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The Neil Young song Roger Waters wishes he wrote

Pink Floyd may have been known for their psychedelic and exploratory approach to rock music, and while the troubled genius of Syd Barrett may have kick-started this direction in the earliest days of the band, it was certainly carried on by his bandmates as they continued to grow following his departure. As the band’s most […]

Forget the Egos: David Gilmour Was the True Soul of Pink Floyd

Forget the Egos: David Gilmour Was the True Soul of Pink Floyd In the saga of Pink Floyd—a band as famous for its internal conflicts as its groundbreaking music—the spotlight often falls on the dramatic fallout between Roger Waters and the rest of the group. Waters, the band’s conceptual architect in their mid-to-late years, certainly […]

Every single venue that banned Pink Floyd: “I don’t think the city was prepared”

When it comes to being raucous at shows, it’s always the heavier rock acts that you associate with trashing venues, hotel rooms and bars, and consequently getting themselves barred from ever revisiting places as a result. For instance, you might be able to easily picture a band like Black Sabbath getting up to all sorts […]

Roger Waters’ five favourite songwriters of all time: “A truth in everything that he’s done”

Roger Waters doesn’t often share the details of specific music that makes him move, so when he does praise a fellow artist, it is usually a creative that the Pink Floyd man truly admires. In fact, it’s not very often that Waters shares much positive at all. So, you can bet your bottom dollar that […]

Roger Waters’ Brutal Confession: ‘They Still Don’t Know Who I Am ?

Roger Waters, the iconic co-founder and former bassist of Pink Floyd, has never been shy about expressing his discontent—be it with the music industry, political leaders, or even his former bandmates. But in a recent and revealing moment, Waters turned his frustration inward, sharing a startling confession: “They still don’t know who I am.” This […]

How would Pink Floyd have sounded if Jeff Beck had said yes?

Before David Gilmour replaced Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd originally wanted Jeff Beck to join their band of brothers. At the time, Beck was tied up with other projects with a distinctive creative vision, but what would have happened had he joined their coveted lineup? With Barrett, Pink Floyd was heavily influenced by the counterculture movement. […]

The weakest facet of Pink Floyd, according to David Gilmour

If you’re ever sceptical about the true powers of yin and yang, then take a deeper dive into the work of Pink Floyd. After teetering on the edge of greatness for years, they clicked into a gear of genius in 1973 with their opus Dark Side Of The Moon. But much like the moon upon […]

Pink Floyd’s Classic Surges As Its Latest Release Begins To Fall

For Pink Floyd, 2025 has been about At Pompeii – MCMLXXII. The beloved band’s concert film was re-released to theaters earlier this year, and a live album was also spun off from that theatrical release. That project debuted at No. 1 on several charts in the United Kingdom and has been performing well in the […]

Syd Barrett’s final handwritten contribution to Pink Floyd: ‘Apples and Oranges’

Back in 2006, a small family service took place at Cambridge Crematorium, the kind of event that happens daily without a great deal of fanfare. Understated was the word of the day, but the subject of the service was anything but. This was the funeral of Syd Barrett, the visionary songwriter, psychedelic revolutionary, and artistic […]

The strange case of the many uncredited musicians on Pink Floyd albums

Over the course of their 15 studio albums, Pink Floyd established themselves as titans of progressive and psychedelic rock, and despite a handful of personnel changes over the years, they were relatively consistent in who they had appearing on their records. For the most part, it was simply the core band members, and they never […]