Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd by Mark Blake 418 pp.
This book was a slow starter, slow enough that I almost gave up on it. Part of that was due to the audiobook narrator sounding like a BBC new presenter - dry and factual. That being said, this is a very detailed explanation of the creation, dissention, and reformation of the super group that is Pink Floyd. Formed by a bunch of Cambridge lads, the band went through various incarnations before they created the phenomenon that is "Dark Side of the Moon." Along the way there was a lot of drug abuse, the mental decline of Syd Barrett, and the legal fights between Roger Waters and David Gilmour. In spite of Waters trying to block them every step of the way, the Gilmour-led Pink Floyd went on to produce some great albums and massive tours. This is a fairly balanced account of the band but does make Roger Waters out to be a jerk, which may or may not actually be the truth.
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