49 Facts About Pink Floyd

1.

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright .

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Four Pink Floyd albums topped the US Billboard 200, and five topped the UK Album Chart.

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In 2008, Pink Floyd were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Sweden for their contribution to modern music.

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5.

In 1967, Pink Floyd began to attract the attention of the music industry.

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6.

Pink Floyd continued to draw large crowds at the UFO Club; however, Barrett's mental breakdown was by then causing serious concern.

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7.

Pink Floyd refused to move his lips when it came time to mime "See Emily Play" on Boone's show.

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8.

In 1968, Pink Floyd returned to Abbey Road Studios to record their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets.

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The first of several Pink Floyd album covers designed by Hipgnosis, it was the second time that EMI permitted one of their groups to contract designers for an album jacket.

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10.

Pink Floyd toured extensively across America and Europe in 1970.

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11.

In 1971, Pink Floyd took second place in a reader's poll, in Melody Maker, and for the first time were making a profit.

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12.

Pink Floyd recorded The Dark Side of the Moon between May 1972 and January 1973 with EMI staff engineer Alan Parsons at Abbey Road.

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13.

Pink Floyd had changed significantly in appearance, so much so that the band did not initially recognise him.

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14.

In 1975, Pink Floyd bought a three-storey group of church halls at 35 Britannia Row in Islington and began converting them into a recording studio and storage space.

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15.

Pink Floyd performed much of Animals during their "In the Flesh" tour.

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The cover, with a stark brick wall and band name, was the first Pink Floyd album cover since The Piper at the Gates of Dawn not designed by Hipgnosis.

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17.

Pink Floyd saw Margaret Thatcher's response to the invasion of the Falklands as jingoistic and unnecessary, and dedicated the album to his late father.

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18.

Pink Floyd did not use Thorgerson for the cover design, Waters choosing to design the cover himself.

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19.

Pink Floyd later stated that he used the album to distance himself from Pink Floyd.

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20.

Mason and Gilmour left the restaurant thinking that Pink Floyd could continue after Waters had finished The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, noting that they had had several hiatuses before; however, Waters left believing that Mason and Gilmour had accepted that Pink Floyd were finished.

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21.

Pink Floyd contacted O'Rourke to discuss settling future royalty payments.

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22.

Pink Floyd terminated his management contract with O'Rourke and employed Peter Rudge to manage his affairs.

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23.

Waters later stated that, by not making new albums, Pink Floyd would be in breach of contract—which would suggest that royalty payments would be suspended—and that the other band members had forced him from the group by threatening to sue him.

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24.

In 2013, Waters said he regretted the lawsuit and had failed to appreciate that the Pink Floyd name had commercial value independent of the band members.

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25.

Pink Floyd responded by attaching a large set of male genitalia to its underside to distinguish it from Waters's design.

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26.

Several years Pink Floyd had busied themselves with personal pursuits, such as filming and competing in the La Carrera Panamericana and recording a soundtrack for a film based on the event.

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27.

Pink Floyd spent more than two weeks rehearsing in a hangar at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California, before opening on 29 March 1994, in Miami, with an almost identical road crew to that used for their Momentary Lapse of Reason tour.

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28.

Pink Floyd's funeral was held at Cambridge Crematorium on 18 July 2006; no Pink Floyd members attended.

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29.

In November 2015, Pink Floyd released a limited edition EP, 1965: Their First Recordings, comprising six songs recorded prior to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

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30.

Endless River was released on 7 November 2014, the second Pink Floyd album distributed by Parlophone following the release of the 20th anniversary editions of The Division Bell earlier in 2014.

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31.

In 2015, Gilmour reiterated that Pink Floyd were "done" and that to reunite without Wright would be wrong.

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32.

Pink Floyd had already removed music from streaming services in Russia and Belarus.

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33.

Rarely will you find Pink Floyd dishing up catchy hooks, tunes short enough for air-play, or predictable three-chord blues progressions; and never will you find them spending much time on the usual pop album of romance, partying, or self-hype.

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34.

Pink Floyd employs extended, stand-alone instrumentals which are never mere vehicles for showing off virtuoso but are planned and integral parts of the performance.

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35.

Pink Floyd used a binson echorec 2 delay effect on his bass-guitar track for "One of These Days".

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36.

Pink Floyd used innovative sound effects and state of the art audio recording technology during the recording of The Final Cut.

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37.

Pink Floyd composed several film scores, starting in 1968, with The Committee.

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38.

Pink Floyd arrived at the festival at around three o'clock in the morning after a long journey by van and ferry from the Netherlands, taking the stage just as the sun was beginning to rise.

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39.

O'Neill Surber explored the lyrics of Pink Floyd and declared the issue of non-being a common theme in their music.

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40.

Pink Floyd drew a parallel between the album's political themes and that of Orwell's Animal Farm.

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41.

Alienation from others is a consistent theme in the lyrics of Pink Floyd, and it is a core element of The Wall.

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42.

Pink Floyd viewed the album's explication of mental illness as illuminating a universal condition.

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43.

Pink Floyd then stands trial for "showing feelings of an almost human nature", further exacerbating his alienation of species being.

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44.

Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially successful and influential rock bands of all time.

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45.

In 1995, Pink Floyd won the Grammy for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" for "Marooned".

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46.

In 2008, Pink Floyd were awarded the Swedish Polar Music Prize for their contribution to modern music.

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47.

Pink Floyd were an influence on the neo-progressive rock subgenre which emerged in the 1980s.

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48.

Pink Floyd were admirers of the Monty Python comedy group, and helped finance their 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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49.

In 2016, Pink Floyd became the second band to feature on a series of UK postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail.

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