Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd (named after two obscure American bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council) formed in Cambridge in 1964 as a six-piece group of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Bob Klose, and vocalist Chris Dennis. Dennis left early in 1965 and Klose followed him that summer, which left the band as a quartet.

Pink Floyd's first album, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, was released on August 5 1967. The title, chosen by leader Syd Barrett, came from Kenneth Graham's children's novel, Wind In The Willows. 

Not long after the album was released, Syd Barrett began to show increasing signs of damage caused (so it was believed) by his over-indulgence in the psychedelic drug LSD. He became totally unpredictable and somewhat unreliable, to the point where Roger Waters invited guitarist Dave Gilmour to join the band.

The idea was to allow Barrett to concentrate on writing songs while Gilmour assumed his role on stage. After about three months it became clear that this arrangement was unworkable and in April 1968, Pink Floyd parted company with their erratic leader. 

In March 1973, the Dark Side of The Moon album was released to mixed reviews. The album was deliberately gloomy, a thematically linked homage to madness, stress and the problems of everyday life. When it was first performed live as a prelude to the recording session, the  title was Dark Side of The Moon - A Piece For Assorted Lunatics. The music was destined to be bleak; recorded over eight months on Abbey Road's then unused 24-track facility, it made much of sound effects and spoken soundbites. Although the suite was excellently constructed and engaging (if not exactly entertaining) it couldn't be described as another Sgt Pepper or Electric Ladyland.

In fact, even the band couldn't put a finger on what made it so special, and yet it spent over 14 years in the US album charts and sold over 25 million copies worldwide (when it finally came out on CD, one factory in Germany pressed nothing else for several months). This record alone transformed the Floyd into a big league creative force and remains The Concept Album against which all others are judged.

In 1976, the shoot for the cover photo of their Animals LP went horribly wrong when a 40ft inflatable pig slipped its moorings and floated off above the London skyline. 

The city's airports warned pilots to be careful of a huge flying pig, and after one sighting at 20,000 feet over the Kent coast (5o miles from London), the plastic animal was never seen or heard of again!

The Wall, released in 1980, became Britain's Number 1 album and hit the top of the US charts as the band began its world tour - not exactly the most grueling of schedules, the band played just four locations; New York, Los Angeles, Dusseldorf and London. During their spectacular show, a 30ft wall was built across the stage and dismantled brick by brick as the band played on. The review in Rolling Stone magazine described the show as "an enormously impressive testament to a band that doesn't mind playing second fiddle to a lot of white blocks".

1983's The Final Cut proved to be prophetically titled as the group suddenly fell apart at the seams with Roger Waters making his famous acrimonious departure. Nonetheless, the track Not Now John hit number 30 in the UK charts, only the bands fifth hit single in 16 years of making records.

TRIVIA NOTE
When Pink Floyd played an outdoor concert at London's Crystal Palace Bowl in 1970, they played so loud that their music killed most of the fish in the lake in front of the natural amphitheatre's stage.

But what can you expect from a band who seriously name a song Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict . . . ? (This song appears on Ummagumma - The album which is seemingly based on the principle that bands are often at their best when they don't know what it is they are doing.)

The Band

Syd Barrett
Guitar, vocals
Roger Waters
Bass, vocals
Nick Mason
Drums
Rick Wright
Keyboards
Bob Klose
Guitar
Chris Dennis
Vocals
Dave Gilmour
Guitar

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