And for a band that prided itself in anti-star anonymity, the original Floyd frontman Syd Barrett was a poster-boy for acid rock and, later, a textbook freak-scene casualty. His traumatic breakdown ...
When talking about innovative and creative rock bands, Pink Floyd is usually at the top of the list. Throughout its duration from the mid-1960s and into the 2000s, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters ...
David Gilmour was never fully comfortable taking over the role as Pink Floyd’s de facto leader. Despite the departure of Waters – who wore many hats as the band’s bassist, primary songwriter ...
Pink Floyd has delivered a number of projects that are still selling and streaming not just years after they dropped, but decades. The group regularly fills several spaces on more than one chart ...
Able to sing, play the guitar, and write music, the star became a top name in the iconic rock band Pink Floyd. Although gaining entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thanks to Pink Floyd ...
During the 46 years in between, George Perry Floyd came of age as the strictures of Jim Crow discrimination in America gave way to an insidious form of systemic racism, one that continually ...
Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon has ranked as one of the bestselling albums of all time for decades. The title was a smash ...
Of all the remaining multimillion-dollar music-catalog deals on the table, the rights to Pink Floyd’s recordings and name/likeness has been the most contentious. The catalog has been in play for ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, was transferred to a federal prison in Texas almost nine months after he was stabbed in ...
David Gilmour said the song was a show of "anger at a superpower invading a peaceful nation" Pink Floyd have reunited to record their first new material in 28 years, a protest song against the ...
During his initial heyday with Pink Floyd, guitarist David Gilmour shared the spotlight, and lead vocal duties, with bassist Roger Waters, and sometimes with keyboardist Rick Wright. After Waters ...
On a purely business level, the Pink Floyd recorded-music catalog, not to mention its merchandising rights, is one of the most valuable in contemporary music, with classic albums like “Dark Side ...