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Scott Page is an American musician, technologist, and entrepreneur known for his
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and rhythm guitar work with
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,
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, and Toto.


Career

Page is CEO of Think:EXP, a
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-based media company focused on live immersive entertainment. Page worked on and led a number of ventures, including Walt Tucker Productions, an audio video post production company that produced projects for
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and others. Page co-founded
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, Inc., a CD-ROM game and educational software company where he co-produced Tuneland, an interactive musical cartoon, the
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interactive series, and was integral to the development of QD7, an interactive multimedia joint venture with
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and David Salzman that resulted from Jones' partnering with the company. Page co-founded New Media Broadcasting Company, a social media and collaborative communications enterprise and co-founded and served as CEO of Direct2Care, an online healthcare presence management company. Before his most recent venture with Think:EXP, Page had co-founded GetYourOPI, an online presence management company and served as CEO of Ignited Network, "a start up music accelerator based in
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." As an artist, his continued work as a recording and as a session musician continues to draw interest from Pink Floyd fans and other music fans alike.


Early life

Scott Page is the son of musician
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, best known for his work as a
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player and member of the
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Band. He was also a fixture with
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. Scott Page's earliest nationally broadcast musical performance was on television network American Broadcasting Company's (ABC's) ''
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''; he played trumpet, in an appearance with his father, Bill Page, on the December 24th, 1960
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special (season five, episode 15). As a young adult, Page was cast in ''
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'' and in ''
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''. Page was featured in the April 10th, 1977 ''The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries'' episode titled "The Mystery of the Flying Courier," playing the part of a musician in character Joe Hardy's band. On ''The Young and the Restless'' he played a musician, a member of characters
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and Danny Romalotti's band; the episode aired on May 14, 1986.


Music

Following his musical performances on the ''
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'' as a child, Page played in studio projects for
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and The Alpha Band in his early adult years. Page played
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on the self-titled Geronimo Black album. He came to prominence, however, on Supertramp's 1983 ... Famous Last Words ... Tour. Following that tour, Page would then go on to record with Supertramp on their 1985 album ''
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''. He played flute on the album. That production would become his first artistic intersection with
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guitarist and vocalist
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, who also played on the album.


Supertramp

Scott Page joined
Supertramp Supertramp were an English rock band that formed in London in 1969. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson (vocals, keyboards, and guitars) and Rick Davies (vocals and keyboards), they are distinguished for blending pro ...
in support of the ... Famous Last Words ... Tour. It marked the first time additional musicians would join Supertramp as touring band members. The tour also featured
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among the added personnel. During that tour, Scott Page was also occasionally playing the guitar and the flute. In addition to his instrumental work on the tour, Page provided vocals, e.g., on the live version of the hit ''
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'',
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and Page sang the lower harmonies while
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sang higher harmonies. Page's tenure with Supertramp was embedded in a transitional period for the band. The tour marked the first time Hodgson spoke to the audience during shows, thanking fans and announcing his forthcoming departure from the band. It was Supertramp's most ambitious tour, filling stadiums around the world and elevating Page's status as a recognizable figure in his own right. Following the successful ... Famous Last Words ... Tour, Page stayed with Supertramp, entering the studio with the band and performing live with them through the album and tour for ''
Brother Where You Bound ''Brother Where You Bound'' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1985. It was their first album after original member Roger Hodgson left the band, leaving Rick Davies to handle the songwriting and singing ...
'' (1985-1986). He then did studio work on the follow-up album, ''
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'' (1987). During that time, Page was also balancing work with Toto.


Toto

In 1985 Scott Page had the opportunity to tour with Toto (between the end of Supertramp's ... Famous Last Words ... Tour and the band's return to the studio for work on ''Brother Where You Bound''). This was a promotional tour for Toto's album '' Isolation''. The 1985 leg of the tour spanned February through May of that year and two dates in April 1986. In 1986, Page was approached by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour for work on an upcoming album by the band's new incarnation following
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' departure in 1985. He was invited to record parts for what would become the track " Dogs of War" on the ''
A Momentary Lapse of Reason ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia. It was recorded primarily on guitarist ...
'' album. He would eventually be asked to join the band on its extensive
A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour was two consecutive concert tours by the British rock band Pink Floyd. The ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour'' ran from September 1987 to August 1988; the ''Another Lapse tour'' ran from May–July 1989. Both t ...
, marking the end of his stints with Toto and Supertramp.


