Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd
Years active	1965–1995, 2005
Status	Inactive
Origin	London, England
Music genre(s)	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Members	Syd Barrett (1965-1968) David Gilmour (1967- ) Nick Mason Roger Waters (1965-1985, 2005) Richard Wright

Pink Floyd are a widely acclaimed psychedelic rock band which originated in England in the 1960s, and achieved international success with a series of albums characterized by conceptual themes, sound effects, and oftentimes a somewhat dark tone.

Pink Floyd's most successful albums include The Wall, an allegory about a boy losing his father in the Second World War, Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side of the Moon. Dark Side of the Moon has spent the most amount of time on the 'Billboard Top 200' chart of any album in history, although not contiguously.

Personnel

• Syd Barrett
  

A founding member, David Gilmour took over his position in the band as a result of Syd's continuing detachment from reality

• David Gilmour
  

Lead guitar, lead vocals

• Nick Mason
  

Percussion

• Roger Waters
  

The band's main songwriter, especially during The Wall. Left the band after The Final Cut; he has however played with them recently

• Richard Wright*
  

Keyboards, backup vocals

See also

• Catalog of rock bands