Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd Left To Right: Wright, Gilmour, Mason, Waters

Pink Floyd was an english rock band formed in London in 1965. They're mostly know for their long songs and their lyrics

The band was founded by Syd Barrett (guitar and vocals) , Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass and vocals)and Richard Wright (keyboards and vocals). They released two single and their debut album, The Piper at The Gates of Dawn in 1967. In December 1967, David Gilmour (guitar and vocals) joined the band. Due to his mental health, Barrett left the band in April 1968, making Waters in charge. They made a few album with critical success, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979).

After personal tensions, Wright left in 1979, and Waters in 1985 while Mason and Gilmour continued Pink Floyd, Wright re-joined the band. They made two more albums before entering a period of inactivity, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Divison Bell (1994). Barrett Died in 2006, and Wright In 2008. They released a studio album in 2014: The Endless River based on untouched material from The Divison Bell.

By 2013, they sold 250 millions records in the world, being one of the best-selling music artist of all time.

## History

### 1963 - 1967: Early Years

#### Formation

Roger Waters and Nick Mason met at the London Polytechnic, they played music together in a band with a few friends. Later that year, Richard Wright, another student joined the band. Water played lead guitar, Mason played drums and Wright played rhythm guitar (since there was not many keyboard at the time. They performed at private functions and rehearsed in a tearoom in the basement of were they met the London Polytechnic. They performed songs by The Searchers and material written by a fellow student Ken Chapman

In 1964, two students of the band, named Clive Metclife and Keith Nobel left to make their own band, and Syd Barrett joined the band. Waters and Barrett were childhood friends, they often saw each other. Barrett Became the band frontman in early 1965. Mid-1965 another member of the band named Bob Klose left the band and Barrett took lead guitar. Late 1965 the band first referred themselve as Pink Floyd because another band also named the Tea Set were to performed at their gigs. The name is from two blues musician that Barrett had in his record collection, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

## Discography

See: Pink Floyd discography for a more complete list

* The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
* A Saucerful of Secret (1968)
* More (1969)
* Ummagumma (1969)
* Atom Heart Mother (1970)
* Meddle (1971)
* Obscured by Clouds (1972)
* The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
* Wish You Were Here (1975)
* Animals (1977)
* The Wall (1979)
* The Final Cult (1983)
* A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
* The Division Bell (1994)
* The Endless River (2014)

## Tours

* Pink Floyd Tour (1968)
* The Man and The Journey Tour (1969)
* Atom Heart Mother World Tour (1970 - 71)
* Meddle Tour (1971)
* Dark Side of The Moon Tour (1972 -73)
* French Summer Tour (1974)
* British Winter Tour (1974)
* Wish You Were Here Tour (1975)
* In The Flesh Tour (1977)
* The Wall Tour (1980 - 81)
* A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987 - 89)
* The Division Bell Tour (1994)