Pink Floyd

As
Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...
prepared for their first tour in a new incarnation, Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason began looking for musicians that could add a combination of musical skills and "showmanship" in an effort to put across more energy in the band's stage show. Page was hired and immediately joined the band in
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for rehearsals. Page played for the duration of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour with the exception of the band's last performance under that tour's umbrella: an isolated, special performance at
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on June 30, 1990. Despite being cast as part of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, the
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date took place nearly one year after the preceding tour date and included a number of guest musicians that were not part of the band's regular recording and touring team. Mason referred to Scott Page as "another stage show in his own right." Page "would be rendered instantly recognizable to fans in even the cheapest stadium seats by his lavish mullet hairstyle." As Pink Floyd historian Mark Blake illustrates in Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd, the band was specifically looking to add "the presence of younger and more flamboyant band members" and Page was a good fit with his "elaborately coiffured" look and a willingness to participate to the fullest extent possible in the band's live performance (often adding the texture of an additional rhythm guitar between saxophone performances). Producer
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would later state that Page "came with the territory;" the band meant for it "to be a more visual show." He is featured in the television documentary and live concert ''Pink Floyd in Venice'' and the Pink Floyd ''
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'' concert film, both which document the band's
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. ''
Delicate Sound of Thunder ''Delicate Sound of Thunder'' is a live album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988. It was ...
'' was also released as an album. Page is also featured in additional recordings that were originally intended for release in what would have become the ''Delicate Sound of Thunder'' concert film and ''Delicate Sound of Thunder'' live album, including live material from
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, recorded at the Omni Coliseum in November 1987; unhappy with the results, the band used footage recorded the following year at
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in
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for what would become ''Delicate Sound of Thunder'': the abandoned Atlanta material circulates widely as a video and an audio bootleg titled Pink Floyd: The Calhoun Tapes and Would You Buy a Ticket to This Show. Another performance that circulated as a bootleg version and was finally released officially in 2019 as part of ''
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'' is the live Italian and worldwide broadcast of the band's performance on a barge, on the Grand Canal in
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in July 1989. It was during his time in Pink Floyd that Page began to transition into entrepreneurial endeavors and began to divide his time between his music and his business careers.


Post-Pink Floyd music career

Despite his current focus on business endeavors, Page continues to play live and as a session musician. After his tenure with Pink Floyd, Page has continued recording with artists as diverse as
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, Gorky Park, Bob Malone, Eddie Zip,
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,
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,
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, and Seth Loveless; he has also played as a guest on a number of Pink Floyd tribute albums. Along with Supertramp member
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, he is also a founding member of Hang Dynasty, a band that brings together "sidemen" from larger bands and whose membership includes a rotating cast of musicians. In addition to Page and Verheyen, musicians that play or have played with the band include
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, Ray Brinker,
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,
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, Steve Madaio,
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,
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, Dave Woodford, Kenny Lee Lewis,
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, and Lee Thornburg. The band has also performed with guests musicians including
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, and Dianne Steinberg-Lewis. In September 2014, Hang Dynasty headlined the final night of the
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. The band's special guest was honoree
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. On June 17, 2015, Page made a surprise guest appearance during Brit Floyd's concert at the Orpheum Theatre in
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. He played ''
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'' and ''
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'' with Brit Floyd during his guest appearance.


Business: technologist and entrepreneurship

Through his various business and artistic ventures, Page has served as a video game music producer for the ''Ace Ventura'' video game and ''
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'' franchise's ''
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'' video game, as a composer for the movie '' Three Kinds of Heat'', and as a supervising producer for ''
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'' video game.


