Nick Mason
Nick Mason
Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Masonis an English musician and composer, best known as the drummer of progressive rock group Pink Floyd. He is the only constant member of what has been regarded as one of the finest bands of all time, since its formation in 1965. Despite solely writing only a few Pink Floyd songs, Mason has co-written some of Pink Floyd's most popular compositions such as "Echoes" and "Time"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth27 January 1944
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People simply don't have room, physical room, to keep, for instance, 2-inch tape in the sort of quantities that are required to hold a full archive. It's not just a matter of having three or four boxes, it's 40, 90 boxes of 2-inch tape, and very few people have the resources that sort of stuff properly.
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There was a period of sort of minor deception. Then the book seemed to be being advertised initially as the official history, and I did object to him saying that.
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I've simply tried to capture the elements that I think give a picture of what I thought was happening at any one time, and to try to be honest about both the triumphs and the complete shambles that make up a band's existence.
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But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The album we did together, 'Rock Bottom,' I think it's really lasted well. It's a 35-year-old album, but it worked.
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There were a lot of gifted amateurs in my day. Most of the kids now play fantastically well. I think there are so many bands around now who might get there, but it's a tougher journey.
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I do have electric guitars, because I've always believed, especially when I'm working in the studio with other bands as producer, that there should be a really nice Strat around.
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The last thing we would want is for our fans to feel that we're trying to find the 17th opportunity to sell them the same song.
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The GTO is such an important car because it's a racing car and a touring car and that's pretty unusual.
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One tends to look back at the mistakes as the same thing - relinquishing control of something at some point in your career.
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There are so many ingredients that are contained in 'The Wall' that were not necessarily contained in other Pink Floyd records, particularly following on from 'Animals,' which was very spare and sparse. Production on it was much more massive, the complexity of the recording was much more intense.
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The fact of the matter is that 40 years ago, unless you bought the record, you couldn't hear the music. It was such a narrow track in comparison to today.
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The reality is, like any band, you can never quite quantify who does what.
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Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what 'The Wall' eventually became was something that absolutely engaged the audience.