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"People were very down on us after Syd left. Everyone thought Syd was all the group had": In the wake of the worldwide success of The Dark Side Of The Moon, David Gilmour remembered when Pink Floyd were written off as yesterday's men

Pink Floyd's management weren't the only ones who thought the group were doomed after Syd Barrett's exit

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“For me, Wish You Were Here is the most satisfying album. I really love it. I'd rather listen to that than Dark Side of the Moon”: David Gilmour opens up on the creative tension that built Pink Floyd's classic records

In this classic GW interview, the Stratocaster icon discusses the “egocentric megalomaniacal tension” that shaped Dark Side of the Moon, how he constructed the Comfortably Numb solo, and the time he used a mic stand leg as a slide

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"Syd Barrett was absolutely unbelievable": Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page on Pink Floyd's "very, very cool" early years and Syd Barrett's "futuristic vision"

Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page was hugely impressed by Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd

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"It connects with me in a way that I just can't describe, creating a very special environment that no other record can achieve": Chris Cornell on the Pink Floyd album he loved the most

Late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell discovered his favourite Pink Floyd album in his old landlord's record collection

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Pink Floyd grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus BJH, Soft Machine, Voyager, The Fierce & The Dead, Arjen Lucassen, Enslaved, Mystery, Godsticks and more...

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"A lot of people were saying that they didn’t even know this record existed": Steven Wilson says Richard Wright's reissued 1978 solo album Wet Dream is like "a long-lost 1970s Pink Floyd album"

Having remixed Richard Wright's debut solo album Wet Dream for reissue, Steven Wilson compares it to “a long-lost 1970s Pink Floyd album that you’ve never heard”

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Here’s what you voted the greatest acoustic guitar song of all time – and the winner might be controversial

The track beat Eric Clapton’s Tears In Heaven and Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here to the top spot

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Abbey Road Studios opens to the public this summer - here’s how to visit

Music fans can step inside the iconic recording studios this August.

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“We probably did about as much as we could have... but I have a regret or two”: Pink Floyd's David Gilmour reflects on what he might have done differently with Syd Barrett

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour looks back on his relationship with Syd Barrett in new documentary

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“He didn’t like to be reminded of the past… he went to his sister’s to watch a documentary about him and Pink Floyd, but left, complaining it was too loud”: Syd Barrett was more than just another mad genius

The psychedelic visionary just wasn’t interested in his own legacy after abandoning the music industry in 1972 – but he never stopped creating

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Bertelsmann Faces Pressure To Sever Ties With Roger Waters Amid Antisemitism Allegations

Jewish Organizations Urge Bertelsmann Subsidiary to Cut Ties with Roger Waters Over Antisemitism Concerns

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On Ukraine’s musical frontline: how pop and classical stars have taken up arms

From nights at the opera to the nation’s best-loved bands, music is playing a vital role in resistance to the Russian invasion – many musicians have actually gone to the frontline

The Guardian - UK

Roger Waters to re-release stripped back version of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon

Rock album turns 50 this year, amid an ongoing feud between former bandmates Waters and David Gilmour

The Independent UK

Roger Waters has shared the first single from his re-recording of The Dark Side of the Moon – and there's not a guitar solo in sight

The former Pink Floyd bassist's reinterpretation of Money swaps Gilmour's searing solos for brooding acoustics and a reflective spoken word passage

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Roger Waters teases new Dark Side Of The Moon redux

Roger Waters announced in February that he'd re-recorded Dark Side Of The Moon without any of the current members of Pink Floyd.

The Guardian - US

‘Nobody really knew what happened’: tracing the life of Syd Barrett

A new documentary looks back on the highs and lows of the mysterious Pink Floyd co-founder, troubled but too often misunderstood

Guitar World

"I don't even own a Strat! I used my Dean Thoroughbred, a far cry from what David Gilmour used": How ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland ended up covering Pink Floyd

Dave Mustaine's former right-hand man was surprised to find himself tackling Floyd's San Tropez, but it's the perfect showcase for his flexible chops. He explains his approach to playing Gilmour's leads, what he thinks of Megadeth's latest material, and why he was "so bummed out" when he first heard Peace…

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Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) review – album cover as concept art

Anton Corbijn directs this enjoyable documentary about the design duo who created extraordinary images for Pink Floyd, 10cc, Led Zeppelin and more

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Unpacking the controversy behind Roger Waters' latest tour

“I will not be cancelled,” roared the former Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters at a recent concert in Birmingham, part of a European tour mired in controversy. There have been police investigations in Berlin, demonstrations in Britain and accusations of fostering hatred against Jews, but Waters has remained defiant.

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“There has always been friction between me and Roger… I think, ‘Why do you have to say these things?’” Richard Wright’s personality clash with Pink Floyd colleague Roger Waters

Keyboardist's feud went as far back as refusing to give band leader a cigarette in their early days

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‘They found ways to do the impossible’: Hipgnosis, the designers who changed the record sleeve for ever

Control director Anton Corbijn’s new film tells the chaotic, tragic story of the creative duo behind some of the most recognisable covers of all time

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“Led Zeppelin’s fee went from £500 to £20,000 in a year!” Collapsing stages and no toilets: The 1969 Bath Blues Festival that inspired Glastonbury

They sold 7000 tickets – and 30,000 people turned up. How The Bath Blues Festivals became the inspiration to a young Michael Eavis and Glastonbury.

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Richard Wright's Wet Dream set for July reissue

The late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright's debut solo album Wet Dream has been remixed by Steven Wilson

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How The Mars Volta's De-Loused In The Comatorium brilliantly rewired prog rock for a new generation of punk rock kids

Released in June 2003, The Mars Volta's debut album De-Loused In The Comatorium is a prog-punk masterpiece

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Marillion and four great gifts in the new issue of Prog, on sale now...

Plus Francis Monkman, Dave Stewart, Renaissance, Rod Argent Wishbone Ash, Lazuli and loads more...

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