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Pink Floyd pushed the envelope in the mid-sixties and seventies with a cosmic sound that rolled reverb, screech and feedback into long instrumental arpeggios. Led by virtuoso guitarist Syd Barrett, the band's live-on-tour combination of soulful lyrics and palpable melody backed by psychedelic light shows rocked fellow Brits and guaranteed blockbuster status for debut album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn." Genius and madman stand cheek by jowl on the scale of creativity, however, and Barrett, already unstable, began a descent into darkness that made him and his music undependable if not frightening. Bassist Roger Watters emerged as the band's next visionary and Pink Floyd's seismic, "Dark Side of the Moon" broke them big-time into the American market. "The Wall" followed in '79, a hit with fans if not their critics due in part to a lighter, more pop-trend sound. "Momentary Lapse of Reason" in '87 and "The Division Bell" in '94 were successful, post-Waters releases, demonstrating that the band could muster a good enough facsimile of their cutting-edge genre to please both devotees of their early music and younger fans whose context for the seventies is a history book....more

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  • Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

    by John CavanaghJune 18, 2008Comments (0)

    “My guess is that this was not even intentional. They are a lazy bunch and could never be bothered to practice, so they probably had to improvise to get away with it.” (read more)

  • The Long Disappearance and Welcome Return of Vashti Bunyan

    by Steve MatteoMay 28, 2008Comments (0)

    Bunyan had released a single in 1965 under Oldham’s direction. It was a cover of a Jagger-Richards song, "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind" (the Rolling Stones’ version did not come out until the group’s Metamorphosis album, a collection of mostly unreleased tracks released in 1975). Under the direction of Oldham, Bunyan released a handful of singles in the mid-‘60s (read more)

  • Happy One-Year Anniversary: A Time to Celebrate and Look Back

    by The EditorsMay 14, 2008Comments (17)

    Read shared stories from Paul and other writers and editors who worked on the original Crawdaddy! (plus our own Denise Sullivan who writes quite eloquently on the Crawdaddy! spirit). As we take time this issue to pay homage to the original, as our own one-year anniversary wouldn’t even be remotely possible without it, we hope you enjoy them as they recount their insightful tales. (read more)

  • Parsons Knows: The Tale of Alan Parsons and Edgar Allan Poe

    by Harry DohertyMarch 12, 2008Comments (0)

    The concept album, contemptuously rejected by many critics as the great bore of rock, has returned, and this work of producer Alan Parsons, supported by a cast of hundreds, will doubtlessly meet the same condemnation. But Parsons pleads: "Don't judge this book by its cover." (read more)

  • An Indie Culture Celebration: Noise Pop 2008

    by The EditorsFebruary 27, 2008Comments (5)

    It’s that time again… Noise Pop time! The best thing about this festival is that when you really begin to dig through the schedule you realize that there are talented, up-and-coming bands to be experienced each and every night. That’s what this festival is all about: the unknown… even if there are a slew of excellent mid-level bands to see. (read more)

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