The 1970s were unequivocally the golden age of rock music; that's why we call the music from that decade 'classic' rock . The seeds were planted for nearly every musical movement to come out of the rest of the 20th century, and there was no shortage of rock bands who were capable of drawing massive crowds and driving millions of record sales.

Few bands dominated that golden age on a grander scale than Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright, better known as Pink Floyd . Of their 15 albums, nearly half were released in the '70s. In 1973 came The Dark Side of the Moon , their first to achieve Diamond certification in the US, giving whatever came next some big shoes to fill.

In 1975, Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here , an album that definitely filled out

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