Piss poor music 50 years ago, nothing changed except their ability to delude themselves now that they arent stoned.
*eyeroll* You’re showing off your ignorance. If they’re not to your taste, that’s understandable. But I’ve seen classical music professors stunned at how perfectly they use even the most exotic compositional techniques and chord structures. And David Gilmour is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitarist of all time... despite avoiding showy riffs; practically every list from every critic and every fan group places him among the very top.
Also: after watching their FORMER bandmate, Syd Barret, lose his mind to drugs, the band was largely tee-totalers, ANTI-drug. (Not quite: Roger Waters mixed pot with his tobacco; go figure that he’s the messed up one now.) Their most famous work, The Wall, is, among other themes, about the horrors of drug abuse. Their third most famous work, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, is a 25-minute lament over the loss of the Syd’s musical potential.