| | | This Week in Music | | This week saw the release of 'The Endless River,' the first Pink Floyd album since 1994. It's said to be their final album, and is mostly instrumental and ambient. In honor of the release, we shine the spotlight on the legendary band. | | | | | | | Pink Floyd Profile | | The band that eventually became known as Pink Floyd started by performing covers of American R&B songs. When Syd Barrett joined the group in 1965 he began writing most of the band's songs, and moved the group into the burgeoning psychedelic rock movement. Surreal lyrics and experimental electronic effects established the band as the British epicenter of psych rock. | | | | | | | | Pink Floyd Timeline | | When Pink Floyd reunited for a performance at Live 8 in 2005, dormant hopes for a more extensive reunion awoke with a vengeance. At various times since, band members have both encouraged and discouraged such hopes. Roger Waters and David Gilmour have expressed more interest in continuing their solo careers than in trying to re-create Floyd's past glory. With the death of keyboardist Rick Wright, reunion hopes are fading again. But if we've learned anything from the band's history, it is to refrain from taking anything for granted. Our timeline recaps memorable milestones in Pink Floyd history. | | | | | | | | Comfortably Numb: The History of The Wall | | Vernon Fitch -- who has written two previous Pink Floyd books -- has spent 10 years doing research for Comfortably Numb: A History of The Wall. My own questions about the project led me to the author for answers. | | | | | | | | Pink Floyd Trivia Quiz | | Test your knowledge of Pink Floyd with a trivia quiz about their history, members, albums and more. | | | | | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here.
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