Pink Floyd Secrets Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Waters later stated that it was "like a visit by the royal family members". The Beatles were recording their famous "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

Answer: Jeff Beck

The idea was quickly dropped as the Floyds supposed that Beck's financial conditions as an ex-Yardbird would be unreachable to them at that moment.

Answer: True

Barrett and Wright perform vocals on the tracks written by them. Waters and Gilmour share vocals on other tracks, while Nick Mason sings some lines in verses of "Corporal Clegg". Not surprisingly, he never has done that since without heavy studio processing.

Answer: Rick Wright

Wright was considered by band's managers as the most talented musician in the band.

Answer: See-Saw

He is also very critical about his first solo album, although the fans are generally agreeing that it is good, fine work.

Answer: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

The ending was cut out.

Answer: False

Guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, bass guitar and drums were performed by David Gilmour. He stated that the lyrics were a big trouble for him on this one, and he even asked Roger to write him some lines. Waters refused.

Answer: Atom Heart Mother

The opening melody, on studio album some gunshots and horse sounds were added to that tune.

Answer: Because of his wife.

His then-wife Judy was a dedicated Socialist. She convinced Waters to sell expensive and petrol-consuming Jaguar and buy a Mini. Also, the Waters bought some council tenancy buildings in London and rented flats for a small fee to poor and unemployed people.

Answer: The concert will be performed without audience.

The authorities feared that a large crowd would devastate precious cultural site, so they demanded that the only audience would be the ghosts of those perished under ash and lava in 79 AD.

Answer: Yes

The closest relation possible - Naomi Watts is Peter Watts' daughter.

Answer: True

Piano/electric piano line in "Time" is almost a direct quote from "So What" from Miles Davis' 1959 album "Kind Of Blue". Also, other keyboard parts are based on a Bill Evans' modal playing on that album. Wright demonstrates it personally in "Classic Albums: The Dark Side..." 2003 documentary.

Answer: Stanley Kubrick, "A Clockwork Orange"

In the scene where Alex DeLarge is seducing two adolescent girls in a record store, if you look close you can spot the album cover on display.

Answer: True

His name is Ronnie Rondell Jr. and he is a professional stuntman. He worked on about 150 movies, including "Commando", "Last Action Hero", "Batman & Robin" and "End Of Days" - all with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Answer: Stephane Grappelli

He was recording Wagner under Yehudi Menuhin in a neighbouring studio. His input was a small electric violin insert on the title track, just before the wind starts at the very end. He was paid 300 GBP in cash.

Answer: It included a photography of a private medical practice information plate.

One of the photographs included a plate with "W.R.Phang. Dentist" written onto it. Phang threatened to sue the band, as it could be considered as an advertisement - and in England, advertising any medical practices is considered unethical. It was replaced by a photo of a Buddhist monk. Also, the cover included a photography of uncovered woman's breasts (a nice pair), although this did not create much fuss.

Answer: a baboon

Both Thorgerson and the band couldn't come with an interesting idea for a long time, so they seriously considered a cover being an ironical remake of that from "Atom Heart Mother" - this time, depicting a baboon's naked buttocks. At last, Storm came with the idea that finally made it to the cover.

Answer: Is There Anybody Out There?

"Comfortably Numb" was a "David Gilmour" album outtake.

Answer: Let There Be More Light

Odd selection, one has to say. The single was finally never released.

Answer: The Final Cut

"Brezhnev got Afghanistan..." - Poland was at the time a Warsaw Pact member, and the album included some direct attacks at Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet Union. In the 80's, British and American albums were not distributed in Poland, so one of the main radio programmes played many famous albums in their entirety, encouraging audiences to tape them.

When Marillion came to Poland for a six-show tour in early summer of 1987, they were told that none of their albums was ever released in Poland, so they expected to play to a small audience completely unfamiliar with their music.

They were seriously shocked that all six gigs sold out and that the entire audience sang every single song with them.

Answer: Steinberger

Although Gilmour was at the time a Fender endorsee, he used mostly headless Steinbergers during those sessions.

Answer: David Gilmour

Studio version of "Sorrow" does not include live drumming, only drum programming - done by David Gilmour.

Answer: Stanley Kubrick and Bob Ezrin

Stanley Kubrick wanted to use altered fragments of "Atom Heart Mother" in his 1971 "A Clockwork Orange", but was turned down by the band. For "Amused To Death", Waters wanted to use samples from "2001: A Space Odyssey" ("...Will you stop, Dave? ...My mind is going, Dave. I can feel that..." - this time referring of course to David Gilmour), but Kubrick refused, feared that this would create a precedent, leading to countless samples from his movies.

After Kubrick's death, his family permitted Waters to use the samples, as heard on his "In The Flesh" live album. "Amused To Death" includes a backwards message, a sarcastical "thanks" to "Stanley". Bob Ezrin was originally hired to produce "Radio KAOS", but he later dropped to produce "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason".

As Waters stated: "Every man has his price, Bob, and yours was pretty low...". Andrew Lloyd-Webber was personally unrelated with the band.

Answer: Yes

He appeared on "Radio KAOS" - "Harry and India Waters - Children in the Garden".

Answer: True

Tony Levin played bass guitar and Chapman stick on "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" as well as on albums by Yes and King Crimson (where he was a regular member).