Did Pink Floyd actually influence a single development in music?

“I discovered Pink Floyd early in high school, probably around age 14 or 15. I might have found one of my dad’s old tapes in the garage. There was something about them. They spoke a lot deeper. They went right into the really archetypal issues of humanity and consciousness: time, life, death, money, sex. And there’s a very strong visual component to their music. Their songs are layered like paintings. I think the great thing about being an artist as opposed to a musician is that we’re free to constantly choose our own soundtracks. In my maturity, I’ve learned the selection of playlists can be one of the most influential decisions I make throughout the creative process. Thousands of hours of my creative soundtrack have been Pink Floyd. As an artist, I want to put on music that I trust will put me in a certain mind state. And you can always reach for Floyd and know you can count on a deep, meaningful experience.”

man you really stumped me

>posting a quote but not the sauce

>being afraid to research things and learn about music

“Pink Floyd has such a deep, flowing, melodious feeling; it puts you in a creative frame of mind. The themes and lyrics of their music and the visuals that represent them invite quite a lot of deep interpretation of the postmodern era. They really condensed a lot of the horrific war and strife of their generation into very emotionally triggering imagery and animation: dark bombers and birds or bloody crosses. I wanted to communicate similarly using a condensed symbol. I was working on this one piece while I was traveling in India. I was listening to “The Dark Side of the Moon,” and there was just a lot of thematic inspiration from that album that made it into the piece. This piece is particularly influenced by the songs “Money” and “Us and Them.” The whole point is to show there is no separation between the dark side and the light side.”

A lot of classic rock is overhyped and same-y.

OP here. The thread probably came off as being severely negative, but I really love the band. Just never really saw how music would be any different without them

it's not hyped at all, it's just there

bro just highlight the post and search it in google. the article this user is pulling these from comes right up.

Yeah but the bands they influenced like Rush, Kansas, and Styx were all terrible.

This album wouldn't have existed without them

>Implying Pink Floyd did not just rip off Hawkwind and take it to it's natural conclusion forcing Hawkwind to another place.

wtf i hate pink floyd now

>I don't like it, so that means they're terrible

“I caught them at the right age: I was in high school and experimenting with psychedelics in the early ’90s. They left an imprint on me. They may not have been a direct influence on my work exactly, but they’re more imprinted in my DNA. They were the heavy soundtrack to the approach and atmosphere for my work. I don’t really call myself a psychedelic artist, but my work definitely holds that space: the imagination run amok or whatnot. It’s about that invisible realm that Pink Floyd tapped into. Listening to Pink Floyd, you can almost see the music. They create these audio soundscapes. They’re so creative. They put their antennas up and they catch this otherworldly, cosmic type of vibe. It echoes in my work as well.”

who are you quoting

Zach Hill

I think Careful Eugene features the first inhale scream which was later popularized in metal etc.

oh yeah, he likes the floyd

their early work was akin to an English version of Beefheart, their later albums became icons of a generation that are still appealing to younger generations today. Pink Floyd were influential on countless bands and artists, Ween, Korn, David Bowie, the Melvins, Metallica, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Smashing Pumpkins, Primus, Nine Inch Nails,