10 Bands That Were Haunted While Recording

10. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

After being one of the favorites of the psychedelic side of rock and roll in the '60s, Pink Floyd had become one of the biggest prog bands on Dark Side of the Moon... but at what cost? Ever since reaching the big time, the band had to let go of their founding member Syd Barrett, with the rest of their existence being informed by their bandmate losing his grip on sanity through drugs and being a part of the music industry machine. The spirit of Syd loomed like a ghost over the sessions for Wish You Were Here, and halfway through that ghost actually showed up.

While the sessions for the album weren't the happiest to make by any stretch, things took a dark turn when a bald man showed up at the sessions just to peek in on what was going on. Even though the band were hesitant towards him, they quickly realized that it was Syd, who looked like a shell of the frontman that he once was and talked to them for as much as possible.

As the conversation stretched on though, it was clear that Syd was far from the person that they knew back in the day, and the rest of the sessions would be devoted to making sense of his absence, with Shine On You Crazy Diamond capturing the full essence of their longtime friendship. Pink Floyd wouldn't have existed without Syd Barrett starting everything in the first place, but there's a good chance that couldn't have carried on to make something like this with him still in the band either.