With a music career spanning nearly half a
century, Pink Floyd is one of the most successful rock
bands in history. With more than 250 million album sales
to their credit, the band remains hugely popular
worldwide. Both Rolling Stone and VH1 have named Floyd
one of “The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time,” and they
continue to attract new legions of fans every single
year. They were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
Their 2011 "immersion" box sets for their classic Dark
Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here albums were met
with unanimous critical acclaim and prolific press. The
Wall Live concert tour featuring Roger Waters was the
second highest grossing concert tour in North America in
2010 (over $89.5 million dollars) and the sixth highest
in the world. In this, the first complete illustrated
history of Pink Floyd from 1965 through today, author
and journalist Hugh Fielder gets “behind the wall” and
recounts the band’s entire history, analyzes their
recordings, and provides a complete discography. Readers
will discover stories behind the band’s formation,
recordings, and tours, as well as the bitter disputes,
both public and private. Complemented with more than
250 images, including live performance and candid
off-stage photographs, as well as rare memorabilia like
gig posters, concert tees, picture sleeves, backstage
passes, buttons, and ticket stubs, this is the book that
every Floyd fan will want on their shelf.
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