless River’-style explorations of additional unheard Pink Floyd songs for future albums. Nick Mason explains why.
