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It must be flattering when you\u2019re a musician and you hear that you\u2019re the reason other people have started playing music. Well, that\u2019s usually the case, although it wasn\u2019t for\u00a0Jack Bruce<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe [Cream] did a gig at the Regents Polytechnic. Coincidentally, the guys that became Pink Floyd were in the audience, and apparently seeing that event made them become Pink Floyd,\u201d said Bruce when discussing Cream\u2019s influence on the psychedelic icons, \u201cWhen I saw them recently, they told me that.\u201d <\/p>\n He continued, \u201cI knew they were there, but I didn\u2019t know that we were responsible for them getting together. Whether that\u2019s a good thing or a bad thing I leave that for you to decide. I always thought that Pink Floyd were a band for people who don\u2019t like music of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll.\u201d <\/p>\n While Bruce may not be the biggest fan of Pink Floyd, his musical outfit, Cream, were one of the biggest influences on them. Pink Floyd aren\u2019t on their own with this devotion towards Cream either, there are plenty of different bands who took some kind of inspiration from the trio, as they were one of the first acts to take rock music to levels beyond the standard parameters of the genre. <\/p>\n \u201cI would presume that people would accept this definition,\u201d Frank Zappa once said when attempting to\u00a0define prog rock<\/a>, \u201cProgressive Rock is anything that doesn\u2019t sound like regular Rock. Regular Rock is everything that sounds like itself. All songs which sound the same, everything on MTV, everything on the radio, that\u2019s Rock. Progressive Rock is stuff that doesn\u2019t sound like that.\u201d<\/p>\n The genre has always been ambiguous in how it\u2019s defined, and that means pinning down the origin is tricky, but Cream were certainly a massive factor. All three members, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton contributed towards creating this endearing sound that was unlike anything anyone had heard before. <\/p>\n Of course, while the band are famous for the exceptional commitment to the music they make, there are still some quality control issues. The moment that Bruce heard Baker drum for the first time, he knew he was experiencing something special, and it was only a matter of time before the two of them were looking to start a band together. <\/p>\n