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Sunday, December 04, 2005

The Wall

"Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2." The stage show for the subsequent tour, one of the most ambitiously theatrical the rock world had ever seen, was subsequently made into a film by director Alan Parker, with Bob Geldof starring as the mad rock dictator, Pink.
The album's success unfortunately fanned the flames of the band's disintegration. By the early Eighties, the group had virtually dissolved into an association of solo artists, with each member pursuing individual projects. The Final Cut, recorded in 1983, was -- not surprisingly -- a somewhat dispirited affair. "It was really Roger's solo album," says Mason. "The rest of us just sort of drifted into it."