"There's elements of country, early-'90s shoegazer, and swinging London Pink Floyd, " lead vocalist Scott Vitt says.
Then rock bands like Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd or The Rolling Stones created albums.
But it remains to be seen whether any of them will match Pink Floyd's universe-straddling success.
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Pink Floyd regularly negotiate with their record label EMI, he says, as new developments arise.
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Pink Floyd were also signed to the label in the 1960s followed by Queen in the 1970s.
In pop music, it has all of Bob Dylan and Pink Floyd, where Spotify has almost nothing.
Warner said it would pay cash for the label, whose artists include Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and Pink Floyd.
He was among the first to champion acts from Pink Floyd to the White Stripes, to Bragg himself.
Previous laureates include artists Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
Kris Kristofferson is twice as high as Outkast, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac.
The list includes "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson and "21" by Adele.
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Pink Floyd's lead singer Roger Waters also sang the praises of his 12-12-12 onstage partner, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.
The final selection is a recent composition from guitarist David Gilmore (not David Gilmour from Pink Floyd).
At moments sounding like classic Queen, at others like Pink Floyd, they also mixed in classical music among their rock and synthesisers.
But he also tinkered with computers and electronics, while buying and selling Pink Floyd albums on the black market.
The two vocalists teamed up for a rendition of Pink Floyd's 1979 hit, "Comfortably Numb, " alternating on the song's lyrics.
The former north London home of the original band members of rock band Pink Floyd has been bought by a Singaporean developer.
Other previous winners include Sir Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd and Stevie Wonder.
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The impression of a curmudgeonly rock veteran is lessened a little by his willingness to help young artists learn from Pink Floyd's mistakes.
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But he did attend Pink Floyd's recording sessions in 1975, ironically sitting in the studio while the band recorded Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
Three years ago the summer concert season was awash in oldies reunion acts, like The Police, Rush, Genesis and Pink Floyd alum Roger Waters.
Today, though, few people run off to buy a Pink Floyd album after hearing "Dark Side of the Moon" on their local classic rock station.
Bonhams said the instrument was also believed to have been used on Pink Floyd's albums Wish You Were Here and Dark Side of the Moon.
Elsewhere residents on Gansevoort Street pumped water out of blackened basements while others blasted Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd in relative ease just blocks away.
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The recording that received the highest number of public nominations for this year's registry was The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd's groundbreaking 1973 album.
The Pink Floyd frontman was so thrilled with his onstage partner that he says he even took a break from performing to show him some love.
The court case in March rested on whether the record label had the right to split up Pink Floyd's concept albums and sell individual tracks online.
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The Black Friday roster will include efforts from Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty, The Beastie Boys, Phish, Wilco and The Black Keys.
"Random Access Memories" almost became an opus along the lines of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" or Prince's "LoveSexy, " the latter formatted as one long track.
To borrow a phrase from the best selling music group, Pink Floyd, I raise the thought that the market may have, for the moment, become comfortably numb.
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