Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd is a famous rock band in the 60's. The band was known for their grandoise albums in the 1970s. Their debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn became the biggest selling album in the history.
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About
Rock band Pink Floyd originated in Cambridge, England In 1965. The original band members were Syd Barrett (vocals, rhythm guitar), Bob Klose (lead guitar), Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), Roger Waters (bass, vocals) and Nick Mason (drums). They named their band Pink Floyd as a tribute to Pink Anderson and Floyd Council (two blue musician). In 1968, David Gilmour (guitarist) joined the band. The following year, Barret had a mental breakdown for a long use of hallucinogenic drugs. Barrett became unpredictable, concerts suffered. They had to stop taking Barrett to the tour. Waters and Gilmour replaced him as the new band's lead vocalists.
Barrett was the main songwriter of the band. He contributed a lot of songs in the 1967 album, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and 1968 album, Saucerful Of Secrets. Due to mental disability the 1969 album, Ummagumma, was an album of live recordings and experimental studio singles. In 1971, Meddle was issued. Until today, critics claim it to be their best work. In 1973, Dark Side Of The Moon was released. The album tackled about insanity. The single "Money" stayed in the chart for a decade and the album became one of the top selling albums in history. The peak of the Pink Floyd's career didn't stop there. The release of Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall became the highest point of the band's career.
In 1977, when the Animals album was released Pink Floyd received a lot of cirticism. They used animals as metophors to compare to society. In 1979, The Wall had it's share of big hits like the singles: "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" and "Comfortably Numb". At this time, conflicts within the band started to rise due to Waters taking the role as the leader of the band. This caused Wright to quit. In 1983, The Final Cut was released. In 1987, Pink Floyd disbanded. The band members did their own solo projects. In July 11, 2006, Syd Barrett died at the age of 60.
Awards & Certifications
Silver Clef
Pink Floyd was awarded a Silver Clef for their charity work for The Nordoff-Robbins Music Center in 1980
Grammys
Pink Floyd have been nominated for several Grammy Awards:
- 1973 nomination for Album of the Year
- "Dark Side of the Moon" -- lost to Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions"
- 1980 nomination for Album of the Year
- "The Wall" -- lost to Christopher Cross' Christopher Cross
- 1980 nomination for Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group
- "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" -- lost to Bob Seger's "Against the Wind"
- 1994 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- "Marooned" from The Division Bell -- won
American Music Awards
Pink Floyd have been nominated for an American Music Award
- 1995 nomination for Best Pop/Rock Duo or Group -- lost to Ace of Base
RIAA gold certifications
- Atom Heart Mother
- Obscured by Clouds
- A Nice Pair
RIAA platinum certifications
- Ummagumma (1,000,000+)
- Meddle - 2x (2,000,000+)
- Dark Side of the Moon - 15x (15,000,000+)
- Dark Side of the Moon DVD - 2x (100,000+)
- Live at Pompei VHS/DVD - 2x (100,000+)
- Wish You Were Here - 6x (6,000,000+)
- Animals - 4x (4,000,000+)
- The Wall - 23x (11,500,000+)
- A Collection of Great Dance Songs - 2x (2,000,000+)
- The Final Cut - 3x (3,000,000+)
- A Momentary Lapse of Reason - 4x (4,000,000+)
- Delicate Sound of Thunder - 3x (3,000,000+)
- Shine On - (9-CD boxed set)
- The Division Bell - 3x (3,000,000+)
- Pulse - 2x (2,000,000+)
- Pulse VHS/DVD - 8x (400,000+)
- Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live (1,000,000+)
- Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd 3x (3,000,000+)
Both Dark Side of The Moon, and The Wall are Diamond records, for selling over 10 million copies.
Total US Sales According to RIAA 73,500,000+
(see RIAA)
Rock And Roll Hall of Fame
Pink Floyd were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Barrett did not attend any of the inductions, due to his constant illness. Waters did not attend the 1996 induction, citing sickness, but did accept his 2005 induction via camera. Gilmour and Mason attended both events, but Wright could not make the 2005 induction due to eye surgery.
Miscellaneous
In 2002 Q magazine named Pink Floyd as one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". Two years later, the same magazine would place Pink Floyd as the biggest band of all time, above the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, according to a complex system for comparing bands which included album sales, charts performance and concert attendance.
Chart Toppers
News
Tours & Concerts
No upcoming tours.
Announcements
Discography
Albums
 A Saucerful of Secrets
1968-06-29 |
 Ummagumma
1969-10-25 |
 Atom Heart Mother
1970-10-10 |
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 Meddle
1971 |
 Dark Side of the Moon
1973-03-24 |
 Wish You Were Here (album)
1975-09-15 |
 Animals
1977 |
 The Wall
1979-12-08 |
 The Final Cut
1983-03-21 |
 A Momentary Lapse of Reason
1987-09-08 |
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 The Division Bell
1994-04-05 |
Live Albums
 PULSE
1995 |
Soundtracks
 More |
EPs
Singles
| Year | Single | Label | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Wish You Were Here | EMI | Wish You Were Here |
| 1979 | Another Brick in the Wall, Part II | CBS | The Wall |
| 1987 | Learning To Fly | EMI | A Momentary Lapse Of Reason |
| 1987 | On The Turning Away | EMI | A Momentary Lapse Of Reason |
| 1988 | One Slip | EMI | A Momentary Lapse Of Reason |
| 1994 | Take It Back | Columbia | The Division Bell |
| 1994 | High Hopes | EMI | The Division Bell |
Compilations
 Relics
1971-05 |
 A Nice Pair
1973-12-05 |
 Masters of Rock
1974 |
 A Collection of Great Dance Songs
1981-11-23 |
 Works
1983-11 |
 Shine On (The Wall, Part 2)
1992-11-24 |
Other artists
Similar artists
Influences
Contemporaries
Trivia
- Pink Floyd composed the entire soundtrack for the film More.
- Pink Floyd's original guitarist Bob Klose left the band to become a photographer.
- The lostPink Floyd album was called "The Massed Gadgets of Auximenies".
Reviews
Pink Floyd is one of the most influential band in rock history. At present, their works stay original and fresh. Every single is awesome. You will never hear thesame material as the Pink Floyd. The word classic rock is the best description of the band. --Mimi 08:40, 28 March 2007 (PST)
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