... had never been heard before. This particular group was comprised of four men form England that were a late generation of the Beatles who were know for rebelling against the monarchy and traditional lifestyles of England. One of these traditional lifestyles that they rebelled against was that of a drug free society and a drug free lifestyle. Pink Floyd can be seen as quite the opposite. While touring for their album, The Wall, lead singer Roger Walters had a near death experience with an overdose of heroin. Other members of the band had also had encounters with the law from use of drugs. One of Roger Walter's songs, "Comfortably Numb", gives the audience his interpretation of his life while he was on heroin. "There is no pain you are receding/ A distant ship; smoke on the horizon/ You are only coming through in waves/ Your lips move but I can't ...

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