Probably the best biography of the band, ever?

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29419 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-04
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

MOJO, October 2007
"Mark Blake does Pink Floyd juctice with some heroic research..."
4 out of 5 Stars

Q, October 2007
"A detailed, orderly, first-rate read..." 4 out of 5 stars

MOJO, October 2007
"Mark Blake does Pink Floyd justice with some heroic research..."
4 out of 5 Stars

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Customer Reviews

As good as you're going to get.
If before the only two genuinely essential Pink Floyd books were Nicholas Shaffner's Saucerful Of Secrets and Nick Mason's Inside Out then this is most definitely the best,as
1)it doesn't skimp on scurrilous details (such as Roger Waters' bizarre falling out with Ron Geesin) like Mason's book does.
and
2)It gives a far more balanced account of Roger Waters then Shaffner's book,which I think was tainted by his eagerness to please those he interviewed (Mason & Gilmour) by praising the frankly poor Momentary Lapse Of Reason album and criticising Waters at every opportunity.

Dissappointed (again!)
As is nearly always the way with stuff about Pink Floyd, there is nothing here which we don't already know. I was , as usually is the case, hoping against hope that there would be something new in this book. Once again, I was disappointed. I was hoping that certain subjects would be elaborated or at least seen from a different angle. I have no doubt that Pink Floyd have changed history and, particularly compared to their tiny catalogue, they are the finest rock band ever to exist with an incredibly rich stack of ideas covered by their relatively short amount of recorded work. This book doesn't really add to the known facts and suppositions. In other words, I learned very little from this book which I did not already know. Inside Out is worth the cover price just to see the famous Polaroid of Syd in Abbey Road during the recording of WYWH. The criticism of this book can be extended to the band. If you must reissue your stuff every five years, couldn't we at least get a bonus disc of rarities like The Cure and Yes have done. I for one would happily re-purchase all my Floyd albums if this were the case but otherwise it's just more of the same....Sorry !

The almost perfect Lear Jet
Pink Floyd are my favourite band, have been since 1974 and always will be although Rachmaninov wrote my favourite piece of music. I had to read this book (read the reviews on here) and was not disappointed. It is, as others have written here, a very well researched and well written piece giving an unbiased (I think) view of what Pink Floyd are/were about.

I think Nick Mason is quoted (ish) as saying that were their children to behave like the members of the band then they would be very upset with them.

Childishness abounds, sniping, rising to the bait, pissing competitions (my gig's bigger than yours) but taking a step back it's just human nature really and I see this around me all the time - I am often involved!

What makes it slightly different for me is that these guys didn't want for anything in the end and still they bitched, very acidly, about each other. You see money isn't everything..............apart from the song that is................. and talking of that, I find it incredible (anorak mode on) that when I saw them live in 1994 the video to Money showed an HS125 (executive jet) rather than a Lear Jet - given Mason and Gilmour's aviation knowledge and (as mentioned in the book) the attention to detail I am surprised they missed that one.

Mark Blake it to be congratulated on this fine work, and also because he bothered to answer my e-mail about it!

Excellent

Rob Sawyer