Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd is legendary, and phenomenally successful. They had two diamond albums. They popularized "space rock", an ambient style of psychedelic rock originally introduced by David Bowie. Their film The Wall is famous for pioneering the rock opera, a genre in which each scene coordinates with each track. This style was introduced earlier by The Who with their film Tommy. They were inducted by Billy Corgan of grunge band The Smashing Pumpkins. Their early work helped pioneer "stoner metal", a hybrid of metal and psychedelic rock. Other artists in this genre include Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Members David Gilmour and Roger Waters would go on to have successful solo careers. They had a notable influence on progressive band Porcupine Tree.

successes
They were inducted their first year of eligibility, a painfully obvious choice.

Recommended Songs

 * Comfortably Numb
 * Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
 * Learning to Fly
 * Time
 * Money
 * Brain Damage
 * Wish You Were Here
 * Us and Them
 * High Hopes (The Grass was Greener)
 * Hey You
 * Have a Cigar
 * Run Like Hell
 * Breathe
 * Mother
 * Welcome to the Machine
 * Young Lust (I Need a Dirty Woman)
 * The Nile Song
 * See Emily Play
 * On the Turning Away
 * Shine on You Crazy Diamond
 * Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1
 * Arnold Layne
 * Ibiza Bar
 * The Great Gig in the Sky
 * Pigs on the Wing
 * The Happiest Days of Our Lives

Recommended Albums

 * Ummagumma
 * Atom Heart Mother
 * Meddle
 * Obscured by Clouds
 * The Dark Side of the Moon
 * Wish You Were Here
 * The Wall
 * Animals
 * The Final Cut
 * A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Trivia

 * They were named after blues musicians Pink Anderson and Floyd Council
 * Brain Damage is often paired with Eclipse
 * Happiest Days of Our Lives is often paired with Another Brick 2 as the former acts as a lead-in