Walt Tucker Productions

Although Page made a fuller transition into technology entrepreneurship in the computer software industry in 1993 (after founding
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), effectively culminating any potential commitments with Pink Floyd, he had already founded a
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based audio and video post-production company in 1987 called Walt Tucker Productions (specifically, headquartered in
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). He led and managed Walt Tucker Productions even while recording and touring with Pink Floyd. The two efforts overlapped during production of the "
A Momentary Lapse of Reason ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia. It was recorded primarily on guitarist ...
" album and the subsequent, promotional
A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour was two consecutive concert tours by the British rock band Pink Floyd. The ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour'' ran from September 1987 to August 1988; the ''Another Lapse tour'' ran from May–July 1989. Both t ...
. Walt Tucker specialized in CD/ROM technology and derived its name from an amalgamation of two of Page's "heroes":
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and
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. A few years into his tenure as president of Walt Tucker Productions, during a visit to
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in the fall of 1992, Page talked about being at a crossroads with respect to the balance he was beginning to strike between his role as a musician and his role as an entrepreneur and businessman. In an interview with Joseph Panettieri, of Information Week, Page discussed "getting to a point where e wouldhave to make a decision about what e wantedto dedicate istime to." He added: "I've done my music stint. Building an interactive multimedia company is my next challenge. I'm more concerned now about the multimedia business." Despite this, he would also state that (at the time) Pink Floyd may commit to another world tour and that he would find it difficult to "sit that... out." A special Pink Floyd performance at
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on June 30, 1990 (in
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,
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) included a number of guest musicians that were not part of the band's regular recording and touring roster. At this event, which is considered the band's last performance on the
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,
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played saxophone. Pink Floyd would not tour again until 1994, at which point Page was fully immersed in business endeavors and limiting his music work to studio sessions and some selected live performances. Ultimately, this would cement Page's performance with Pink Floyd on the penultimate date of the
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(July 18, of 1989) in
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, at the
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, as his last with the band. Saxophonist Dick Parry, who had last recorded with Pink Floyd in 1975, during the
Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here may refer to: Film, television, and theater Film * ''Wish You Were Here'' (1987 film), a British comedy-drama film by David Leland * ''Wish You Were Here'' (2012 film), an Australian drama/mystery film by Kieran Darcy-Smith ...
album production effort and last toured with the band in 1977 during the In The Flesh Tour, rejoined the band for the recording of
The Division Bell ''The Division Bell'' is the fourteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 28 March 1994 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and on 4 April by Columbia Records in the United States. The second Pink Flo ...
album as well as
The Division Bell Tour The Division Bell Tour was the final concert tour by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was performed in 1994 to support their album ''The Division Bell'', which was released two days before the tour's start date. Following the tour's conclus ...
that followed. Page's new focus on entrepreneurship did not mean an end to his partnership with members of the Pink Floyd coterie: Page continued working with Walt Tucker Productions until joining forces with Pink Floyd producer
Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin' ...
to create a new business venture in 1993.


7th Level

In 1993, Page formed 7th Level, Inc. with music/entertainment producer
Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin' ...
and
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technology entrepreneur George Grayson, whose first company (Micrografx, Inc.) pioneered PC-based graphics software development in the early 1980s. The company's first software venture was an edutainment product called "Li'l Howie's TuneLand" starring comedian and "
Deal Or No Deal ''Deal or No Deal'' is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which (launching the format) was the Dutch ''Miljoenenjacht (Netherlands), Miljoenenjacht'' (''Hunt/Chase for Millions''). The centerpiece of this f ...
" host
Howie Mandel Howard Michael Mandel (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian-American comedian, television personality, actor, and producer. Mandel voiced the character Gizmo in the 1984 film ''Gremlins'' and the 1990 sequel '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch''. I ...
. " Tuneland" featured musical performances by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, Yes vocalist/songwriter
Jon Anderson John Roy Anderson (born 25 October 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire. He was a member of the band across thre ...
,
Steely Dan Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Initially the band had a stable lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired from live ...
/
Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in 1970 in San Jose, California, known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies. Active for five decades, with their greatest success in the 1970s, ...
guitarist Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter and other popular musicians on such children's songs as "The Little Green Frog." 7th Level's flagship product was a CD-ROM software 'edutainment thingie' called "
Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time ''Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time'' is a collection of minigames, screensavers, desktop wallpaper and icons for Mac OS System 7 and Windows released in 1994 by 7th Level, Inc. It was brought on board the Mir Space Station by astronaut An ...
." It was produced in 1994 by British comedy troupe's animator and award-winning film director
Terry Gilliam Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including ''Time Bandits'' (1981), ''B ...
, and Ezrin. "Waste Of Time" included such elements as 'The Desktop Pythonizer' and 'Solve The Secret To Intergalactic Success.' The product included video clips from the absurdist icons' seminal BBC-TV series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" as well as new animation from Gilliam.


New Media Broadcasting Company

In 2004, Page launched New Media Broadcasting Company Inc. (NewMBC) www.newmbc.com with silicon valley technology veteran Russ Lujan. Initially NewMBC developed interactive distribution services for content creators and consumers. Its MashCast communications platform connected diverse audiences, artists, content owners through a collaborative online network. Mashcast helped users integrate and monetize Internet broadcasts and social networks, using an infrastructure that supported content creation and collaboration. NewMBC's most highly visible clients have included fan-based community sites for the international,
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-winning musical group Toto, as well as for Python (Monty) Ltd.


Direct2Care

In 2011, Page launched and served as chief executive officer of Direct2Care, an online healthcare presence management company.
Direct2Care shared traits with New Media Broadcasting Company in its effort to leverage website and social media presence for its clients: it provided a "social business and presence management network for healthcare professionals."


