Pink Floyd Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on October 7, 2009 – 1:42 pm -Review of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd is an eccentric and popular multi-platinum band of rock era, which has made some exceptional cinematic sound effects in their albums “Wish You were Here”, “Meddle” and “Dark Side of the Moon”. It is a famous English rock band who got popular through their psychedelic music during late 1960s and for the progressive rock music during the 1970s after they emerged into a popular band. They are reputed for using philosophical lyrics, very good album arts, amazing live shows and sonic experimentation. They have sold more than 200 million albums overall, which includes seventy four million certified units in US alone.
This band was formed during 1965 with university students namely Bob Klose, Nick Mason, Roger water, Syd Barret and Richard Wright. The group has a great fixture on underground music scene in London and they released to singles “See Emily Play” and “Amold Layne” under leadership of Barret. Their commercial success came with the album “The Piper at the gates of dawn”. David Gilmour a famous singer and Guitarist joined the line-up during 1968 and they removed Barrett from the band owing to his erratic behavior. After the departure of Barret, Roger Waters, who was the singer and bass player became the most powerful figure in the band after which they achieved commercial success with concept albums like Rock opera The wall, Wish You were here, Animals and The Dark Side of the Moon. Read more »
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