ABSTRACT
Pink Floyd, a band almost synonymous with audiovisual innovations from its early days in the 1960s through its massive rock-spectacles of the 1970s and beyond, has, for many, become a source of popular nostalgia. Their biggest seller, The Dark Side of the Moon, remains a landmark in recording history. This chapter discusses these performances from four points of view. First, the development of and most important changes in Pink Floyd's stage performance prior to the tour. Second, the technology Pink Floyd used in their live concerts at the time; third, the dystopic narratives of Pink Floyd's stage performance of The Dark Side of the Moon as it was executed in the 1973 tour. And, fourth, the chapter considers the position of the group as a definer of the stadium rock aesthetics. Pink Floyd began to be associated with audiovisual technology at the very beginning of their career..
