Cheetah Club 1968: The Night 'Interstellar Overdrive' Nearly Got Pink Floyd Thrown Out

The Cheetah Club in Los Angeles, November 1968. Pink Floyd were on their first US tour, still figuring out how to translate their British psychedelic freakouts to American audiences. The problem wasn’t the crowd – it was the chandeliers. During a particularly thunderous rendition of “Interstellar Over