Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially successful and influential rock music groups of all time. They have sold over 230 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the United States. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Since then they have continued to enjoy worldwide success.
The band originally consisted of students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and Syd Barrett. Founded in 1965, the band first became popular playing in London's underground music scene in the late 1960s. Under Barrett's leadership they released two charting singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", and a successful début album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd as its fifth member in December 1967, several months prior to Barrett's departure from the group due to his deteriorating mental health. Following the loss of their principal songwriter, Pink Floyd bassist and vocalist Roger Waters became the band's lyricist and conceptual leader, with Gilmour assuming lead guitar, taking on most of the band's music composition, and sharing lead vocals. With this line-up Pink Floyd achieved worldwide critical and commercial success with their concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall.
Wright left the group in 1979, and Waters in 1985, but Gilmour and Mason (subsequently rejoined by Wright) continued to record and tour. Waters resorted to legal means to try to keep them from performing as Pink Floyd, but the dispute was resolved with an out-of-court settlement which allowed Gilmour and Mason to continue, and which also released Waters from his contractual obligations to the band. Two further albums followed, A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell. Following almost two decades of acrimony the band reunited in 2005 for a single performance, at the charity concert Live 8. Wright died in 2008. Surviving members Waters, Gilmour and Mason reunited for one of Roger Waters' The Wall Tour shows on 12 May 2011 at the O2 Arena in London; Gilmour performed "Comfortably Numb" along with Waters and "Outside the Wall" with Mason and Waters.

Band members

Former members
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Syd Barrett – lead vocals, lead guitar (1965–1968)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Gilmour – lead vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, harmonica, special effects (December 1967–1996, 2005, 2007)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape effects, programming (1965–1996, 2005, 2007)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Roger Waters – lead vocals, bass guitar, guitars, percussion, synthesizers, programming (1965–1985, 2005)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals (occasionally lead), organ, piano, synthesisers, mellotron, trombone (1965–1979, 1987–1996, 2005, 2007)

Pink Floyd


Pink Floyd foi uma banda de rock britânica formada em Cambridge, Inglaterra, em 1965, que atingiu sucesso internacional com sua música psicodélica e progressiva. Seu trabalho foi marcado pelo uso de letras filosóficas, experimentações musicais, capas de álbuns inovativas e shows elaborados. O Pink Floyd é um dos grupos de rock mais influentes e comercialmente bem-sucedidos da história, tendo vendido mais de 200 milhões de álbuns ao redor do mundo.
A banda foi induzida ao Hall da Fama do Rock and Roll em 1996.
A banda, originalmente, consistiu dos estudantes Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright e Syd Barrett. Fundado em 1965, eles, inicialmente, tornaram-se populares tocando no cenário underground londrino, no fim dos anos 60. Sob a liderança de Barrett, lançaram dois singles ("Arnold Layne" e "See Emily Play") e um bem-sucedido álbum de estreia, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, de 1967. O nome Pink Floyd é a abreviação de The Pink Floyd Sound, nome sugerido por Barrett em homenagem a dois músicos de blues admirados por ele: Pink Anderson e Floyd Council.
O guitarrista e vocalista David Gilmour juntou-se à banda em 1968, meses antes da saida de Barrett do grupo, devido ao seu estado de deterioração mental, agravado pelo uso de drogas. Na sequência da perda de seu principal letrista, Roger Waters tornou-se o principal compositor e líder conceitual do grupo, com Gilmour assumindo a guitarra solo e parte dos vocais. Com essa formação o Pink Floyd atingiu o sucesso internacional com álbuns como The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals e The Wall.
Wright deixou o grupo em 1979, e Waters em 1985, mas Gilmour, Mason e, subsequentemente, Wright, continuaram a gravar e se apresentar. Waters processou-os por questões legais relacionadas ao uso do nome "Pink Floyd"; todavia, a disputa foi resolvida com uma decisão que permitiu à Gilmour e Mason que continuassem a usar o nome, ainda livrando Waters de quaisquer obrigações contratuais com a banda. Dois álbuns foram lançados após esse conflito: A Momentary Lapse of Reason e The Division Bell. Após quase duas décadas de amargor entre seus membros, o Pink Floyd se reuniu em 2005 para uma única apresentação, no concerto para a caridade Live 8. Wright morreu em 2008. Os membros restantes — Waters, Gilmour e Mason — reuniram-se novamente, para um show da The Wall Tour de Waters, em 12 de maio de 2011, na O2 Arena, em Londres; Gilmour tocou "Comfortably Numb" com Waters e "Outside the Wall" com Mason e Waters.

Integrantes


•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Gilmour — vocal, guitarra, baixo, teclado, efeitos especiais (1967—1996; 2005)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Roger Waters — vocal, baixo, guitarra, percussão, programação (1965—1985; 2005)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Richard Wright — teclado, vocal, órgão, piano, sintetizador, mellotron(1965—1979; 1987—1996; 2005)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nick Mason — bateria, percussão, programação (1965—1996; 2005)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Syd Barrett — vocal, guitarra (1965—1968)
•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bob Klose — guitarra (1965)