Chula Vista

Syd beginning to experiment with drugs is the spark that put Floyd on their path. Him getting heavier into them gave us Astronomy Domine. At that point he was losing it though and Waters had come into his own as a writer.

And even if he hadn't burnt out and become incapable of performing anymore, the team of Waters and Gilmour had taken over and didn't need him.

Not that they were happy about the decision *cough* WYWW.

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Frownland

Experimenting with drugs isn't the same as frying yourself out on them.

Nah, they definitely could've needed him. WYWH is a great example of that.

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Chula Vista

Says you. All of the classic 70's albums would have suffered with Barrett trying to elbow in on Waters' amazing visions.

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Frownland

Don't take Roger's word for it. I think Waters obviously did a lot for the band, but I think that Syd could have brought them to further levels and brought some more flavours to the picture than were already there. Major what if because I think he would have gone weird with schizophrenia regardless, but I don't think he would detract from it.

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Paul Smeenus

I'm really not able to put together a top 5, well, bottom 5, but I do believe that it would include the murder of Dimebag Darrell.

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Frownland

So who apart from Dimebag and Lennon were assassinated? I think Dime might be the only mass shooting.

Being murdered in personal disputes etc doesn't count just for the sake of the topic.

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OccultHawk

If Barrett was so fried why is his solo work so Brilliant?

Floyd is great band but God we’re they a bunch of dicks. They pull a runner on Syd and then always claim it was some bull**** acid overdose. They were right in the heart of LSD culture and then use it as an excuse for ditching the dude that wrote their original hits. Then they treat Richard Wright like a hired hand. They were absolute pricks.

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Chula Vista

Don't assume that that's where I get all of my information from.

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OccultHawk

They should’ve kept Pink. It was wrong what they did.

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Frownland

He didn't have to work with a whole band.

Sorry, shout out to big Dave.

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