Giveaway: Share Your Best Pink Floyd Story, Win a Copy of the New Roger Waters Biography

Roger Waters

Roger Waters is one of the most innovative and enigmatic songwriters in rock history. And in a new biography, Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall (out September 17th via Backbeat Books), rock journalist/author Dave Thompson profiles the man at length.

According to a press release, the 288-page book “traces (Waters’) life from war-torn suburbia to the stage and wars with his audience, bandmates, and himself.” Through extensive research and interviews with Waters’ friends and associates, “Thompson seeks to reach the truth and depth of the man behind the wall.”

One lucky fan will win a copy of The Man Behind the Wall, and all you have to do is share your favorite moment in Pink Floyd history in the comments section. Get creative: It can be a personal interaction you had with Waters/Floyd, or maybe an interesting memory or anecdote related to the albums or live shows. The more unique and interesting, the better. The deadline for the giveaway is this Friday, August 23rd, at 5:00 p.m. EST, so get busy.

Waters is currently on tour with The Wall Live. Check out the remaining dates at his website.

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  1. not sure if counts but seeing David Gilmour on his 2006 solo tour at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland doing Shine on You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5 – Rich Wright was on keys- so half of Floyd! Crazy spot on version!

  2. I never got to see Floyd in the day but was lucky enough to have been at the Live 8 show in 2005- guys looked old but that Comfortably Numb was worth everything…

  3. One Friday night in college, we’re driving around to Echoes and several minutes in, one of my friends just starts screaming “LYRICS, I NEED LLLYYYRRRIIICCCSSS!!!!!”

  4. February 8, 1980 Los Angeles Sports Arena, 15 years old. I had saved my money and managed to get a ticket to see The Wall. I was shocked that I was able to do it and really very happy about it because it was going to be the first time doing something like this on my own.
    My father drove me down to the arena with the rest of the family to drop me off at the show. We got to the arena and he saw all of the people in the parking lot and started getting antsy, then we happened to see a fight break out and that was the straw for him. He told me that in no way was he going to let me out into this clearly unsafe crowd.
    Needless to say I was devastated. I cannot say I hated him for it because we were raised that parents are always looking out for the best interest of the kids, but this was a weekend filled with teenage angst and attitude.
    Little did I know then that this would be my last chance to see the band in this state.
    In the intervening years, I have seen solo shows and Pink Floyd shows and think back fondly on what it would have been like back in 1980..
    For Roger’s current tour, I took my father to one of the shows as a gift and he apologized for saying no all those years ago.

  5. spring of 1994, my senior year of high school i paid a ticket broker 110 dollars for center floor seats about 15 rows back. i held my breath during parts of tunes because people around me were smoking drugs. loll. i was afraid of getting contact. i had not even drank a beer at that point in my life.
    still best concert ever seen, and ive seen a lot since then.

  6. Inspired by Dark Side of Oz and 2001/Echoes, I played the end of The Wall to Alice in Wonderland. The cartoon version. The Burton/Depp sucks, but I digress. I started “The Trial” at the beginning of Alice’s trial. It was surprisingly good, but it might be a different experience while sober.

  7. Having recently gotten a recording from a good friend, I can indeed confirm my attendance at the first show of the second Pink Floyd US tour in support of Dark Side of the Moon in June of 1973. The Quadrophonic sound was of limited effectiveness within the open-air pavilion of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and to witness the quartet of Gilmour, Waters, Mason and Wright (plus sax player and female singers) playing on a bare stage with no production whatsoever is, in retrospect, more than a little odd given how the band’s live presentation has evolved over the years. When pigs fly indeed!!!

  8. Sacramento, 1988…Listening to Bob Keller on KZAP. Before he breaks into a commercial, he said he’ll be back with important news from Bill Gramham.

    I’m in the area of Tower Records on Broadway, so I drive over to the store, what the hell… Keller comes back on to say that Pink Floyd will be doing a show at Hughes Stadium (Sac City Jr College). Tickets go on sale at 1:00. That’s in 5 minutes. Somehow, I’m second in line and score one of the best seats ever. Thanks karma gods. Best audio/visual I’ve ever seen in my short sweet life.

  9. I first saw Pink Floyd in 1977 for the Animals tour. I was so excited to see them, because I’d missed the Dark Side Of The Moon tour, which was the last time the band had been in my area. I was slightly too young for Dark Side anyway, and I was 19 by the time Animals came around. The band took lots of breaks, mainly because Nick Mason had the flu—somehow, he powered through their excellent performance. But, one could somehow tell that the tour was weighing heavy on the band. It was only two years later that I found out that it was, indeed—inspiring The Wall. I didn’t see the band again until the 1994 Division Bell tour……..but it came to town on my best friend’s wedding day, and I was the best man. Since I’d already had tickets, I went to the wedding and reception dinner, then hi-tailed it to the Floyd show! Just in time! Unfortunately, the band at that point required having an increase in band personnel—I suppose they needed all those guys to take Roger’s place. The Animals tour was better, though, with only 6 people on the stage–the band and two extra musicians.

  10. 1988, summer during college. Was supposed to go to something wedding related. Found out I didn’t need to go. High school pal says Waters is playing that night nearby (Radio K.A.O.S. tour), but is sold out. I call a ticket place I know and a guy says “I do have some tix if you want ’em (someone just gave them up), but I’m closing in 20 minutes.” My friend drives like a maniac because I don’t know how. We get there & buy the tickets. No idea where the seats are. We get to the show. For some insane reason, the seats are miraculously in the front row, stage right. Second 1/2 of the show, everyone gets up and storms the stage to stand at Rog’s feet (stage is eye-level when standing next to it. Noticed he taps his feet alternately when playing, lifting heel of one foot, then toes of the other. Not sure why I remember that – probably because that’s what I was looking at. Animated video played during “Welcome To The Machine” scared the living daylights out of me/blew my mind. Unbelievably good show.

  11. It was 1973 I was a senior in high school. Dark Side of the Moon was just released. I obtained tickets at Macy’s for 2 friends and one of my older brothers for $7.50 each for Radio City Music Hall March 17 @ midnight. Due to fact it was a midnight show we actually thought that @ 12:00 on March 16 show would start. Only to find out we were 24 hours earlier. My older brother drove down from Boston after just seeing Floyd perform earlier that week. He didn’t have a ticket hoping to scalp one. No stubhub then. We met other fans who messed up with the correct date also. One said that he could not come back the next night and would sell his ticket to my brother. But not until the next night just in case he could make the show. The night of the show we searched for this guys friend but no luck. Also no scalpers were around. My brother was bummed and decided to take subway home. Just after he left I found the friend with a ticket. He sold it to me at face value ( a much different time than now). I raced down to subway station found my brother about to get on. I yelled holding ticket in hand. To this day I remind my brother how much he owes me for finding ticket and him. By the way it was the most memorable Floyd show I have ever been to. I’ve seen them all since. We also walked onto stage the night before when we had the wrong date. Can’t believe we were right on stage with roadies setting up equipment like I said things were totally different back then.

  12. Thanks for the awesome stories, everybody! Really great stuff.

    It was a really close call, but Wayne wins in a photo finish.

    (I sent you an e-mail with further instructions.)

    — Ryan Reed

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