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David Gilmour — Live In Gdansk

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) September 23, 2008 10:43 am
As one might expect, Live In Gdansk doesn't really offer up anything new from Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. But that's not to say it's a bad performance or not captivating. Gilmour's magic and instantly recognizable guitar tone is all over this concert, which features several Floyd classics (including a great adaptation of Atom Heart Mother'...
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Roger Waters Revives Pink Floyd Once Again

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) September 21, 2006 4:30 pm
There's no question as to who the genius (after Syd Barrett) behind Pink Floyd is. Without Roger Waters there'd be no Wall, no Wish You Were Here, and a whole generation of mushroom ingesting hippies would have never discovered the power of hallucinogens. As a performer, however, Rogers is slightly above average. The guy's just a bass player,...
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Return To The Dark Side Of The Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd

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By Aisha Khan (CHARTattack) May 23, 2006 8:30 am
Is a "tribute" supposed to sound like a facsimile of the original work? Because that's exactly what we have here. This collection quite literally returns to The Dark Side Of The Moon note for note. And that's only at its best. In the case of "Time," the drums sound severely out of tune — and time, now that I think about it....
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LISTEN: Real Estate plays DJ on Artist Mixtapes Vol. 52

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) October 21, 2011 9:03 am
In 2009, Brooklyn-based band Real Estate stirred up a great deal of attention with their debut self-titled album. Earlier this week the band dropped their follow up, Days, which has so far been well-received (and nabbed the coveted, career-boosting Best New Music distinction from Pitchfork). Check out the standout single "It's Real" to get a taste...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending July 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 15, 2011 2:40 pm
Yoko Ono is threatening to sue a man who owns a bar that's dedicated to John Lennon. Her lawyers have reportedly sent him letters accusing him of copyright infringement, and stating he must change the name of Lennon's Bar and remove all images and memorabilia of the late former Beatle within two weeks. Perhaps she heard about the Jim Morrison-...
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I Read The News Today... For May 13, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 13, 2011 2:32 pm
Holy shit! Deadmau5 is coming back to North America and he's playing stadiums! It's like gigantic raves all over again... except not! The fifth annual "put the boot in" charity soccer match will be held during the North By Northeast Music Festival in Toronto on June 19. It will pit media personalities against musicians at Allan Lamport Stadium...
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I Read The News Today... For May 10, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 10, 2011 4:23 pm
30 Seconds To Mars say they're going to take a hiatus after their current tour and probably not do anything for "10 years." Aka... they're done. Billy Corgan says he's writing a "spiritual memoir" about his time with the Smashing Pumpkins. He's sounding more and more like the bald version of Jeff Martin these days... Bjork's launched a trippy new...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending Jan. 28, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 28, 2011 4:49 pm
A woman is suing Diddy for $1 trillion U.S. (about $999 billion Canadian), claiming he caused the World Trade Center to collapse in 2001, was responsible for putting her child in hospital and stole one of her poker chips that was worth "zillions" of dollars. We're just gonna let this one speak for itself, but I can hear Dr. Evil laughing in the...
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I Fought The Law... For Dec. 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 15, 2010 3:02 pm
Oopsie: Remember those "illegal" file-sharing websites the U.S. Department Of Homeland Security shut down over American Thanksgiving Weekend? Turns out a good portion of them were blogs that post material given to them by managers, artists and labels. —The New York Times Memphis rapper Yo Gotti turned himself in to police yesterday and was charged...
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I Fought The Law... For Dec. 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 13, 2010 3:44 pm
BlueBeat.com were probably so proud to be selling Beatles songs last year, but now the folks running it are probably none too pleased that they've been found guilty of copyright violation for doing so. —Rolling Stone DMX isn't coming out of jail, where he's being held for allegedly violating his probation. The Maricopa County Superior Court in...
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David Gilmour, The Orb Preview Album Together With Video

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 1, 2010 10:46 am
One might not expect Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour to work with English ambient house duo The Orb on an album. But he has, and his guitar work will be featured on their collaborative Metallic Spheres effort, out Oct. 12.The two acts decided to collaborate on an album after they worked together on a charity version of CSN and Hollies member...
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Roger Waters Tour Kick-Off Proves How Important The Wall Is

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) September 16, 2010 1:50 pm
Somewhere amidst the arrival of the giant inflatable "Mother," the none-too-subtle animated film showing war planes carpet-bombing suburbs with Christian crosses, Islamic crescents and stars, Jewish Stars of David, plus Shell and Mercedez-Benz logos, and the graffiti-style scrawl of "Big Brother Is Watching You" splayed across the literal giant...
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Iranian-Canadian Band Remake Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 6, 2010 11:07 am
Toronto rock band Blurred Vision have a clear message for Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: "Leave those kids alone." The band have reworked Pink Floyd's 1979 classic "Another Brick In The Wall," replacing Roger Waters' "Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone," with "Hey, Ayatollah, leave those kids alone....
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Today In Music History: Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon Hits #1 On U.S. Chart

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 28, 2010 12:02 pm
Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon took the top spot on the U.S. sales chart on this day in 1972, a little over a month after it was released.  The album, which went on to become one of the best-selling discs of all time, was kicked out of the #1 spot the next week, but remained on the Billboard chart for a total of 741 weeks. The Dark...
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Today In Music History: Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon Released On March 10, 1973

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 10, 2010 1:59 pm
Today is the 37th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon. The concept album is showcases an individual's life from birth to death, and touches on concepts like greed ("Money"), war ("Us And Them"), time ("Time," haha) and death and insanity ("Brain Damage (Eclipse)"). It was...
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Flaming Lips Covering Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 16, 2009 4:13 pm
We don't know why this hasn't happened yet because it makes total sense, but The Flaming Lips are set to cover Pink Floyd's 1972 classic album, The Dark Side Of The Moon and record and release the entire thing. The Flaming Lips announced their intent to cover the album during a question-and-answer session at a show on Thursday night in Los...
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The Orb Working With Pink Floyd's David Gilmour On New Album

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) October 2, 2009 12:50 pm
British ambient act The Orb and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour are joining forces on a new project. Perhaps they're trying to capture what Scissor Sisters did by reinventing "Comfortably Numb"? "I've just started work on an album with David Gilmour from Pink Floyd which I think every Orb and Pink Floyd fan will want to...
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Roger Waters Wants Wall To Fall In Israel

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 3, 2009 4:06 pm
Former Pink Floyd singer/bassist Roger Waters says he'd be willing to play a show in Israel — so long as it takes its security fence, which runs through parts of the West Bank, down. Rogers visited the Ayda refugee camp in the West Bank, which is part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He says he'd be willing to play a show that would echo...
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Pink Floyd Sue EMI

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 20, 2009 12:33 pm
Pink Floyd are suing EMI and its owner, Terra Firma, for an undisclosed amount over what they say are miscalculated royalty payments for their albums. Pink Floyd were with EMI from their 1967 The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn debut to 1979's The Wall. The Beatles are the only band whose sales have surpassed Pink Floyd for the company. EMI Music...
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Keane Think They're Pink Floyd

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By CHARTattack Staff April 3, 2009 11:00 am
Keane have declared themselves "the new Pink Floyd" after they played a show at London, England's Abbey Road Studios that was broadcast online in 3D on Thursday night. The British band claim the performance was the first of its kind, and it has singer Tom Chaplin feeling pretty cocky. "I like getting in people's faces, so doing...
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