when did pink floyd the wall album come out

I'm sure the four chapters will reveal some secrets to even the most fanatic Floyd fans.Īfter the release of Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd toured and played the complete piece in '73, '74 and '75. The chapters are:ġ - The Origin of the Concept & The StoryĪll chapters feature snippets of articles and interviews with relevant people. In the end I have decided to present it in four chapters, over the course of one week. Digging up any piece of information from the respectable Floydian collection in my attic, the piece had grown out of proportions. Several evenings later the thing had already started to turn into a monster.

When fellow DPRP team member Remco asked the team if somebody could take over his task of writing an article on The Wall for Counting Out Time, it only took me a split-second to volunteer. Yep, I was fascinated (if not obsessed) with the whole thing.īefore discovering and getting involved with IQ, Pink Floyd was definitely the band on which I spent most of my time collecting bootlegs, fanzines, books, etc. My girlfriend (now my wife) gave me a big poster with the same visual as a present once and at one time I even spent a whole weekend drawing bricks of 30 x 15 cm on the wallpaper of my bedroom and the round crossed-hammers logo on the back of my jacket. A black T-shirt with the marching hammers was my first ever rock-related shirt. I could really relate to the overall feeling and even the content of some specific songs. One of the albums that played a very important role during my own teenage years was a double album by Pink Floyd called The Wall.

When did pink floyd the wall album come out