September 17, 1982 Pink Floyd’s seminal double album The Wall makes it to the big screen as a feature-length musical. Few expected the sprawling concept album to be turned into a feature film, but the band’s celluloid collaboration with director Alan Parker and animator Gerald Scarfe becomes a surprise box office hit and a cult…
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Happy Birthday to Roger Waters, born this day in 1943. Waters is a singer, songwriter, bassist, and co-founder of Pink Floyd (formerly called Tea Set). He became the band’s principal lyricist after Syd Barrett’s 1968 departure. Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and released a series of successful solo albums. He has also authored an opera,…
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On the recommendation of Rolling Stone Keith Richards’ girlfriend, Chas Chandler from The Animals went to see Jimi Hendrix play at The Cafe Wha in New York City. Chandler suggests that Hendrix should come to England, which he does and Chandler became his manager.
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