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Article: Not the Real Thing, But An Incredible Simulation // Hits Keep Coming As Tribute Bands Play the Music Fans Want to Hear
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 16, 1994
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When Pink Floyd played at Soldier Field this summer, the key
songwriter was missing, the core band was augmented by an army of
hired hands and the set was marred by a half-dozen unimpressive new
tunes.
The sound and special effects were spectacular. But from the
vantage point of most seats, it could have been anyone up there
onstage.
Compare this with a gig by In the Flesh?, the local Pink Floyd
tribute band. As hypnotic rings of laser light swirl across the
stage, the band delivers pristine versions of the Floyd's best songs
- "Money," "Us and Them" and "Comfortably Numb" - and the musicians