The history of Pink Floyd
Richard William Wright was born in London on
28 July 1945 of a well to do family. His parents, Bridie and Cedric
Wright had two other children, daughters: Selina and Guinvere. He
went to the exclusive Harberdashers' school and at 17 he went to the
Regent Street School of Architecture and there he met bassist Roger
Waters and drummer Nick Mason. They set up a group at college and
were joined six months later by lead guitarist Syd Barrett.
| Richard Wright:" It was great when Syd joined. Before him, we'd play
the R&B classics, because that's what all groups where supposed to
then. But I never liked R&B very much. I was actually more of a jazz
fan. With Syd, the direction changed, it became more improvised
around the guitar and keyboards. Roger started playing the bass as a
lead instrument and I started to introduce more of my classical feel."
They went under various names, including The Meggadeaths, Sigma 6,
The Abdabs(Juliette Gale was part of the Abdabs who married Ricahrd
Wright.), Leonard's Lodgers and The T-Set, before settling on the
name The Pink Floyd Sound, which was taken from of Syd Barrett's
favorite bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. As their
confidence grew, they went from pop and R&B covers to their own
extended psychedelic improvisations. |
Barrett became the band's chief
songwriter in their early stages, contributing most of their songs
on their first album (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) and their two
hit singles 'Arnold Layne' and 'See Emily Play'. After two Top 20
singles and a Top 10 album in'67 , Pink Floyd looked set for a
successful career but Syd's experiments with LSD led him to become
even more bizarre and eccentric, until eventually he was dismissed
from the group in April 1968, to be replaced by David Gilmour.
Albums :
Here is info about all the official some unofficial albums and
singles.
1967 Arnold Layne / Candy and a Currant Bun (single) See Emily Play
/ The Scarecrow (single) The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Apples an
Oranges/ Paint Box (single) Scream thy last Scream / Vegetable Man (withdrawn
single) 1968 It would be so Nice / Julia Dream (single) Tonight
Let's all make Love in London Syd Barrett is thrown out of the group,
David Gilmour enters Point me at the Sky / Careful with that Axe,
Eugene (single) A Saucerful of Secrets Octopus / Golden Hair Syd
Barrett solo (single) 1969 Ummagumma More Biding my Time 1970 The
Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett solo Zabriske Point Atom Heart Mother
Music From the Body Roger Waters solo Barrett Syd Barrett solo 1971
Meddle 1972 Obscured by Clouds 1973 Dark Side of the Moon A Nice
Pair 1974 Started a household objects music project but didn't
finish 1975 Wish You Were Here 1976 1977 Animals
1978 David Gilmour David Gilmour solo Wet Dreams Rick Wright solo
There's no way out of Here David Gilmour solo (single) Definitely
David Gilmour solo (single) 1979 Another Brick in the Wall, part 2 /
One of my Turns The Wall 1980 Fictitious Sports Nick Mason solo 1981
A Collection of Great Dance Songs 1982 When the Tigers Broke Free /
Bring the Boys Back Home (single) 1983 The Final Cut Not now John /
The Heroes Return (single) 1984 Roger Waters split from the group
and hoped the others would give up Pink Floyd The Pros and Cons of
Hitch Hiking Roger Waters solo and would-have-been-Pink Floyd album
About Face David Gilmour solo Identity Zee (Rick's group) album Blue
Light / Cruise David Gilmour solo (single) Love on the Air / Let's
get Metaphysical David Gilmour solo (single) The Pros an Cons of
Hitch Hiking / Apparently they were Travelling Aboard Roger Waters
solo (single) Every Stranger's Eyes / For the First Time Today Roger
Waters solo (single) Confusion / Eyes of a Gypsy Rick Wright solo
(single) 1985 Lie for a Lie / And the Address Nick Mason solo
(single) Profiles Nick Mason and Rich Fenn solo 1986 But they didn't!!
