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Pink Floyd Album Cover Designer Storm Thorgerson Dies Aged 69

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:36:02 +0000

British graphic designer was responsible for some of the most memorable album artwork of all time

Storm Thorgerson, whose album cover artwork includes Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, has died aged 69, Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Storm Thorgerson, the British graphic designer behind some of the most memorable album covers of all time, including Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, has died aged 69.

Pink Floyd Album Covers Designed by Thorgerson

Thorgerson designed almost all albums in Pink Floyd’s catalog.

In a statement, Thorgerson’s family said:

Yes, Storm has died. He passed away, on Thursday 18th April in the afternoon. His ending was peaceful and he was surrounded by family and friends. He had been ill for some time with cancer though he had made a remarkable recovery from his stroke in 2003. He was in his 70th year. He is survived by his mother Vanji, his son Bill, his wife Barbie Antonis and her two children Adam and Georgia.

A childhood friend of the founding members of Pink Floyd, he became their designer-in-chief, most famously creating the prism spreading a spectrum of colour across the cover of The Dark Side of the Moon, which became one of the bestselling albums of all time. His artwork for the band also included the lonesome-looking cow on the cover of Atom Heart Mother, the burning businessman on the sleeve of Wish You Were Here, and the giant pig flying over Battersea power station on the cover of Animals.

Storm Thorgerson – Did you know…

Many have called him ‘the 6th member of Pink Floyd’
Certainly his visuals for Pink Floyd and others have played an essential part in the psyche of rock and roll culture.

He was a life-long friend of the Floyd
Storm Thorgerson first met future members of Pink Floyd while all of them were schoolboys in Cambridge. Was teenage friends with David Gilmour and best man at his 1994 wedding to Polly Samson. The most recent work he did for Floyd was the ‘Oh, by the Way‘ box set released in 2007. Thorgerson also designed the ‘Shine On‘ 1992 box set.

Many of his designs are notable for their surreal elements
They often look like drawings, or that they must be computer altered in some way or another, but in reality are actual photographs where no camera tricks or after effects were used. For example, for the cover of Wish You Were Here, the man on the right is a real person, who was actually set on fire.

He had an expansive body of work
In addition to designing almost all Pink Floyd’s official releases, Thorgerson also designed album covers for other notable bands including Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Genesis, Phish, and others. Author Douglas Adams (‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’) called him “the best album designer in the world”

David Gilmour said in a statement:

We first met in our early teens. We would gather at Sheep’s Green, a spot by the river in Cambridge and Storm would always be there holding forth, making the most noise, bursting with ideas and enthusiasm. Nothing has ever really changed. He has been a constant force in my life, both at work and in private, a shoulder to cry on and a great friend. The artworks that he created for Pink Floyd from 1968 to the present day have been an inseparable part of our work. I will miss him.

The official Pink Floyd website also has a statement:

“We are saddened by the news that long-time Pink Floyd graphic genius, friend and collaborator, Storm Thorgerson, has died. Our thoughts are with his family and many friends.”

Source
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Roger Waters on ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ on Comedy Central

admin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:02:07 +0000

I turned on the TV to watch one of my favorite shows and there was Roger Waters – I didn’t even know he was going to be on the show! We’ve made Roger Waters’ appearance on The Daily Show our Pink Floyd Video of the Week.

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Fan Submission for Video of the Week: A Fantastic Acoustic Version of “Breathe” by David Gilmour

admin — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:13:19 +0000

Thanks to Tomasz Szczegóła for this weeks Pink Floyd Video of the Week suggestion! Would you like to pick next weeks? Send me a link to the vid!

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Merry Christmas! Here’s a Rare Pink Floyd Christmas Song Bootleg

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:07:01 +0000

Vocals on this are Nick Mason. Also – it finally happened. I missed the video of the week last week – so enjoy a bonus video of the Roger Waters 12-12-12 concert performance in HD.

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Roger Waters ‘The Wall Live’ European Tour 2013 Press Conference

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:44:07 +0000

I almost forgot the video of the week again! But remembered just in time – so we still haven’t missed one yet – since starting this new site feature in April of 2012. Please send in your suggestions of cool Floyd vids to remind me! :) It can be ANYTHING as long as it has something to do with Floyd in some way or another.

Maybe you’ve made a cover of a song yourself, or have a favorite Floyd vid on YouTube? I don’t mind if you want to promote your own video or band even. Here’s the link to a form to suggest videos as well as an archive of all the past video’s of the week: Pink Floyd Video of the Week.

So for this week’s video, I was surfing YouTube and found Roger Waters’ official channel and the press conference for the European ‘The Wall Live’ tour in 2013. Are you planning on going to any of the 2013 ‘Wall Live’ shows? If so, this press conference has some pretty interesting tid-bits that should get you a bit more fired up and ready for the shows.

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