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1. Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd were an
English rock band that achieved international
acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic
music. Distinguished by their use of philosophical
lyrics, sonic experimentation, and elaborate live
shows, they are one of the most commercially
successful and musically influential groups in the
history of popular music. history of popular music.

2. Founded in 1965, Pink Floyd originally consisted of students
Roger waters
Syd Barett
Richard Wright Nicholas Berkeley Mason Nicholas
Berkeley Mason

3. -Inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in
2005, as of 2013 they have sold more than 250 million records worldwide.
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-. David Gilmour joined as a fifth member in December 1967; Barrett left the band in April 1968
due to his deteriorating mental health. After Barrett's departure, Waters became the band's
primary lyricist, and by the mid-1970s, their dominant songwritere United States.

4. In 2006, Gilmour was interviewed for an article printed in the Italian
newspaper La Repubblica that declared that Pink Floyd had dissolved.
When asked about their future, Gilmour explained that the band was
finished making music, and that at the age of 60 he preferred to work on
his own. Since then, both he and Waters have repeatedly insisted that
they have no plans to reunite with the surviving former members. Barrett
died in 2006 and Wright in 2008. In 2011, Gilmour and Mason joined
Waters at one of his The Wall Tour shows