After several lawsuits David Gilmour and Nick Mason started again
When the Wind Blows Roger Waters solo 1987 Momentary Lapse of Reason
Radio K.A.O.S Roger Waters solo Radio Waves / Going to live in L.A
Roger Waters solo (single) The Tide is turning / Get back to Radio
Roger Waters solo (single) Learning to Fly / One Slip / Terminal
Frost On the Turning Away / Run Like Hell 1988 Opal collection of
Syd Barrett songs The Peel Session collection of Syd Barrett songs
1989 Delicate Sound of Thunder(1988?) 1990 The Wall live in Berlin
Roger Waters and several other artists 1991 1992 Amused to Death
Roger Waters solo 1993 1994 The Division Bell High Hopes / Keep
Talking / One of These Days (single) 1995 PULSE 1996 Broken China
Rick Wright solo
Records sold :
1. Dark Side of the Moon 25 Million
2. The Wall 17 Million
3. Wish You Were Here 10 Million
4. Animals 6 Million
5. A Momentary Lapse of Reason 6 Million
Tours & Shows :
1967 - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1968 - A Saucerful of Secrets
1969 - The Man/The Journey/More 1970 - Atom Heart Mother/Colourful
meadows 1971 - Meddle/Mauerspechte (dubbel live) 1972 - Obscured By
Clouds 1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon 1975 - Wish You Were Here
1977 - Animals 1979 - The Wall 1981 - A collection of great dance
songs 1983 - The final cut 1987 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason 1988 -
Delicate sound of thunder 1993 - Shine on 1994 - The Division Bell
1995 - Pulse
Diverse Tour's
oOctober 1967 - First tour of the United States oNovember 1967 - The
Jimi Hendrix Experience tour oJuly 1968 - A Saucerful of Secrets
tour oMay 1969 - The Man/The Journey tour oSeptember 1970 - Atom
Heart Mother tour oOctober 1971 - Meddle tour oMarch 1973 - Dark
Side of the Moon tour oNovember 1974 - British Winter Tour 1974
oApril 1975 - Wish You Were Here tour oJanuary 1977 - Animals tour
oSeptember 1987 - A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour oMarch 1994 - The
Division Bell tour
Upcoming projects :
This information is not official yet.
From MTV news:
Good news for maturer rock fans who're planning to celebrate the
turn of the century. British rock band Pink Floyd are scheduled to
play at a millennium concert in Greenwich, London to mark the 21st
Century.
The massive events in 3 years time is going to take place next to
the world's largest Ferris wheel which is also being built to
celebrate the century.
This story was also carried on Virgin Radio, HM Government has set
aside ?200 million pounds for this millennium celebration!
Pink Floyd will make a last album called The Final Album in 1997.
They will make their last gig called The Final Tour in 1998.
"Pink Floyd will reunite with Roger Waters for a massive (believe it
or not) Wish You Were Here tour!!!" Look for 1997 (summer) for this
massive tour!"
Someone heard on a radio interview with Rick Wright, that even if
Wright isn't in contact with Roger Waters, Waters will probably
rejoin the Floyd due to massive public demands.
Pink Floyd have been RECORDING for a new album in May 96 in secret.
They have been recording with Morriston Orpheus male voice choir,
near Swansea, South Wales. According to a choir member, they have
been working on a wall-esque piece by Pink Floyd. It would also seem
that in the early stages, Nick Mason was unable to play the drums
due to an accident, so another drummer was brought in. It is
unconfirmed, but it is believed to have been Phil Collins (ex
Genesis). I'll keep you posted of any further developments. I know
nothing more to date (Dec, 1996).
Also, a Canadian production company has supposedly approached The
Floyd to do an outdoor concert in Nova Scotia. It is unclear at
present whether the band have accepted the offer, but indications
from management are that they will not be touring for some time, and
it is unlikely that they will include that venue.
"I heard on the radio and read it in the news paper that Floyd might
tour in 97. The only thing I could think of that the 25th
anniversary of Dark Side is coming soon......"
Pink Floyd tabs:
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall tab and chord
Pink
Floyd - Brain Damage / Eclipse tab and chord
Pink Floyd - breathe
tab and chord
Pink Floyd -
Comfortably Numb tab and chord
Pink Floyd -
Have A Cigar tab and chord
Pink Floyd - Hey You
tab and chord
Pink Floyd - Money tab
and chord
Pink Floyd -
Run Like Hell tab and chord
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond tab and chord
Pink Floyd - Time tab
and chord
Pink Floyd - Us
And Them tab and chord
Pink
Floyd - Welcome to the Machine tab and chord
Pink Floyd
- Wish You Were Here tab and chord
Pink Floyd - Young
Lust tab and chord
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