“Just the quirky 7/8 time reminds me of Roger”: The story of Pink Floyd's first US hit

The opening track on side two of Pink Floyd’s 1973 bestseller The Dark Side Of The Moon made history as their first big hit ...
American Songwriter

Remember When Pink Floyd Had a Rough Time Working for a Famous Film Director in 1970?

Pink Floyd worked for a hot-shot director in 1970. The collaboration fizzled, but an unused piece of music later became a ...
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How 'Comfortably Numb' created one of rock's most legendary guitar solos

Nearly 50 years after its release, Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” is still setting the standard for rock guitar greatness.
Louder

“By day they worked on the official record. At night they taped an entirely different record, without the knowledge or approval of the label”: The story of Roxy Music’s ...

Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera reformed his previous band to make an album without permission as he worked on his solo debut in the same studio ...
Classical Music

Here’s the DEFINING song from each 1970s year

A chronological journey through ten years of sonic revolution, from the twilight of The Beatles to the dawn of hip-hop ...

The poignant reason Roger Waters always travels with an inflatable pig: “It’s a habit”

Now standing as one of Pink Floyd's most enduring props, former bassist Roger Waters revealed why an inflatable pig at hand ...

Ranking The 33 Greatest Album Openers Of All-Time

Buckle up folks because we are ranking the greatest album openers in music history. A legendary opener on an album can set ...