Reggae not Pink Floyd's bag

Nick Mason, drummer for influential British band Pink Floyd, says punk and reggae are the only music forms they never experimented with during their near 50-year career.

In a recent interview with the BBC Radio 6 Music programme, Mason pointed out that Pink Floyd never got into the punk and reggae craze that swept Britain in the 1970s.

"We avoided punk and we never really managed reggae," Mason was quoted as saying.

Pink Floyd is best known for the 1973 album, Dark Side Of The Moon, one of the best-selling works in popular music with over 45 million in sales.

The band was at its peak in the 1970s when punk acts like the Sex Pistols and reggae performers such as Ken Boothe (Everything I Own) and Junior Murvin (Police And Thieves), had songs in the British national chart.

In 2003, the American group Easy Star All-Stars, paid tribute to Pink Floyd with Dub Side Of The Moon, a reggae take on Dark Side Of The Moon.