Charade you are.
Animals is awesome. Floyd is one of my favorite bands. All the way to Division Bell. But I don’t consider them “Rock”. I consider them...well...”Floyd”.
Funny you should post that.
Years ago when I saw Live at Pompeii for the first time, during the studio segment where Gilmour is playing and Roger tells him there's too much feedback, Gilmour retorts "What would rock n roll be without feedback?"
It seemed odd that he would think what he was doing was "rock n roll." I thought, this isn't rock n roll, man. This is Floyd.
Yeah, what genre are they? Classical/blues psychedelic? Whatever, they were amazing. And yes, Animals was highly under-rated.