Pink Floyd – The Wall premièred in the UK in July 1982.
Screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1982
On July 31, 1982, the Pinera, Dorman, Rhino, Babylon and Bushy lineup went into Music Sound Connection Studio in Studio City, California , to record some material, none of which has ever been released.
In 1982, Waters suggested a project with the working title Spare Bricks , originally conceived as the soundtrack album for Pink Floyd – The Wall. With the onset of the Falklands War , Waters changed direction and began writing new material. He saw Margaret Thatcher ‘s response to the invasion…
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At the tail end of 1982, Ingle returned to the fold once more as John Shearer (from Steve Hackett ‘s band) came in on drums and percussionist Luke also rejoined since Bushy had taken a sales job outside of music for Makita Tools. Brann (who had guested at some shows…
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In 1981, Haynes and Leary published the magazine Strange V.D. , which featured photos of abnormal medical ailments, coupled with fictitious, humorous explanations for the diseases. After being caught with one of these pictures at work, Haynes left the accounting firm and moved to Southern California. Leary, at the time…
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Haynes and Leary played their debut show at a San Antonio night club, The Bonham Exchange, in 1981; at that time, they had not yet settled on the band name “Butthole Surfers”. By 1982, the band was backed by the sibling rhythm section composed of bassist Quinn Mathews and his…
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After this the band dissolved again; recording no more studio material but touring infrequently throughout the 1980s and 1990s. A mini-tour in 1989 called Draw The Line in 89 included a gig at The Oval in London. The band reformed properly once again in 2006, with Edgar’s son Luke joining…
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Blue Cheer was once again inactive in the early 1980s. There was another attempt to reunite in 1983, but that fell through. In 1984, Peterson had better luck when he returned with Whaley and Rainier as Blue Cheer and a brand new album The Beast Is Back , which was…
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The Wall was supported by Pink Floyd’s first single since “Money”, ” Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) “, which topped the charts in the US and the UK. The Wall was released on 30 November 1979 and topped the Billboard chart in the US for 15 weeks, reaching…
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