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Pink Floyd, circa 1973

[edit] Introduction

Pink Floyd has had an active fan following since the band's early years in the 1960s. The fan-fiction community within this fandom is relatively small, however, predominantly active on-line from 2006 through the current day. The fan-fiction community is represented on RockFic as well as in several livejournal communities. The Pink Floyd fan-fiction is largely slash in nature.

[edit] The Band

Pink Floyd is a rock band from England which had existed through various line-up changes (and differing names) since 1964. Originally called Sigmus 6, Meggadeaths, Tea Set and The Abdabs. The first line-up under which the band became popular included Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass, Syd Barrett on guitar and vocals, and Rick Wright on keyboards. In August of 1967, they released The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, considered a landmark of psychedelic rock music. By the time the album was released, however, Barrett--who had been the band's primary songwriter up to this point--was in decline and becoming increasingly unpredictable in his behavior.

In January 1968, guitarist David Gilmour was brought in support Barrett until Syd was dismissed in April 1968. The band continued exploring various experimental and psychedelic rock avenues through the late 1960s and early 1970s, releasing A Saucerful of Secrets, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, and in 1971 Echoes. By now their sound was moving more towards progressive rock, and their popularity would skyrocket with the release of 1973's Dark Side of the Moon, one of the most successful albums in music history. Wish You Were Here followed in 1975, tackling issues of loss and absence, and fueled by the band's uncertainty of where to go after the success of Dark Side.

In the later 1970s, Roger Waters would take an increasing role in dominating the direction of the band's work and sound, a subject of no small internal conflict within the Floyd. Animals was released in 1977, under criticism from some that the band's sound had little relevance in contrast to the growing punk music scene in England. In 1979, this would be followed by The Wall, a 2-disc concept album conceived of by Waters and dealing with many of his personal issues.

The Final Cut followed in 1983, but by now Rick Wright had left the band and tensions were extremely high between the remaining three members of the group. Waters announced in 1985 that he was departing the band. Mason and Gilmour began recording a new Floyd album in 1986, much to Waters' dismay. Legal battles would ensue over the right to use the name Pink Floyd. The matter was settled out of court, and A Momentary Lapse of Reason was released by Mason and Gilmour - as Pink Floyd - in 1987.

By 1994, Wright had been reinstated into the band and The Division Bell released. The band had always been known for their live concerts and this last (for now) Floyd tour was no exception. Waters had, in the meantime, recorded several solo albums and continued touring through the late 1980s and 1990s.

On July 2, 2005, Waters reunited with the other band mates for a one-off appearance at the Live8 concert. The appearance reignited interest in the band for many, though whether they will ever reunite for a longer appearance or tour is uncertain.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in the Pink Floyd fan fiction community.

Monstercock: A nickname for Roger "The Eye" Waters' large package.
Glass eye: Roger "The Cock" Waters' glass eye.
Crustless pie: Nick Mason's lovahlovah
Cockfetti: Green and white confetti from Roger Waters' Dark Side of the Moon 2006-2007 tours.
Gil-mo'ass: Nickname of David Gilmour in reference to his rather round ass.
Skullsecks: The act of making love to Roger's empty eye socket. See glass eye.
Fat Bastard: Nickname/fandom term for David Gilmour from the ages of 30 to 61, though more specifically circa 1976 to 2000, when he then officially entered Old Fart territory.
Horseface: Nickname for Roger Waters' extreme bone structure.

[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fandom community.

[edit] 1965

In 1965, Pink Floyd was founded. Its original members included Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, and Bob Klose. [1]

[edit] 1990s

The Echoes mailing list for Pink Floyd discussion was in existance by at least 1993 - 1994.[2]

[edit] 1997

On March 28, 1997, the site The Pink Floyd Fan Club was created. [3][4]

[edit] 1998

On January 1, 19998, The Pink Floyd Fandom site was created. [5][6]

[edit] 1999

On January 18, 1999, the yahoogroup pinkfloydspace was created for Pink Floyd discussion.[7]
On April 15, 1999, the yahoogroup FloydList was created for Pink Floyd discussion.[8]

[edit] 2000

On June 8, 2000, the yahoogroup pinkfloydclub was created for Spanish-speaking Pink Floyd fans.[9]

[edit] 2001

On April 24, 2001, the site Pink Floyd Online was created. [10][11]
On October 27, 2001, the site Neptune Pink Floyd was created. [12][13]

[edit] 2002

On February 14, 2002, the yahoogroup pinkfloyd_list was created for Portuguese Pink Floyd fans.[14]
On June 18, 2002, the yahoogroup PinkFloydFan was created for Italian Pink Floyd fans.[15]
On October 27, 2002, the yahoogroup out_of_otw was created for Pink Floyd fans.[16]

[edit] 2003

On February 12, 2003, the Russian language 70s rock focused LiveJournal community ru_rock70 was created. It covered several fandoms including this one. [17]
On November 18, 2003, the Pink Floyd GreatestJournal community pink_floyd was created. [18]
On December 7, 2003, the Pink Floyd GreatestJournal community _pinkfloyd was created. [19]

[edit] 2004

On January 14, 2004 the yahoogroup madcapslaughing was created for Syd Barrett fans.[20]
On June 15, 2004, the Pink Floyd MySpace group PinkFloyd was created. [21] As of September 3, 2007, it had 58,366 members.
On August 16, 2004, the Pink Floyd MySpace group pinkfl0yd was created. [22]
On December 12, 2004, A Momentary Lapse of Reason by amusedtodeathca was posted. It was the first piece of Pink Floyd fan fiction posted to RockFic. [23]

[edit] 2005

On July 2, 2005, LIVE 8 concert reunited the band.
On August 29, 2005, the Pink Floyd GreatestJournal community the_wall_pf was created. [24]

[edit] 2006

On May 14, 2006 the LiveJournal community pinkfloydslash [25] was created for slash fan fiction about the band.
On July 7, 2006, Syd Barrett died. [26]
As of the end of 2006, there were 10 Pink Floyd stories on RockFic.

[edit] 2007

On August 16, 2007, classicrockcock, a livejournal community for classic rock slash fiction, was formed. Pink Floyd is one of the bandoms prominently featured in the community, which had 63 members as of November 2007.
Pink Floyd fiction became more popular on RockFic in 2007. By December 31 of the year, there were 36 Pink Floyd stories in the RockFic archive.[27]

[edit] 2008

This bandom was represented in the 2008 xmas_rocks exchange, with 2 stories posted in January of that year.[28]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential Fanworks

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[edit] Fiction

The Psychadelic(sp) Breakfast by ichbinderwalrus. First Floydslash ever posted (posted May 14, 2006.)
Miniature Fireworks by Moorglade. First standalone Roger/David pairing. (posted May 31, 2006.)
He’s In My Head by klaudyna. First NC-17 fic. (posted August 11, 2006.)

[edit] Fandom Members

See also Category:Pink Floyd fans.

[edit] External Links

[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

Olson, James Stuart. Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1999.

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