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Date of Birth

What's going on with Nick's date of birth?

These sources give it as 1944:

the text of this article
the 1944 article
most Google hits for "Nick Mason date of birth" and similar queries

These sources give it as 1945:

the 1945 article
the January 27 article
the categorisation of this article
one or two Google hits

Does anyone have evidence of which is correct? -- Smjg 17:18, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes! Nick Mason himself, through the medium of his book Inside out, states that it is 1944. I have removed the 'disputed' tag on the article and modified the 1945 and January 27 articles on the basis that the horse's mouth constitutes a pretty incontrovertible source. (And due to the lack of response to your perfectly valid query). --HighHopes 19:23, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not an Official Band Member?

For some reason I remember there was a time that he was not an Official member of Pink Floyd, some time around the recording of or just before "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" which is why his name and Wright's are smaller than Gilmore's in the credits on the album cover. Is this verified anywhere? Billy Nair 23:25, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mason is actually the only member of Pink Floyd who has been a official member since they started in 1965. It was Richard Wright's name that was smaller in the AMLoR-sleeve since he only was a hired session musician for Floyd back then. Although Pink Floyd only was made up by Gilmour and Mason when AMLor was released, it has later been relived by Gilmour that booth Mason and Wright contributions were fairly minimal, only playing one or very few songs each. This was partly because the album started as a solo project by Gilmour, but he then (six months before release) decided to turn it into a Pink Floyd project. Bjurbeck (talk) 21:10, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although he was an official member during this period, he played very little on AMLOR; in fact, all he did was perform the drum fills on "Learning to Fly" 72.226.78.94 (talk) 03:57, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pie Crust

What does Nick Mason have against pie crust? ("I'll have apple pie, without any crust")

Pie crust is full of additional calories. I do likewise. Sidar 04:25, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My friend Seiko says that the reason for his dislike of pie crust is that he used to have a moustache and he used to get annoyed at the crumbs sticking to it. This was mentioned in an interview (if anyone would like to track that down). --gilgongo (talk) 20:49, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Parker-Bowles Pad

He bought the Parker-Bowles pad, Middlewich, off them after their divorce. Anon user 19:45, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

31st May 2006

Nick joined David Gilmour and band on stage at the Royal Albert Hall on 31st May 2006. He played drums on the final two songs - Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb.

Recent Picture?

How about a recent picture? If I come across one accidently I'll see about putting it up. Gmip 06:55, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Insideoutmason.jpg

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Childhood music lessons

"He has claimed that he took some failed violin and piano lessons as a child." Is there any reason to doubt him? I would like to change "claimed" to "mentioned" unless a verifiable source gives a reason for doubt. VisitorTalk 05:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Session Drummers

"Mason has been drummer on every Pink Floyd album (but not on every song; some session drummers have been used)"

Do we have any more information on this? Who are these session drummers? Why didn't Nick play on those songs? What songs were they? It's a very (potentially) interesting fact, but I would like more facts/statistics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamckillip (talk • contribs) 23:49, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Information relating to session drummers should be and, as I recall, is included in the individual article for each of those songs. By the way, it isn't that unusual that session musicians are used on albums, if the band members feel that a particular band member can't play his part well enough, or in the style best suited for the song 80.213.191.159 (talk) 10:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Most popular songs?

"Interstellar Overdrive" and "A Saucerful Of Secrets" among Pink Floyd's most popular songs ??? 81.83.137.88 (talk) 12:55, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Associated Acts

Considering adding David Gilmour here for his solo albums sometimes performed live with Nick Mason, discuss? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.152.47 (talk) 08:55, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gilmour (and Waters, for that matter) doesn't really fit with the criteria for inclusion in the info box. Joefromrandb (talk) 01:54, 20 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Career Section

I'm a bit disappointed in the "Career" section of this article, which seems to be simply a list of "bullet points" about things that he did mostly during and after PF.

I specifically looked up the article to find information about his training and playing career leading up to PF, but alas, nothing. Since he wrote a tell-all book about his time with the band, isn't there more information available to round out this section of the article?

B. Polhemus (talk) 23:28, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Pink_Floyd says PF was founded in 1965 Current article says that "He has been the only constant member since the band's formation in 1964, and is the only member to appear on every Pink Floyd album." - it's a contradiction 46.39.248.204 (talk) 13:42, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Mason on vocals

He also supposedly sings the chorus of "Vegetable Man" (sources: https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/pink-floyd-nick-mason-the-early-years-box-set-syd-barrett-7581131/ and https://mydrumlessons.co.uk/2016/11/drummer-nick-mason-reflects/ ) and does the spoken stuff on "Terminal Frost" (sadly I can't find any good source for that right now). Jules TH 16 (talk) 09:09, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]