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The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records.It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, as he constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation.
Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 British musical drama film directed by Alan Parker, based on Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall. The screenplay was written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters .
Andrew King (born 1948) is a music manager, formerly for Blackhill Enterprises, where he co-managed Pink Floyd and others. [1]King, Peter Jenner and the original four members of Pink Floyd were partners in Blackhill Enterprises. [1]
Steve O'Rourke (() 1 October 1940 – () 30 October 2003) was an English music manager and racing driver. He was the manager of Pink Floyd, a position he held from 1968 until his death. Among his accomplishments was negotiating Pink Floyd's split with bass player and main songwriter Roger Waters.
Blackhill Enterprises was a rock music management company, founded as a partnership by the four original members of Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright), with Peter Jenner and Andrew King. [1] Blackhill were the organisers of the first Hyde Park free concerts.
He also dispensed with the services of Pink Floyd manager Steve O'Rourke and employed Peter Rudge to manage his affairs. [10] This left Gilmour and Mason, in their view, free to continue with the Pink Floyd name. [18] In 2013, Waters said he regretted the lawsuit and had not understood English jurisprudence. [19]
Fenwick has been the manager of pop music acts Roxy Music, T. Rex and is currently Roger Waters', of Pink Floyd fame, manager. [3] and was a director of E.G. Records. Fenwick stepped down as chairman of Fenwick on 18 May 2017, when he was succeeded by Richard Pennycook, a former CEO of The Co-operative Group. [4]
The album artwork featured the life-masks of the four band members in front of a black wall; the masks were worn by the "surrogate band" [6] during the song "In the Flesh". "Goodbye Blue Sky" and parts of "Run Like Hell" were taken from the 17 June 1981 show, the very last performance by the four-man Pink Floyd until the 2005 Live 8 concert.