Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd (formed in 1965 in Cambridge, England) is an English rock band noted for progressive compositions, philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art and elaborate live shows. more...

One of rock music's most successful and influential acts, the group is believed to have sold an estimated 73.5 million albums in the U.S., and over 200 million albums worldwide.

Pink Floyd enjoyed moderate success in the late 1960s as a psychedelic band led by Syd Barrett. Barrett's erratic behaviour caused his colleagues to replace him with guitarist David Gilmour and the band went on to record several elaborate concept albums, achieving worldwide success with 1973's Dark Side of the Moon, 1975's Wish You Were Here, 1977's Animals, and 1979's The Wall, among the best-selling, most critically acclaimed, and enduringly popular albums in rock music history. In 1985, bassist Roger Waters declared Pink Floyd defunct, but the remaining members continued recording and touring under the name. Waters attempted to stop them via court action and eventually settled out of court, giving the post-Waters band rights to the name and most of the songs.

Waters rejoined the band on 2 July 2005 at the London Live 8 concert, playing to Pink Floyd's biggest audience ever. On 3 February 2006 Gilmour gave an interview to the Italian magazine "La Repubblica" which indicated the band would no longer tour or produce any new material, although various members still plan on producing solo or collaborative material. The possibility of an appearance similar to Live 8 has not been ruled out by either Mason or Gilmour.

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