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Has anyone seen these guys before?
They seem proud of their 'authentic' approach

www.pinkfraud.co.uk/

No, they are a new one to me. They look good though.

They do look fairly good, and having had a sniff around the website and listened and watched a couple of tracks / vids I thinking of popping to Derby for their gig.

So what was the verdict on Pink Fraud ?  I've looked at the site before and heard a fair few good things said about them over the years but never actually been to one of their gigs.  However, this might well change !  It would appear that they are playing Glastonbury (again) this year Saturday 23rd June Midday(ish) and just for once I've found out before the event rather than after so will hopefully remember to wander along. 

Unfortunately, I guess that also means absolutely no chance of the Aussies making a surprise appearance this year though   I know they've done it once before (a seriously wet year) and I've been hoping to find them playing somewhere on site ever since but have been sadly disappointed so far. I think they must have been frightened off permanently by mucho monsoons and mud ... or Rolf Harris ... or both  ;D

They haven't played my town yet (September), but I'm planning to go.

they played that recent Glastonbudget festival and were interviewed briefly on the news. They said at the last count there were 33 Floyd tribute bands based in the country, I don't know if they included Us not Them though 

Well, I did get to the gig and ... they were pretty good  ;D  A most welcome hour and a half or so of Floyd stuff at the LV Ballroom amidst the rain and mud at Glastonbury.  No 70's stylee light show other than the standard lighting for the small stage and a few technical problems meant a late start plus some of the audio effects not getting sorted so they had do some things 'the hard way' so to speak and we didn't get the scheduled 2 hours.  But all in all really good and well attended given that probably not that many people knew about it in advance.  Needless to say plenty wandered in after hearing a bit of Floyd going on somewhere and went on a mission to investigate !  Not sure if the setlist was planned in advance or not but a fair old bit of banter with the early crowd while they were setting up and trying to sort the problems out resulted in DSOTM plus more. Superb Sax and the first time the guy had played with them plus an absolutely cracking performance of Great Gig In The Sky I must say. Apart from Shine On, Wish You Were Here, Have A Cigar and Comfortably Numb, I'm sorry but can't remember what the rest were.  I'm really bad at remembering setlists at the best of times but Midday at Glasto is more than a bit of an early start to the day and a lot's happened since then so no chance  :  Fortunately, knowing in advance and getting there kinda early meant a prime spot leaning on the stage barrier for the first time at a gig in many years though.

They also did jamming type sessions at one of the cafes over the weekend but no definite timing was available at the time and I didn't manage to stumble across them but they said it was going to be "real old stuff."  I'm fairly sure now that I've probably heard them before because I know they've played the Banyan Tree in previous years and I've managed to catch a bit of Floyd going on there in the past but sadly not this year. Pity really as some old stuff would have been rather good. 

I'd certainly be well tempted to wander along to see them again if they ever play down this way.