The final days of Brain Damage
Magazine (sob) when it disappeared, along with Jeff Jensen - if anyone
has contact details for Jeff, we'd love to have them. Here you go -
those final, lovingly prepared covers...
Issue 31: January 1994
A4 glossy colour cover, 20 pagesLots
of exclusive (and some not so exclusive) information relating to the
new album (to become The Division Bell) and the accompanying tour.
Tentative album titles are said to be: "Awake To The Sense Of Reality",
"Awake On The Verge Of Insanity", "Above The Water", and "Waiting For
The Sun". Confirmation as well that Rick was officially back with the
band, and despite persistent heavy rumours, Roger was NOT! There's also
a close look at The Wall movie. The poster is a nice Mason drawn ad for
Relics.
Issue 32: April 1994
A4 glossy colour cover, 20 pagesPlenty
of information regarding the extensive 1994 tour, and early information
about The Division Bell album. There's a look back at all the activity
from 1993, a piece on The Final Cut, a look at the 1971 Australian
tour. No poster but a big concert review just for subscribers.
Issue 33: May 1994
A4 glossy colour cover, 20 pagesThe
main subject of this issue was, naturally, the Division Bell tour -
plenty of facts, pictures, reviews and more. Promoted is the second BD
convention, and the poster is a live shot from Milwaukee 1975.
Issue 34: August 1994
A4 glossy colour cover, 28 pagesAs
with issue 33, plenty more on the tour and associated activities.
There's an exclusive interview with Ron Geesin, plenty of tour reports
with colour pictures this time, and yet more book and record releases
to part you from your money. The poster is of the Chicago concert, July
1994.
Issue 35: March 1995
A4 glossy colour cover, 28 pagesLots
of coverage of the 1994 events, including detail of the Earls Court
seat collapse. There's a feature on The Wall animation cels, a big
feature on the European shows of the previous year, and even more
rarities released! The poster is from London, October 1994.
Issue 36: July 1995
A4 glossy colour cover, 28 pagesPlenty
of news (of course!), a great piece relating the correspondence between
Mason and a reviewer - responding to criticisms in inimitable Mason
style! There's a piece about the Publius Enigma, a HUGE article about
the Floyd airship, and plenty more. The poster is from the Camden Arts
Festival, May 1969.
Issue 37: November 1995
A4 glossy colour cover, 28 pagesIncluded
in this issue - the self-proclaimed "No Batteries Needed Pink Floyd Magazine" (in a nod to the band's latest release) - is a good look at PULSE, and more on the Publius Enigma. There's a
retrospective look at 1994, and the poster is a piece of fan art
contributed by a reader.
Issue 38: March 1996
A4 glossy colour cover, 28 pagesAnother
piece on Ca Ira, a big exclusive interview with Nick Mason, a big
exclusive interview with Marc Brickman regarding Publius, a review of a
Wall concert, and plenty more good stuff. The poster is one of the
five-piece Floyd shots from 1968.
Issue 39: October 1996
A4 glossy colour cover, 32 pagesIncluded
in this issue was a brief interview with Rick, a full run through of
"The Committee" film, a look at the connections between PF and the
Rolling Stones, a big feature on US PF-related radio shows on CD, a
nice piece on the original storyboards for The Wall movie, and all the
normal stuff. The poster was a "colour yourself" cartoon of Pink Floyd,
celebrating the 1994 tour.
Issue 40: May 1997
A4 glossy colour cover, 32 pagesDespite
the optimistic tone in the Editorial welcome, talking of Brain Damage's
expansion, the sad truth was that this was to be the final issue. Not
all of us were aware of this... Anyway, the mag features pictures of
David at the Tibetan concert in July 1996, a long look at the More
movie, a review of Broken China, but most importantly, a long exclusive
interview with Malcolm Jones, conducted shortly before his sad
departure from this world. The poster was a cartoon strip showing
various flying pig positions!
And that was that...until Brain
Damage came back into everyone's lives courtesy of the Internet! We
hope you enjoy the current form that Brain Damage takes - any comments
or suggestions on how we can make it better will, of course, be most
gratefully received!
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