Pink Floyd (1965-2015)

Pink Floyd is considered to be one of the most influential bands in rock history. These guys really paved the way for future progressive rock groups. With their unique style of music, they're known for the incredibly original artwork on their album covers.

Take "Dark
Side of The Moon" for example. These musicians made a symbol of recognition to their name just from stealing artwork of Sir Isaac Newton's reflection theory. Most of the time, people think Pink Floyd when they see:

They created an image. They went all out when it came to music.
And it's a good thing they did, because they might have influenced at least a million of other songs from other artists later on.

Members:

-Roger Waters:
I don't agree with him entirely on the business side of Pink Floyd. But still, I feel sympathy for him over the whole David Gilmour problem.
Pink Floyd was his band, and Gilmour just came in and took control over everything. And to be honest, I'd be pretty bummed too if that happened to me.
He definetly gets most of Pink Floyd's money out of profit.I don't blame him, either. He wrote most of the songs, for pete's sake.

-Syd Barrett:
I have a lot of sympathy for Syd. He was a very smart man, but there was really no way of showing his artistic side with drugs and alcohol in the way. Him and Roger had this band, and he was just thrown out like dirt. Sure, his addiction was serious and his brain was literally getting more mush every day. But still, don't kick him out. It's said that "Wish you Were Here" was actually written for Barrett, a few weeks after he was booted out.

-David Gilmour:
Now this guy has talent. He's a true genius. But I'm not too keen on him. All in all, he's sort of a jerk. I don't understand the way he thinks he can manipulate the band. Don't get me wrong, he did a lot of good things for the band. Look at "Comfortably Numb" for example. But I just don't like him.


-Nick Mason & Richard Wright: These two I found are very similar. They were somewhat backgrounded during the whole Gilmour vs Waters issue. Mason is still a very skilled drummer. And Wright is a flawless melody maker. But I don't have much to say about them though.


In conclusion, Pink Floyd is a masterpiece musically, but REALLY dysfunctional when it comes to business and arguments. They recently officially broke up earlier this year.

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