The Melodrama of Pink Floyd: Fame, Fails, and Feuds

The band that formed in the 1960s and made some joyful and lightly psychedelic pop-rock morphed into one of the most transcendent, introspective bands of all time. Pink Floyd made progressive rock listenable, and their masterpieces – The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall – stayed on the charts for years. But there’s so much more to the band than their actual music. The history of the band is shrouded in mystery, sadness, and old school feuds.

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From losing their original founding member to mental illness to a decades-long fight to a legal battle that ended badly, Pink Floyd can create an entire album just based on all the bad sh*t that went down between the band members. Too bad they’re never going to reunite again…