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The making of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon: lyrically bleak, musically bonkers and, somehow, the 4th best-selling album of all time
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Released on 1 March 1973, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon turned a tale of death, madness and disillusionment into one of the biggest-selling albums of all time

Hear Pink Floyd's Great Gig In The Sky as you've never heard it before
By Classic Rock last updated
You know what Pink Floyd's epic Great Gig In The Sky really needs? More Kazoo

David Gilmour covers Billy Bragg's Between The Wars
By Classic Rock last updated
Pink Floyd man David Gilmour releases mobile footage of his cover of Billy Bragg's Between The Wars to mark UK election

The Stories Behind Pink Floyd's Greatest Songs - in the new Classic Rock now
By Classic Rock last updated
Pink Floyd are on the cover of the new issue of Classic Rock. Inside you'll find a mammoth, career-spanning selection of classics and overlooked gems, chosen by a host of rock stars

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon voted best rock album ever
By Classic Rock last updated
Pink Floyd's classic album voted number one ahead of Guns N' Roses and Led Zeppelin

Depressed 7ft clown sings Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here
By Classic Rock last updated
Internet clown Puddles Pity Party adds Pink Floyd's classic Wish You Were Here to his ever-growing collection of mournful cover versions...

Watch: Dream Theater play Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here
By Classic Rock last updated
The Pink Floyd classic performed unplugged by Dream Theater trio

Pink Floyd: Animals - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock last updated
In the wake of Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here, Animals saw Pink Floyd show their disgust with humanity

Pink Floyd: Meddle - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock last updated
Meddle is the sound of Pink Floyd distilling their psychedelic past into a scintillating future

Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Who members attack British government over EU deal which has ‘shamefully failed’ British musicians
By Classic Rock last updated
Robert Plant, Roger Waters, Brian May and Roger Daltrey co-sign open letter attacking ‘negotiating failure’ in Brexit deal

Watch explosive version of The Trooper played on banjo and swanee whistle
By Classic Rock last updated
YouTube legend Rob Scallon returns with a version of Iron Maiden's The Trooper that may confuse the hell out of your ears

Can you identify these emoji classic rock songs?
By Classic Rock last updated
We've done album titles and band names, and now it's time to get classic tracks in on the hot emoji action

18 Bands Who Should Be In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame But Aren't
By Classic Rock last updated
Yes, Journey, Pearl Jam and ELO have all made the list of nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2017. But there are even more bands who have been criminally overlooked

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
By Classic Rock last updated
Greetings good people of the rock world, and welcome to another edition of Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week! Who's the rightful winner? Cast your vote at the foot of this page...

Iron Maiden release live Wasted Years video
By Classic Rock last updated
Iron Maiden release official video shot on six continents on their Book Of Souls world tour

Pink Floyd exhibition extends opening times
By Classic Rock last updated
Pink Floyd's Their Mortal Remains exhibition closes on October 15, but organisers have extended opening times to accomodate demand

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week
By Classic Rock last updated
As festival season is finally upon us, here's eight tracks to accompany pitching tents and pitchers of booze

Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon voted all-time greatest album
By Classic Rock last updated
In a poll of Classic Rock readers, Pink Floyd's multi-million selling classic The Dark Side Of The Moon has been voted the greatest album of all time

Blaze Bayley's 10 favourite Iron Maiden tracks... that he didn't sing on
By Classic Rock last updated
Former Wolfsbane and Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley is about to embark on an absolutely epic tour. We asked him to choose his favourite Iron Maiden songs... that Bruce Dickinson sang

Readers poll result: Iron Maiden for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
By Classic Rock last updated
The votes are in: with the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame snubbing some of the world's greatest bands, you've decided who should have been top of the pile

If only these classic album cover football shirts were real
By Classic Rock last updated
Someone's produced a series of imaginary football shirt designs based on classic album sleeves... and they're brilliant
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