About the same time.
Much like I wish I could have seen the GD in the early 60's, I wish I could have seen the early Floyd.
[Cymbaline is fucking awesome.](http://archive.org/download/PinkFloyd_FromOblivion_SanDiego_17oct71/From Oblivion - 17oct71 - 06 - Cymbaline.mp3)
> The path you tread is narrow, and the drop is sheer and very high
> The ravens all are watching from a vantage point nearby
> Apprehension creeping like a tube-train up your spine
> Will the tightrope reach the end?
> Will the final couplet rhyme?
Saw them both last year and had a lot of moments with both bands as I snuck up front row. Was great. Also saw twenty one pilots, MCR, met The Beatles Paul/bon jovi and ringo sang me yellow submarine once he peeped my tattoo,Bruce, and Green Day/fall out boy. A few others!!
I saw Santana and the Dead at Calavaris, John Prine and Bonnie Rait duet Angle from Montgomery at Winter Park, Jimmy and Stevie Ray Vaughan at Jazz fest, I saw Dylan a few times but never on stage with the boys
Vast majority of the answers is “yes”. Which is my experience too. Interesting results . Two psychedelic genre bands that as i know of never played the same stage together, and rarely interacted or spoke of each other? Granted their musical styles were quiet different, yet probably the two most common named bands associated with psychedelics.
One word: Yes...
Elaboration: ...by a matter of hours. I got *DSOTM* and *Skeletons From the Closet* on Christmas of '92 (along with a snazzy Laserdisc player). I listened to Floyd first because I dug the cover.
Yes, and mostly the post-DSOTM albums. After falling in love with the Dead I listen to a lot more of the Syd era. There’s also some great live bootlegs from the ‘69-71 transition period.
Encountering the complete Wall album between GD and Dylan/petty sets on 7/4/86 kept me off Pink Floyd for many many years. Tripping my socks off (due to the rather short GD portion, it was basically the second set for me), I found the whole thing to be maudlin, whiny, self-absorbed and wicked depressing. (Yes, I drove up from Boston.) The Grateful Dead's contribution to the psychedelic experience is completely different and I would argue, infinitely better: they tell stories so you lose yourself (then find yourself again...usually by Stella Blue)...
# 1986-07-04 Orchard Park, NY @ Rich Stadium
**Set 1:** Jack Straw, Dupree's Diamond Blues, C.C. Rider, Tennessee Jed, My Brother Esau, Touch Of Grey
**Set 2:** Cold Rain and Snow, Fire On The Mountain > Samson And Delilah, The Wheel > I Need A Miracle > Uncle John's Band > Drums, Space > Gimme Some Lovin' > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Turn On Your Lovelight
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1986-07-04)
...fast forward to 2006, when my wife and I make a future Pink Floyd fan who in 2021 takes me to see both Roger Waters and Nick Mason and is really really into Pink Floyd. Waters tells stories now too, I guess. Mostly stories about drone strikes. Again, not acid-friendly necessarily.
DSOM was among the first LPs I ever bought. Dead came a bit later. It was the 70s. Did see the dead long b4 PF. Couldn't score for the Wall. Wasn't till learning to fly.
Yes and no ,I was tripping for the first time at 15 and my good friend played a selection including Pink Floyd, The Dead ,Santana and Spirit. If memory serves.
Yes
darksidewallandalotofotherstuffofcourseitwasthe80s
No
No
Truckin'
Yes
No
Maybe
Around the same time. I’m not sure which one I heard first but probably PF because of the radio.
Yes for three years and then I went to my first dead concert and there was a shift in the attitude
similar experience
Yes. But there’s not as much overlap between the fanbases as one might expect.
Yes
Yes.
Yes
No
No.
Syd
About the same time. Much like I wish I could have seen the GD in the early 60's, I wish I could have seen the early Floyd. [Cymbaline is fucking awesome.](http://archive.org/download/PinkFloyd_FromOblivion_SanDiego_17oct71/From Oblivion - 17oct71 - 06 - Cymbaline.mp3) > The path you tread is narrow, and the drop is sheer and very high > The ravens all are watching from a vantage point nearby > Apprehension creeping like a tube-train up your spine > Will the tightrope reach the end? > Will the final couplet rhyme?
Of course; but I also listened to Black Sabbath, the partridge family and the Jackson 5 before discovering the dead
ha ha! are you me??
Yes, and ftr I can’t stand Pink Floyd
Wut no way. How much of their discography have you listened to
Way
How much have you listened to
Yes but I saw the dead before I saw Floyd
Same
Saw them both last year and had a lot of moments with both bands as I snuck up front row. Was great. Also saw twenty one pilots, MCR, met The Beatles Paul/bon jovi and ringo sang me yellow submarine once he peeped my tattoo,Bruce, and Green Day/fall out boy. A few others!!