GetYourOPI

In 2014 Page launched GetYourOPI, an online presence management company: an endeavor focused on improving cyberspace presence for individuals and entities through analysis of their existing results on search engines. GetYourOPI "measures" and "manages" capabilities for these. This "online presence" is measured by the company through an index factoring the volume of cyberspace presence and its translation into "social influence," producing a score whereby the company tackles its management consultation. It provides its clients with a "track, manage, and follow" service that expands their ability to control what they project online with greater scrutiny.


Philanthropy

In November 1992 Page created "The Grand Scientific Musical Theatre," a multimedia concert and fundraiser held in
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to benefit the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress. In September 2013, the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and the Pres ...
. The event raised more than $1.5 million.


Discography

;With Supertramp * ''
Brother Where You Bound ''Brother Where You Bound'' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1985. It was their first album after original member Roger Hodgson left the band, leaving Rick Davies to handle the songwriting and singing ...
'' (1985) * ''
Free as a Bird "Free as a Bird" is a single released in December 1995 by the Beatles. The song was originally written and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon. In 1995, 25 years after their break-up and 15 years after Lennon's murder, his then s ...
'' (1987) * ''The Story So Far...'' (1990) ;With Pink Floyd * ''
A Momentary Lapse of Reason ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia. It was recorded primarily on guitarist ...
'' (1987) * ''
Delicate Sound of Thunder ''Delicate Sound of Thunder'' is a live album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, in August 1988 and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988. It was ...
'' (1989) * '' Shine On'' (1992) * ''
Oh, by the Way ''Oh, by the Way'' is a compilation boxed set by Pink Floyd released on 10 December 2007, by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States through Capitol Records. Contents The boxed set includes all of Pink ...
'' (2007) * ''
Discovery Discovery may refer to: * Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown * Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown * Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discovery ...
'' (2011) * ''
The Later Years ''The Later Years'' is a box set by British rock band Pink Floyd released on 13 December 2019 by Pink Floyd Records. It follows the 2016 box set '' The Early Years 1965–1972'', and compiles Pink Floyd's work under the leadership of David Gilmo ...
'' (2019) ;With other artists *
Geronimo Black Geronimo Black was a short-lived hard rock band founded in 1972 by drummer Jimmy Carl Black. He named the group for his youngest son Geronimo. The performers included members of other bands, principally from Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention: * ...
- ''Geronimo Black'' (1972) * The Alpha Band - ''The Statue Makers of Hollywood'' (1978) *Ladd McIntosh Big Band - ''Energy'' (1982) *
Roger Hodgson Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson (born 21 March 1950) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and founding member of progressive rock band Supertramp. Hodgson composed and sang the majority of the band’ ...
- '' In the Eye of the Storm'' (1984) * Bob Siebenberg - ''Giants in Our Own Room'' (1986) *
Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley (October 17, 1941 – April 10, 2019)Wood, Gerry. (1998). "Earl Thomas Conley". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 108. was an American country music singer-songwriter. Between ...
- ''Too Many Times'' (1986) *Various - '' Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell'' (1989) *
David Cassidy David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge, the son of Shirley Partridge (played by his stepmother, Shirley Jones), in t ...
- '' Didn't You Used to Be...'' (1992) * Gorky Park - '' Moscow Calling'' (1992) * Bob Malone - ''Bob Malone'' (1999) *Eddie Zip - ''New Orleans Live in Hollywood'' (2001) *
Mickey Raphael Michael Siegfried "Mickey" Raphael (born November 7, 1951) is an American harmonica player, music producer and actor best known for his work with Willie Nelson, with whom he has toured as part of The Family since 1973. He has performed or reco ...
- ''Hand to Mouth'' (2001) *
David Lee Roth David Lee Roth (born October 10, 1954) is an American rock singer. Best known for his wild, energetic stage persona, he was the original lead vocalist of the hard rock band Van Halen across three stints, from 1974 to 1985, in 1996 and again fro ...
- '' Diamond Dave'' (2003) *
Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985. The band consists of vocalist Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery. Jane's Addiction was one of the first bands from t ...
- '' Strays'' (2003) *The Pink Floyd Tribute Band - ''Breathe: A Tribute to Pink Floyd'' (2004) *Various - ''Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd'' (2005) *The Pink Floyd Tribute Band - ''Breathe: A Tribute to Pink Floyd'' (2005) *Giorgio - ''Party of the Century'' (2010) *Various - ''A Collection of Delicate Diamonds: A Tribute to Pink Floyd'' (2011) *Seth Loveless - ''Seth Loveless'' (2014)


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Scott Page Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2016)
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