Pink Floyd Shine On: The Definitive Oral History
The definitive oral history of Pink Floyd as told by friends, associates, family members, and the band themselves through exclusive, never-before-published interviews.
Bestselling music author Mark Blake has been an associate and collaborator of Pink Floyd for over thirty years. Shine On takes on the behemoth task of capturing the most comprehensive history of the band ever compiled, drawing on huge amounts of new, archive, and unpublished interview material with Gilmour, Waters, Mason, and Wright.
No other writer has interviewed the members of Pink Floyd as often nor as thoroughly, which is candidly apparent in this textured, gripping, and consistently surprising biography. For the first time, the band's story is told as an oral history with each chapter presented through the words of the band, their friends, contemporaries, and supporting musicians.
The accessible structure and high level of detail mean that the narrative is both approachable to casual readers and magnetic to the committed. Shine On is comprised of a significant amount of previously unpublished material, including a rare interview with Rosemary Breen lamenting that her younger brother Roger, aka Syd Barrett, should have never become a musician.
Exclusive new interviews with Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and Guy Pratt reflect on their enduring legacy and rather more complicated recent twists and turns in the band's story. Shine On is a forensic retelling of one of the most turbulent and enduring groups in rock music history, a complex history that only someone as skilled and insightful as Blake can navigate.
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Pink Floyd Shine On: The Definitive Oral History
The definitive oral history of Pink Floyd as told by friends, associates, family members, and the band themselves through exclusive, never-before-published interviews.
Bestselling music author Mark Blake has been an associate and collaborator of Pink Floyd for over thirty years. Shine On takes on the behemoth task of capturing the most comprehensive history of the band ever compiled, drawing on huge amounts of new, archive, and unpublished interview material with Gilmour, Waters, Mason, and Wright.
No other writer has interviewed the members of Pink Floyd as often nor as thoroughly, which is candidly apparent in this textured, gripping, and consistently surprising biography. For the first time, the band's story is told as an oral history with each chapter presented through the words of the band, their friends, contemporaries, and supporting musicians.
The accessible structure and high level of detail mean that the narrative is both approachable to casual readers and magnetic to the committed. Shine On is comprised of a significant amount of previously unpublished material, including a rare interview with Rosemary Breen lamenting that her younger brother Roger, aka Syd Barrett, should have never become a musician.
Exclusive new interviews with Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and Guy Pratt reflect on their enduring legacy and rather more complicated recent twists and turns in the band's story. Shine On is a forensic retelling of one of the most turbulent and enduring groups in rock music history, a complex history that only someone as skilled and insightful as Blake can navigate.
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The definitive oral history of Pink Floyd as told by friends, associates, family members, and the band themselves through exclusive, never-before-published interviews.
Bestselling music author Mark Blake has been an associate and collaborator of Pink Floyd for over thirty years. Shine On takes on the behemoth task of capturing the most comprehensive history of the band ever compiled, drawing on huge amounts of new, archive, and unpublished interview material with Gilmour, Waters, Mason, and Wright.
No other writer has interviewed the members of Pink Floyd as often nor as thoroughly, which is candidly apparent in this textured, gripping, and consistently surprising biography. For the first time, the band's story is told as an oral history with each chapter presented through the words of the band, their friends, contemporaries, and supporting musicians.
The accessible structure and high level of detail mean that the narrative is both approachable to casual readers and magnetic to the committed. Shine On is comprised of a significant amount of previously unpublished material, including a rare interview with Rosemary Breen lamenting that her younger brother Roger, aka Syd Barrett, should have never become a musician.
Exclusive new interviews with Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and Guy Pratt reflect on their enduring legacy and rather more complicated recent twists and turns in the band's story. Shine On is a forensic retelling of one of the most turbulent and enduring groups in rock music history, a complex history that only someone as skilled and insightful as Blake can navigate.
