During the first years, almost everything was written by Syd Barett and is best described as Psychedelic Rock. Lot’s of experimental stuff going on, and quite weird to the “untrained” listener. When Syd’s mental problems became too much of a problem, Dave Gilmour joined the band, first as a sort of “backup-guitarist” for Syd, later he had to replace Syd completely. No easy move for Dave, who was a childhood friend of Syd and admired him. 
But for the Band, this was pure luck. The combination of Rogers lyrical abilities, Dave’s songwriting/guitar skills and the vocal harmony between Dave and Rick produced some of the best albums / songs ever

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