Music Man

I'd have to go with Roger, but I don't think it's really a valid comparison, since Syd got the boot not long after their debut album was released.

Syd was the driving force behind the groundbreaking "Piper at the Gates...", but crashed and burned on acid shortly thereafter.

His behavior became so erratic that he was forced out of the band before their second album was completed and released. So he contributed very little to the second album "A Saucerful of Secrets".

Whereas he had written almost all the songs on "Piper", he only contributed one song to "Secrets"---"Jugband Blues".

If Syd hadn't fried his brain on LSD, he may have gone on to achieve long-term greatness with the band.

Unfortunately, that's all speculation. Since Waters contributed so much outstanding material over the course of many years, I'd have to choose him over Syd. However, I still respect Syd's work on "Piper" greatly.

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joyboyo53

he didnt fry his brain on acid... he has problems of his own, the acid just helped accelerate his own burning out.

Urban Hat€monger ?

And whats all this 'he got kicked out the band' stuff.

They didn't kick him out , he just stopped bothering to turn up.

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boo boo

Wrong. He was too unreliable. His departure was official when the band themselves decided they were not even gonna pick him up for shows. The band ditched him. He even showed up at recording sessions but the band refused to let him take part.

And it was certainly the right dicision I might add.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

Yes ... After getting fed up of him not showing up.

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boo boo

Point is, he got fired. He didn't stop playing with them because he was planning on leaving the group. Rather because he was often too f*cked up on acid to even remember his own name.

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Music Man

You hit the nail on the head, boo boo.

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"Paranoid is just like an anchor. It really secures everything about the metal movement in one record. It's all there: the riffs, the vocal performance of Ozzy, the song titles, what the lyrics are about. It's just a classic defining moment."

--Rob Halford of Judas Priest

SOHEEB

for me it would be Pink Floyd caz i like the song "we dont need no education"...

sleepy jack

The song is actually called Another Brick in the Wall Part 2.

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David.