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It's hard to believe that it's been 50 years since Pink Floyd released their legendary album, The Dark Side of the Moon.  Sure, it feels like this album has always been a part of our lives but to think it has been 50 years - well it's kind of mind boggling.  Sure, the band released other incredible albums, and I'm not discounting them, but to have 1 whose sound and imagery is so defining of the classic rock genre, as the cover art and tracks of The Dark Side of the Moon are, …

Is there a possibility that all the surviving original members of Pink Floyd are going to reunite?  According to David Gilmour, it's never going to happen.  "It has run its course, we are done.  "I’m all for Roger [Waters] doing whatever he wants to do and enjoying himself." So, what does Roger Waters have to say on the subject?  Is he in the same mindset as Mr. Gilmour?  Yes, unfortunately, he is.  According to a Rolling Stone magazine intervie …

Since David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd in 1967, his guitar work was, to say the least, legendary. From his explosive solos on the  live sides of Ummagumma, to the legendary radio hits Comfortably Numb and Money, few guitar solos in rock are better known. Now, 120 of Gilmour's guitars, including his legendary 1969 Black Fender Stratocaster (so customized by Gilmour that  an entire book was devoted to it) will be auctioned off at Christie's in New York this June.  …

Legacy Recordings announced the titles it’s releasing for 2018’s Record Store Day on April 21st.This is the greatest number of albums the label has issued since Record Store Day started 11 years ago. This year includes limited edition releases by AC/DC, Pink Floyd, and Bruce Springsteen.For the first time in 50 years, Pink Floyd is releasing a mono vinyl version of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Springsteen will release his 1995 Greatest Hits on numbered, limited edition red vinyl, and AC/DC’s …

KISS' bass player, Gene Simmons, recently claimed, in an interview, that Rock is dead. In his defense, Gene was pointing more of the finger at file sharing and the current state of the music business rather than a lack of musical talent. He said, "It's very sad for new bands. My heart goes out to them. They just don't have a chance. If you play guitar, it's almost impossible...What is the next  Dark Side of the Moon? Now that the record industry barely exists, they wouldn't h …