Pink Floyd Biography

Pink Floyd are an English rock band noted for philosophical lyrics, classical rock compositions, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most successful and influential acts, the group has sold over 200 million albums worldwide, and an estimated 73.5 million albums in the United States alone.

Pink Floyd had modest success in the late-1960s as a psychedelic band led by the late Syd Barrett and Roger Waters. Barrett's increasingly erratic behaviour eventually forced his colleagues to augment and eventually replace him with singer, guitarist and songwriter David Gilmour and the band went on to record several elaborate concept albums, achieving worldwide success with 1973's The 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, singer, bassist, and songwriter Roger Waters declared Pink Floyd defunct although the remaining members continued recording and touring under the name, enjoying great commercial success and eventually reaching a settlement with Waters.

Waters performed with the band for the first time in 24 years, 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 newspaper 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.