SEVEN ANGELS HAS AN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHEDELIC CONCERT "RETRO PINK FLOYD"

A landmark occasion occurred in London in 1965 when one of the first British psychedelic groups hit the stage and changed the music world forever. Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright who began together in college while studying architecture were joined by Syd Barrett two years later, also a student studying the arts and a childhood friend of Roger Waters. Declining mental health caused Barrett to leave the group a short time later after David Gilmour was added.

With Mason on drums, Waters on bass, guitar and vocals, Wright on keyboards and vocals, Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, and Gilmour on guitar and vocals, the group produced Pink Floyd’s most successful studio albums, in 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon, in 1975 Wish You Were Here, in 1977 Animals, and in 1979 The Wall.

By 2013 Pink Floyd was one of the best selling music artists of all times selling more than 250 million records across the world. Tragically personal tensions among the band members took a huge toll on the band’s success. Despite their difficulties getting along, in 1996 they were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2005 the UK Music Hall of Fame. Three years later “their monumental contribution over the decades and the fusion of art and music is in the development of popular culture” led them to be awarded the Polar Music Prize.

The name Pink Floyd came from Syd Barrett, derived from two blues musicians he had in his record collection Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. To capture the experience of Pink Floyd, head to Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury on Saturday, July 12 at 8 p.m. for a revisit to “the greatest range of all rock music” with Retro Pink Floyd’s performance featuring disco, rock, country and western, pop and psychedelic and a hearty dose of experimental explosion. This non stop show features Mike McLaughlin on guitar, Vox, Aaron Porchelli on guitar, Vox, Amy Porchelli vocals, Mark Downie on keyboards, vocal, FX, Scott Cole bass, vocal, and Steve Kida on drums, percussion, vocal with guest vocalists Amanda Rowe, Karen Shaw ;and Sam Sawyer. The band is called “Vocal Floyd” as the only band where every member sings at least one vocal (or many) and are called another level of a Pink Floyd tribute by fans.

For tickets ($30), call the Seven Angels Theatre 1 Plank Road, Hamilton Park, Waterbury at 203-757-4676 or online at boxoffice@sevenangelstheatre.org. Watch for the headliners coming to Seven Angels all summer long!

In 2004, Pink Floyd was ranked #8 on MSNBC’s list of The 10 Best Rock Bands Ever,” while Rolling Stones ranked them at #51 on their list of “The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” Don’t miss your grand opportunity to hear Retro Pink Floyd perform the best of their best.