Many revolutionary bands hit their prime in the 70's and 80's. One of these being Pink Floyd. This band was the main influence for the wave of 80's rock. With accents of post effects and psychedelic overlays creating a new genre of music that greatly suited its time. Pink Floyd was able to pave a path for many modern hits that are heard on the radio to this day. This new psychedelic electro rock was an entire new genre that was widely appreciated by its generation and the generations to come.
Through many extreme changes of members, through different phases of music, the band earned a spot on the great Rock and Roll Roll Call, along with The Rolling Stones , Led Zeppelin and of course, the Beatles. In 2005, at Live 8, one of the biggest music events in global history, the reunion of the line-up that recorded the majority of the Floyd canon stole the show. And still true to their humble start, there has always been a feel of prosperity, behind all of their musical whim and psychedelics.
In the early to mid 60's when the band was just forming, Roger "Syd" Barrett, David Gilmor, and Roger Waters were at a university in London studying the arts, architecture and music. They soon met an experimental percussionist, Nick Mason, and a talented keyboardist and songwriter, Rick Wright. They would
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However in 1973, "Dark Side of the Moon" was released, in which the bands earlier genre shifted to a whole new level. This album not only changed Pink Floyd's future, but instead altered the future of all music in which we hear today. With that album Pink Floyd's genre had warped into the psychedelic jam-rock band that is so intensely revered by the majority of musicians and other music lovers alike, all around the world. It was officially recognized in 1996, when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ("Pink Floyd Biography." Rolling Stone. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr.