Great Music - Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd is one of the best bands ever.

When Pink Floyd first formed around 1966, they were led by a wierd dude named Syd Barret who wrote the songs and did a lot of LSD. During this time period Pink Floyd kind of sucked. Luckily for music fans, Syd Barret was so crazy (He would later be institutionalized) that he was replaced around 1968 by guitar player David Gilmour.

Pink Floyd, with David Gilmour(guitar/vocals), Roger Waters(bass/vocals), Richard Wright(keyboards), and Nick Mason(drums), went on to become one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Probably the most famous Progressive Rock Band.

In my opinion, the first great Pink Floyd album is 1971's Meddle, with every album after that also being different and good.

Roger Waters left the band in 1985, so any album after The Final Cut is not true Pink Floyd but is still good.

Pink Floyd was known for their concept albums (where all of the songs are based on a single story or concept as opposed to just being a collection of random songs), elaborate concerts, and album art.

Pink Floyd is also knowm for having some long songs such as: "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-9)" (25:40); "Echoes" (23:29); and "Dogs" (17:08)

Pink floyd also has some of the coolest song names of any band such as: "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"; "Careful with That Axe, Eugene"; and "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast."

Pink Floyd related memory - When I was in high scool, me and a few of my friends made fake ID's and went to a bar in downtown Columbia and saw Clearlight, Reflections of Pink Floyd, a Pink Floyd cover band. The guy at the door could tell we were underage, but didn't care.

Pink Floyd Trivia - Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side Of The Moon is the second best selling album of all time behind Michael Jackson's Thriller.

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