Tribute Bands for “Pink Floyd”?
Would you pay for tickets?
I’d rather listen to all the albums and view the videos instead.
Q
They’re okay with me, in the sense that I’m not offended by their existence, or angry that they can make a go of it.
I’ve got precisely zero interest in actually seeing them, though.
Mind, I did see Pink Floyd in concert for the Division Bell tour. Some people might consider that a Pseudo Pink show. 
Nope. I wouldn’t go see them. We had an Eagles tribute band, Hotel California, pass through Tucson. I’d rather drive up I-10 to Glendale and see the genuine article. Hell, the Beach Boys are coming next week. I’d rather go see them. It’s as much of the original lineup as they can muster - Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, and Bruce Johnston.
I envy you, Miller.
The closest I ever got was to see and hear “Dark Side Of The Moon” at our local planetarium.
The only other views are “Space Night”, broadcast on BDR Germany, which I cannot receive here.
Quasi
For Pink Floyd specifically, I couldn’t care less, but tribute bands for artists I like? The’re amusing. I wouldn’t pay money to see them, but might enjoy them at the bar.
Joe
I like tribute bands and I’ll go out of my way for a concert, especially for bands that I’ll never get to see such as Pink Floyd or Queen. Of course, they have to be good but that has to be said for any band.
Good live music is worth paying for and if they’re playing music that know you like then it’s all the better.
Wow, really? I thought there was too much bad blood between the various Boys, or at least Brian and Mike, for them to reunite.
They’re all right but, having seen the real thing, I don’t have any reason to go see them.
I saw the real thing (well, minus Roger) on the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. In fact, I saw them twice on that tour - including going to see them instead of going to my high school prom, a decision I have absolutely no regrets about.
I have no issue with the tribute bands. I wouldn’t go out of my way to see one, I don’t think, but I’d stay and listen if I happened to be at a place one was playing, and I’d give them the benefit of the doubt.
There’s a bar/club around the corner from me that is apparently the “Tribute Band” capital of the San Fernando Valley - it seems almost all the bands they have there are a tribute band of someone or another. The strangest one I saw announced on the billboard was an Yngwie Malmsteen tribute band. Seriously, who’s clamoring for that one?
No, they settled all of their lawsuits and reconciled personally, so all’s good among them. In fact, they’re releasing a new album on June 5.
I don’t think of tribute bands that way. You don’t specifically go out to see a concert of a tribute band. But if you’re out at a bar, or a wedding, or maybe at some sort of festival or whatever, and there’s a tribute band there, then you listen to them as a side-line to the actual event. For that purpose, they’re just fine.
Please tell me they are called Unleash The Fucking Fury.
A good tribute band will do the show the fans want to see, which is not necessarily the case with the original artists. The fact that their tickets are a fraction of the price of the cheap seats for the originals helps too.
Not a big Pink Floyd fan myself, but I’ve seen their music performed well by other musicians, and if I wanted to see their songs performed live, I think I’d prefer to see a really dedicated tribute band do it for $20 in a reasonably sized venue than pay $200 for nosebleed seats in an arena for the real Floyd. And I have $180 left over for other concerts.
People seem to be flocking to see Rain. D and I have tentative plans to see them in Nashville in May. I would make an exception for this, because it isn’t only the music, it’s the personalities as well.
Q
I saw Aussie Pink Floyd once. It was a fun experience, but I’ve no urge to repeat it with them or other tribute bands.
Ya know, if they’d been that creative, I might have even made it a point to have stopped in and seen them. Thankfully, they weren’t. “Live Tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen” was the best they could muster.
And, holy crap - totally hijacking the thread, but I just noticed something from my photo! I took that photo probably a year, year and a half ago. Before I’d seen the show Parks & Recreation, which I’ve since become a fan of. One episode of the show, they all go to see Andy’s band play at a club. I’d noticed that the club scene was filmed at this place around the corner from me. And just now looking at my photo, look at the caption under the name of the club - “Rocking Pawnee”! It obviously doesn’t normally say that. I must’ve taken the photo right around when they were filming there. Or I wonder if this was just a joke from the show? Anyone remember?
I’ve been to two Aussie Pink Floyd concerts and both were good. The musicians are excellent. The light shows are pretty good. The video, not so much, especially the 3D bits.
I was sitting in the second row for the second show and during intermission walked up to the stage and the set list for one of the guitarists was right there on the stage, so I turned it around and read it. There was a security guard nearby, but she didn’t seem to care. A roadie came out and we talked a bit.
The guitarist really seemed to enjoy what he was doing and made contact with the audience. I gave him a thumbs up at one point and he returned it. All-in-all, a good show.
I don’t have any problem with the whole tribute band aspect of it.
I actually saw that when it was on Broadway last year (I had free tickets.) It was actually a lot of fun! Not something I would have paid to see, but I had a good time and of course the music is wonderful!
I’ve got no issue with tribute bands. An acquaintance of mine is in a very good Eagles tribute band and I’ve seen them several times.
However, the Floyd tribute bands tend to put on extravagant shows (good!) that cost a fortune to see (bad!), as in the price I’d pay to see a “real” band. I just don’t see the value in it, given that the major draw for me in concerts is in hearing the legends play live, not the show itself. If the shows were more reasonably priced and intimate I might be convinced.