The Dark Side of The Moon
By Alais Galvez
Pasadena City
Professor Kyle Luck
College Music 24B
History of Rock Music
May 4, 2018
“Pink Floyd were an English Rock band formed in London in 1965”. (Wikipedia) On March 1, 1973, a band called Pink Floyd released an album called, The Dark Side of the Moon. The songs on the album, The Dark Side of the Moon is “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” “Echoes,” “Breathe,” “On the Run,” “Time,” “The Great Gig in the Sky,” “ Money,” “Us and Them,” “ Brain Damage,” “Eclipse,” Pink Floyd were founded base on a group of students/ friends; Sid Barrett originally on guitar and lead vocals, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Richard Wrights on keyboards and David Gilmour as guitarist. The Dark Side of the Moon was the first album that featured Roger Waters as the only lyricist. The album that came before and after The Dark Side of the Moon is in 1972 Obscured by Clouds and in 1975 Wish You Were Here
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