![]() ![]() Slug met producer ANT when they went to his house to record a track. Through rapper Musab (then known as Beyond). Soon, Spawn convinced Slug to start rapping as well and they began making songs using turntables and a tape recorder. The initial lineup saw them performing as Urban Atmosphere (originally Mental Subject, then Arhythmic Culture) with Spawn rapping and Slug on the turntables. Together, the three formed the core of what would become the Rhymesayers Collective. 1.5 When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (2008)Īt Washburn High School, Slug met soon-to-be close friends Derek Turner and Brent Sayers the men who would come to be known as Spawn and Siddiq (or Stress) respectively.Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets' North American tour continues through November. For die-hard fans of Pink Floyd who had longed to hear the early material before The Dark Side of the Moon changed everything, Saucerful of Secrets may be the closest they'll ever get to hearing these rarely performed songs done by an actual member of Floyd. What made this particular satisfying performance-and Mason's current venture overall-succeed was that it faithfully recreated the sound of early Floyd but also brought something new and fresh to the table so that it didn't merely seem like a paint-by-the-numbers imitation. His bandmates triumphed as well, particularly the onstage chemistry between Kemp and Pratt accompanied by Harris' versatility on the guitar and Beken's dazzling keyboard work that recalled the playing of the late Richard Wright. The major highlight of the night was Saucerful's masterful performance of the epic “Echoes” (the original version from Meddle clocks in at nearly 24 minutes) in which every band member just shined in performing a very complex and nuanced work.Īt age 78, Mason (who is the only Pink Floyd member to appear on every band album) was still in fine form behind the drum kit and even displayed his trademark sense of humor during his banter with the audience between numbers. They began the evening with an explosive rendition of “One of These Days” (off of 1971's Meddle) and the energy never let up after that-drawing from the whimsy of the Barrett era (“Vegetable Man,” “Arnold Layne”) to the progressive rock Floyd became renowned for (“Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” “Atom Heart Mother,” “Obscured by Clouds”). (Photo by Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Imagesįor over two hours (counting an intermission), Saucerful of Secrets performed cuts from Floyd's first several albums up to 1973 as well as non-album singles. Roma at Auditorium Parco della Musica on Jin Rome, Italy. Nick Mason of Pink Folyd performs live on stage with his Saucerful of Secrets during the Rock in. ![]()
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