# Pink Floyd dominated the 1970s. David Gilmour thinks one 1990s band followed in their footsteps

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/pink-floyd-dominated-the-1970s-david-gilmour-thinks-one-1990s-band-followed-in-their-footsteps/
- Published: 2026-10-23T11:10:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T12:40:53+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1990s-band-david-gilmour-said-follow-in-pink-floyds-footsteps/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Gilmour saw Radiohead as continuing Pink Floyd’s adventurous approach.
- He said Radiohead had tried to take music in new directions.
- He preferred The Bends to OK Computer.

## Summary

David Gilmour named Radiohead as a band that had carried forward Pink Floyd’s spirit of taking music in new directions. His comments matter because they link the two groups through their shared willingness to experiment and change their sound over time.

In a 2006 interview with Billboard, Gilmour said Radiohead were among those who had tried to move music in a different direction. He had also praised the band in 1999, saying he preferred their 1995 album The Bends to 1997’s OK Computer. The article presents Radiohead’s evolving sound, from their 1993 debut to 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool, as echoing Pink Floyd’s creative restlessness.

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