Nick Mason wasn’t so sure about Pink Floyd: ‘Plan B for when the music failed’
Most likely know the core group that became Pink Floyd met at architecture school. But did you know Nick Mason began with a confirmed exit plan?
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Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason says iTunes is over; here’s what he’s listening to now
Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, one of the most vocal critics of U2’s iTunes gambit, says he’s seen the future of music on the internet. It just needs more users.
Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason doesn’t count Ringo Starr as a hero: ‘I wanted to be something a bit wilder’
Asked about his influences, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason quickly names Ginger Baker and Keith Moon — but stops short when Ringo Starr’s name surfaces.
Pink Floyd’s ugly split hasn’t soured Nick Mason on Roger Waters: ‘Still one of my oldest, dearest friends’
Roger Waters once replaced his school-age chum Nick Mason with another drummer, during the contentious sessions for Pink Floyd’s ‘The Final Cut.’
Nick Mason was Pink Floyd’s secret weapon on The Endless River: ‘Nick’s just got a way of playing’
A key figure argues that Pink Floyd’s ‘The Endless River’ might never have been completed without Nick Mason’s presence.
Nick Mason says Pink Floyd won’t make U2’s iTunes mistake: ‘They did it the wrong way around’
Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason expresses surprise that U2 would devalue their music by giving it away.
Nick Mason discusses possibility of Pink Floyd tour behind The Endless River
Will Pink Floyd regroup for a tour in support of ‘The Endless River’? Stalwart drummer Nick Mason explores the possibilities.
One Track Mind: Robert Wyatt, “Shipbuilding” from Different Every Time (2014)
A moment of artistry that’s so complete it became definitive.
‘A great time to look back on’: Nick Mason mulls over his favorite Pink Floyd era
It was a period, he says, when “the expression ‘musical differences’ hadn’t been invented.”
‘Great training for rock and roll’: Had Nick Mason not co-founded Pink Floyd, he might have done this
Nick Mason has been the only constant through Pink Floyd’s many incarnations.
