Drummer Nick Mason, the only member of Pink Floyd who played on every studio album the band released, was born on this day in 1944 in Birmingham, UK.  Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Bob Klose met and formed a group called Sigma 6 while attending Regent Street Polytechnic in London.  Mason has most recently formed Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, a group that concentrates on early era Pink Floyd music, songs written between 1966 and 1972.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on January 27 include...

1918 Blues legend Elmore James is born.

1951 J. Geils Band keyboard player Seth Justman is born in Washington, DC.

1951 Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey born.

1967 The Beatles sign a 9 year contract with EMI.

1973 Bottles and other projectiles get thrown at Sweet during a concert in Kilmarnock, Scotland. The incident inspires the writing of Ballroom Blitz. 

1971 David Bowie visits US for first time but cannot perform due to not having a work permit.

1977 Clash signs with Columbia Records.

1980 Capricorn Records files for bankruptcy.

1984 Michael Jackson ignites his hair while filming a Pepsi commercial.

1990 Gainesville, Florida celebrates Tom Petty Day.

1998 Queensryche's prime singer, guitarist and songwriter bails on the band.

2005 R.E.M. is forced to cancel concert when equipment truck gets held at Russia/Estonia border.

2009 Bruce Springsteen release Working On A Dream.

2010 Steven Tyler’s lawyer sends band a letter threatening a suit if they replace his client as Aerosmith front man.

2014 Pete Seeger dies at 94.

2015 Singer Sam Smith has to add songwriting credits to Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne because his hit song Stay With Me sounded too much like Petty's I Won't Back Down.

2022 Spotify starts dropping Neil Young's music from the streaming service after Young insisted g conservative talk show podcast of Joe Rogan.