The Worst of Pink Floyd

by Mike McInnis

Chances are, something in this issue is going to ruffle your feathers. Or it just might make you screaming mad, and you'll want to fire off a flurry of nasty letters to our writers.

Good.

No where does it say that 'serious fans' can't also be critics. In fact, you could argue that those who best know and understand an artist's work are, therefore, the best prepared to recognize when the artistic output isn't up to snuff.

In this issue of Spare Bricks, we've taken on yet another potentially controversial topic: The Worst of Pink Floyd. And between the veterans and a slew of new recruits, our staff has responded in high style, resulting in one of the biggest issues we've done yet.

Whether it is a particular song we always skip past, or an certain album that collects more dust than we'd like to admit, or someone whose solo work seems like an absolute waste of time, each of us has something about the Floyd that we would rather just forget about entirely. Something that makes us cringe. Something that makes us just a little ashamed to call ourselves Floyd fans--even if just for a moment. (Goodness knows that the Floyds themselves are ashamed of some of their work.)

But for one brief moment, we've decided that rather than pushing these dismal songs and albums to the bottom of the pile, we'd like to dust them off and put them on the mantle for everyone to see. Sometimes, like a car wreck, you just can't look away, no matter how ugly or gruesome the wreckage may be.

So whether it is Fictitious Sports or The Final Cut, "Dogs of War" or "Sysyphus", sit back, relax, and revel in the wretched. If nothing else, it makes you appreciate the good stuff that much more.

Mike McInnis is the editor of Spare Bricks.