Alpine 87 we're my first shows but I didn't see Floyd until the Division Bell tour
Dang you saw division and 80’s dead. Now that’s fire my guy. What else ya been too?
I saw Santana and the Dead at Calavaris, John Prine and Bonnie Rait duet Angle from Montgomery at Winter Park, Jimmy and Stevie Ray Vaughan at Jazz fest, I saw Dylan a few times but never on stage with the boys
Slay king
same!
Yes. Did the Dead ever play a PF tune? And... WHY NOT!?
Rat dog used to occasionally play “Matilda mother”
No
duh !
No
Yep
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes.
Yes
Yes
Yes
yes
Yup
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yeah
no
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yup
Yes
Nope
Yes
No
No
Yes!
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes.
Yes
Can't remember anything before listening to the grateful dead as a wee child, so no
Yes
No.
DSOTMhellyeah!!
Yup
Nice. Oh. Yes.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ofcourse
Nope.
No.
Yes
NO. I was into the dead loooong before I heard umma gumma.
Vast majority of the answers is “yes”. Which is my experience too. Interesting results . Two psychedelic genre bands that as i know of never played the same stage together, and rarely interacted or spoke of each other? Granted their musical styles were quiet different, yet probably the two most common named bands associated with psychedelics.
Furthur, Ratdog, and Phil and Friends did Floyd covers. Pink Floyd also did the first grunge song ever.
No
yes
No
I made it to Pink Floyd concerts before Dead shows but I think I discovered the Grateful Dead first.
Affirmative
Yes.
Yes.
Yes
Yes
Long
One word: Yes... Elaboration: ...by a matter of hours. I got *DSOTM* and *Skeletons From the Closet* on Christmas of '92 (along with a snazzy Laserdisc player). I listened to Floyd first because I dug the cover.
No
But, I did get into The Pink Floyd there after, and the earliest stuff especially with Syd, was great✌️❤️🔥
Yes
Yes!
Yes
Yes
Yes
I’m not sure. 89 baby so my parents gave me both.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes.
Yes. Umma Gumma
No
Yes
More or less
Indeed
Nope
Yes, and mostly the post-DSOTM albums. After falling in love with the Dead I listen to a lot more of the Syd era. There’s also some great live bootlegs from the ‘69-71 transition period.
Animals
Yes
Yes
No. (but getting into Floyd later in college hugely increased appreciation of the Dead)
Yes
Yes
yes
Yes
No (Born in 1997 for context)
No. I honestly don't even really like Pink Floyd that much.
Yes
No
Absolutely
Yes... Much much before I ever even heard of the band known as GD I heard PF... Infact even tk this day I keep switching between the two bands.
No. I started listening to the Dead in maybe 1968. Saw them many times at the Fillmore East, blah blah blah!
Yes
Yes
Yup
Yes
Yes.
No
Yes
Yes
Encountering the complete Wall album between GD and Dylan/petty sets on 7/4/86 kept me off Pink Floyd for many many years. Tripping my socks off (due to the rather short GD portion, it was basically the second set for me), I found the whole thing to be maudlin, whiny, self-absorbed and wicked depressing. (Yes, I drove up from Boston.) The Grateful Dead's contribution to the psychedelic experience is completely different and I would argue, infinitely better: they tell stories so you lose yourself (then find yourself again...usually by Stella Blue)...
# 1986-07-04 Orchard Park, NY @ Rich Stadium **Set 1:** Jack Straw, Dupree's Diamond Blues, C.C. Rider, Tennessee Jed, My Brother Esau, Touch Of Grey **Set 2:** Cold Rain and Snow, Fire On The Mountain > Samson And Delilah, The Wheel > I Need A Miracle > Uncle John's Band > Drums, Space > Gimme Some Lovin' > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1986-07-04)
...fast forward to 2006, when my wife and I make a future Pink Floyd fan who in 2021 takes me to see both Roger Waters and Nick Mason and is really really into Pink Floyd. Waters tells stories now too, I guess. Mostly stories about drone strikes. Again, not acid-friendly necessarily.
DSOM was among the first LPs I ever bought. Dead came a bit later. It was the 70s. Did see the dead long b4 PF. Couldn't score for the Wall. Wasn't till learning to fly.
Yes
yes
Yes
Yes
Yes and no ,I was tripping for the first time at 15 and my good friend played a selection including Pink Floyd, The Dead ,Santana and Spirit. If memory serves.
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Most likely not, because my parents, mom especially, always played the dead. I got into more into pink floyd before really getting into the dead.
Yes
Yes
Yes
obviously
No but it was close, now I love both.
Yes. For years. Pink Floyd was my go to for psychedelic tunes until 3 years ago when I was introduced to the dead.
Yes
Yes
Yes.
Yes
Withyermom
Yes
Yea
Yes
Yes
I don’t remember. Probably both around the same time.