Top 10 Genres That Can Be Associated With Pink Floyd
If you say Pink Floyd was prog rock, you have obviously not listened to very much prog. Pink Floyd is prog for people too turned away by prog - people only refer to them as prog because that's how they advertised themselves. The musicians were of average skill, and in the words of Bill Bruford, they "never played anything faster than a slow jazz ballad". If you like the psychedelic feel, but want something actually progressive, maybe try Soft Machine (I'd recommend their album "Third" as a starting point).
The Pink Floyd are always Psychedelic Rock, but in the 70's with Dark Side Of The Moon, Atom Hearth Mother, Animals and many others, you could just say, holy! this sound so cool and progressive! In the case of Dark Side Of The Moon you could just say:"This is prog, and much more with Alan Parson! "
So, Good Listening boys!
Not a Punk Band at all but some of their songs especially on Animals and The Wall have some Punk elements. Funny especially when Punk and Prog are sworn enemies.
I'm putting this because people often overlook the jazz part in their songs especially on songs like Shine on You crazy diamond (Part 8), Echoes, Us and Them, Atom Heart Mother etc...