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14 Trippy Pink Floyd Fun Facts

Little-known tidbits about the kings of progressive rock.

14 Trippy Pink Floyd Fun Facts

December 11, 2021

Need to look like a classic rock connoisseur in front of your date/jam band/cool uncle? We’re here to help. This list of Pink Floyd facts are guaranteed to impress… just make sure you don’t have a drug test anytime soon.

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The band helped Syd Barrett record his solo albums. THE MADCAP LAUGHS STD BARRETT CRACKED.COM Not wanting to leave their friend behind, Gilmour and Waters produced Barrett's first solo album, The Madcap Laughs, with Wright serving as a session musician. Barrett's declining mental health made the sessions difficult, and his solo career never took off. — Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

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They blew off Stanley Kubrick. STANLEY KUBRICK'S LOCKWORK RANGE GRAGKED.COM Stanley Kubrick offered to feature the band's epic Atom Heart Mother Suite in his 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. When asked why the band turned down the director, Nick Mason said probably because he wouldn't let us do anything for 2001. — Source: Far Out

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The post-reunion sales boost were all donated to charity. ONE DAY ONE CONCERT ONE WORLD LIVE CRACKED.COM Following their historic reunion during 2006's star-studded Live 8 benefit concert, Pink Floyd's catalog gained a seismic 1,300 percent sales spike. The band decided all proceeds would go to charity. — Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

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Roger Waters tried to stop the band from continuing without him. CRACKED.COM Departing after the release of The Final Cut, Waters attempted to prevent the Pink Floyd name from being used by his former bandmates. Не would lose the legal battle though, and the band would release A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987. — Source: BBC

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Punks wore I Hate Pink Floyd T-shirts. ees Ihati IHATE КГ The emerging punk rock movement of the 1970s was in part a reaction to the dominance progressive rock bands had over music, and Pink Floyd was considered one of the worst offenders. Ironically, many of the political ideas and grievances of punk would make their way onto 1977's Animals. — Source: Pitchfork

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The band's name is a mash-up of two blues musicians. RAIN A TE CRACKED.COM Pink Floyd comes from the first names of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, two blues musicians that then-frontman Syd Barrett listened to often. — Source: Far Out

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Nick Mason owns too many cars. КОТ 17 BML CRACKED.COM 327 Pink Floyd's drummer has a collection of over 40 different vintage vehicles, including a 1927 Bugatti Type 35B and a 1901 Panhard 5-litre. Не has appeared on Top Gear and participated in the Le Mans race. — Source: GQ

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Pink Floyd didn't play Live Aid, but David Gilmour did. LIVE AID WEMBLEY STADIUM JOHNF. KENNEDY STADIUM LONDON PHILADELPHIA JULY 13TH 1985 AID LIVE AU GRACKED COM Floyd's guitarist appeared in Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry's band during the legendary concert. — Source: The Guardian

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Meddle features guest vocals from a dog. CRACKED.COM Seamus, the closing track of Meddle's A-side, features guest vocals from Small Faces and Humble Pie frontman Steve Marriot's german shepherd Seamus, who had a talent for howling along to music. — Source: HappyMag

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David Gilmour wasn't meant to be Syd Barrett's replacement. GUINNESS MW CRACKED.COM The guitarist/vocalist was hired to fill in where needed due to Barrett's increasingly erratic behavior. The band was technically a five piece while recording their sophomore effort Saucerful of Secrets, but Barrett would be gone by the album's release in 1968. — Source: Biography

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The Dark Side of the Moon refuses to leave the charts. billboard CRACKED.COM The band's psychedelic masterpiece has spent over 950 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts since its release in 1973, selling more than 45 million copies worldwide. — Source: Forbes

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They shared a studio with The Beatles. CRACKED.COM Pink Floyd recorded their first album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, at Abbey Road studios only a few rooms away from the Fab Four, who were working on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Both albums used four track recording technology, which was space-age at the time. — Source: Guitar World

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Pink Floyd's members met in architecture school. 7 350 580 GRAGKED.COM Nick Mason, Richard Wright and Roger Waters were all architecture students at Regent Street Polytechnic, now The University of Westminster, in London. Waters' friend Syd Barret later joined to round out the group. — Source: Standard

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The Wall was one of two album pitches from Waters. CRACKED.COME After the end of touring in support of Animals, Waters offered the band two demos for their next project. The first demo was an early version of The Wall. The second was for The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, which would become Waters' first solo album. — Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

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