Biography

Nick Mason was born on January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for The Big Boss (1971), Eternals (2021) and Doctor Strange (2016). He has been married to Annette Lynton since May 23, 1990. They have two children. He was previously married to Lindy Rutter.

His soft and very precise percussion style

The recording of "The Wall" was very tense, mainly because [Roger Waters] was starting to go a bit mad. This was the record when he fell out badly with Rick [Richard Wright]. Rick has a natural style, a very specific piano style, but he doesn't come up with pieces easily or to order [which is] a problem when other people are worrying about who did what and who should get the credit. There was even talk of Roger and Dave [David Gilmour] elbowing me out and carrying on as a duo. There were points during "The Wall" when Roger and Dave were really carrying the thing. Rick was useless, and I wasn't very much help to anyone, either.

[on A Momentary Lapse of Reason] At that time, certainly, I just thought, I can't really see how we can make the next record or if we can it's a long time in the future, and it'll probably be more for, just because of feeling of some obligation that we ought to do it, rather than for any enthusiasm.

[on The Division Bell] The album feels much more home-made, very much as a band playing together in one space. I think that Rick in particular felt significantly more integrated in the process this time, compared to Momentary Lapse. It was nice to have him back.