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. There’s merit in all three perspectives.īut first impressions stick hard, and for some Floyd remain the first and last of the great European psychedelic acts – house band at UFO in ’67, and the inspiration for numerous Kraut- and space-rockers. Today, they’re more likely regarded as the mature listener’s Radiohead. To a generation that went pop with The Beatles, they’re archetypal muso pioneers who elevated rock into a refined late 20th century art form. Drummer Nick Mason once described Pink Floyd as “the last of the gifted amateurs”.
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