Australian Pink Floyd Show

The Australian Pink Floyd Show is a cover band that imitates the songs of the rock band Pink Floyd from the early days with Syd Barrett until the last few albums. It was founded in 1988 in Adelaide, Australia. Their distinguishing mark is a pink kangaroo, which is derived from the original Pink Floyd pig.

Band

The band has set itself the goal to replay the music of Pink Floyd faithfully. This includes the right to provide as accurate as possible live show. This includes new twisted films, which are provided with their distinctive mark, the kangaroo and also turn represent detailed copies of the original films. Other borrowings from the Australian culture with introduced. So the voice recordings for the performance of The Dark Side of the Moon have been provided by the speakers with a distinct Australian accent.

In 1993, the band performed at the International Pink Floyd fan meeting at the Wembley Conference Centre. In 1996 she was invited by David Gilmour on his 50th birthday and went on to its celebration as a live band. This led to a jam session with the old Pink Floyd members David Gilmour, Richard Wright, also with Tim Renwick, Guy Pratt, Gary Wallis and Claudia Fontaine.

2001, the band was the first time a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. For the song Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2 ) joined with them in the chorus of Islington Green School; Students of this school were singing the chorus to the piece already on the Pink Floyd album The Wall in 1979. Again in 2007 and 2008, joined the band on at the Royal Albert Hall.

  • Published in 2004 a live DVD of the concert in the Liverpool Kings Dock Waterfront Arena on 17 July of the same year. It contains a complete performance of The Dark Side Of The Moon and alongside the usual Floyd program titles ( Careful With That Axe, Eugene ) were performed live by Pink Floyd not (The Fletcher Memorial Home ) or very long time. It also includes a bonus DVD with interviews, documentation, other video and audio tracks and others.
  • 2007 appeared a recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall Live DVD with the current program, which the band played in developing a " UK & Europe Tour 2008".

Gallery

Concert at Teatro Bourbon Country (2007)

Miscellaneous

  • The band members of the Australian Pink Floyd Show are committed to the protection of species of Australian kangaroos. You this concerned mostly with small kangaroo orphanage, where they allow with donations to survive.
  • The bassist Colin Wilson took in 2000 a solo CD called " Strange Weather " on.
  • Damian Darlington, together with other musicians a new formation under the name Brit Floyd - The Pink Floyd Tribute Show founded.
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