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 History : Pink Floyd History - 1978 to 1983 |
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In late 1978, Pink Floyd met together to discuss new projects, after David and
Rick made solo albums. Roger presented 2 projects in demo form. The first project
was rejected, that project turned out to be, Roger Waters' solo album, The Pros
and Cons of Hitch-hiking. But the second project was taken, that project was The
Wall. Roger had enough songs for 3 discs, but he had to get rid of a bunch of songs.
November 30, 1979, The Wall is released in the UK, and the fans love it. December 5,
1979, The Wall is released in the US, and again, the fans love itt. For the tour they
recruit Andy Bown on 2nd Bass Guitar, Snowy White on Rhythm Guitar in 1980, Andy
Roberts on Rhythm Guitar in 1981, Peter Woods on Keyboards, Richard Wright on Keyboards,
and Jon Joyce, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, & Joe Chemay on Backing Vocals.
February 26th, 1980, Pink Floyd premiers The Wall Tour in Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island
New York. October 1980, Pink Floyd premiers The Wall Tour in Earl's Court in London.
January 1981, Pink Floyd plays The Wall in Los Angeles. April 1981, Pink Floyd Plays
The Wall Show 4 times in Westfallenhalle in Dortmund, Germany. August 1981, Pink
Floyd plays The Wall at Earl's Court London again, and their tour is over by September.
In 1982, Rick Wright left the band for good. Pink Floyd recuited new Keyboard Players
for a new project called, Spare Bricks, A Collection Of Unrealeased Songs intended
for The Wall but were scratched. The new Keyboard Players were Michael Kamen on
Piano, and Harmonium, and Andy Bown on organ, and synthesizer.
Roger had plans to tour for the new album in November 1983, but because of tensions
between each member, Roger cancelled those plans, and changed the name of the album
to The Final Cut, which it probably would be if David and Nick left, but they didn't.
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