Pink Floyd

Also known as The Pink Floyd, The Pink Floyd Sound

English rock band

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Pink Floyd was an influential English rock band that became one of the most important groups in music history. They are remembered for creating innovative and experimental albums that expanded what rock music could be, making them culturally significant figures in popular music.

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Instance of: rock band
Has part: Richard Wright
Named after: Floyd Council
Official name: Pink Floyd
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Polar Music Prize
Field of work: music
Genre: proto-prog
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Record label: Warner Music Group
Discography: Pink Floyd discography
Official website: pinkfloyd.com
Image: PinkFloyd1973 retouched.jpg

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inception: 1964-00-00
Commons category: Pink Floyd
location of formation: London
topic's main category: Category:Pink Floyd
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nominated for: Grammy Award for Album of the Year
start of work period: 1965-00-00
member category: Category:Pink Floyd members
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Pink Floyd
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topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Pink Floyd
official shop URL: shop.pinkfloyd.com
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
end of work period: 2014-00-00
director / manager: Steve O'Rourke

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Encyclopedic overview

Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), with David Gilmour (guitar, vocals) joining at the end of 1967. Gaining an early underground following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments, philosophical lyrics, and elaborate live performances, becoming a leading progressive rock band.

With Barrett as their main songwriter, they released two hit singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", and the successful debut studio album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (all 1967). Barrett left in 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. In the early 1970s, Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind Pink Floyd's most successful studio albums, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979). The musical film based on The Wall, Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), won two BAFTAs. Pink Floyd also composed several film scores.

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