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Most hardcore Floyd fans like myself DISAGREE that Pink Floyd is Progressive Rock. The term "Progressive Rock" is given out far too easily to some bands. Pink Floyd is not really prog-rock at all. The closest they came to this was with their 'Animals' album. Yes, a lot of Pink Floyd's stuff is centered around concepts (like most prog is) - but Pink Floyd aren't even remotely in the same vein as Yes or ELP. No one in Pink Floyd were musical virtuosos, except maybe David Gilmour. This is a good thing too! Floyd wern't showoff's like Yes & ELP were. I mean, when I think of ACTUAL 70's prog, bands like ELP, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator & Caravan come to mind, but not Pink Floyd.
First of all, Floyd started off as a psychedelic band. Then they became an avant-garde/space-rock group. I guess you could say their stuff starting with DSOTM could be considered "prog", but that's really because there is no other category for it. Pink Floyd falls in a category by themselves really. I find it EXTREMELY misleading for people to call Pink Floyd a Progressive Rock band. Roger Waters even said that Pink Floyd was never a Progressive Rock band.
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MJ
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