Protest songs have always been a major part of music, rock and roll in particular. Over the years, certain rock songs have ...
In 1980, Pink Floyd scored a rare chart triumph when “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” became the band’s only No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. By that point, the group was already one of the ...
Something interesting happened in the '80s: Progressive rockers became pop stars. All through the '70s, many of rock's more virtuosic musicians moved into triple-gatefold concept-LP space-out ...
Pink Floyd's iconic song "Another Brick in the Wall" is more than just a catchy tune. It's also a powerful tool for neuroscientists studying the brain. In a 2023 study, researchers at the University ...
Forty-six years ago, one of the most iconic rock bands of the '70s and '80s earned a rare No. 1 hit. Even though fans loved Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick In The Wall (Part II),' the track also sparked ...
Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)” includes the famous lyrics “We don’t need no education / we don’t need no thought control.” During a 2015 interview with The Wall Street Journal, ...
Roger Waters was already starting to live the life of an isolated rock star by the time he began working on Pink Floyd's The Wall in 1978. The band's last tour, in support of 1977's Animals, was ...
The only thing the group had never quite figured out was how to score a big radio hit. “Money” did manage to reach Number 13 on the Hot 100 in 1973, but Floyd became a quintessential album band after ...
Researchers, studying which parts of the brain are responsible for processing elements of music, played a Pink Floyd song to a group of patients with electrodes implanted in their brains. Researchers ...
A new Pink Floyd-related movie is in the works — but it’s about a relatively peripheral chapter in the band’s long history. Andy Harries, a producer of The Queen, is working on a film about the ...
"Hey You," "Wish You Were Here," and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" are all among the very best songs ever recorded by Pink ...
“Donald Trump was not quite on the horizon back then,” Bilodeau said. “But, by last June, I was composing new music for the song ‘Waiting For The Worms.’ At the same time I was watching the Republican ...