Live Performances
Since their 2007 tour, the band's shows have incorporated a psychedelic light show modelled after the light shows used by Pink Floyd during their 1987 and 1994 world tours. The show includes a round screen with intelligent lights arranged around its perimeter. During a concert, movies and animations are displayed on-screen, complementing the band's light show. Inflatables (such as the pig used by Pink Floyd during the Division Bell Tour, and Skippy - the band's own giant pink kangaroo and named after the Australian TV series Skippy The Bush Kangaroo) are frequently employed in the band's shows.
The band are noted for meticulously (and often obsessively) replicating the nuances of Pink Floyd's work. The guitar rig of Steve Mac closely resembles David Gilmour's set-up, and includes elements custom-produced by Pete Cornish, who has worked extensively with Gilmour.
The group often employ imagery based on Floydian designs, but altered to include humorous Australianisms. The band often use an altered version of the Dark Side of the Moon prism for logo purposes, with a glass silhouette of Australia (as opposed to a triangular prism) refracting white light. Additionally, when the band perform music from The Wall, Pink Floyd's marching hammers have their heads replaced with kangaroo heads.
Performances typically follow the format of an hour of music, followed by a 20-minute intermission, followed by a further hour of music, and an encore of Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell. Sometimes the band will perform a specific album in its entirety during a show, usually as a first-half set. To date the band have performed The Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall as complete pieces. When not performing a specific album, the band will perform material spanning a large part of Pink Floyd's creative history, including early material written by Syd Barrett, extended pieces such as Dogs and Echoes, and later material from post-Waters Pink Floyd.
The band associates itself with individuals who have worked with Pink Floyd over the years, including Colin Norfield (who has worked as a sound engineer for David Gilmour in his solo career and for Pink Floyd during their 1994 Division Bell tour) and Clive Brooks - Nick Mason's long-time drum technician.
2011 saw the introduction of 3D stereoscopic projection and quadrophonic sound into the band's performances. The Australian Pink Floyd are the first ever band to implement stereographic 3D into a tour.
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