Pink Floyd can safely be tagged as one of the most sucessful bands of all time, and even now, some forty years after their debut, they are still loved the world over. They were one of the most important and influentual British progressive rock acts of the seventies (along with Genesis and Yes), and were instrumental in defining the "Space Rock" subgenre of the progressive movement. Worldwide album sales are estimated between 175 and 200 million.
Pink Floyd grew out of the remains of a jazz-rock band known as The Meggadeaths, Sigma Six, or The Screaming Abdabs (and occasionally simply The Abdabs). When this band broke up in 1965, former members Bob Klose (guitar), George "Roger" Waters (bass) and Nick Mason (percussion), along with the future keyboardist Richard Wright (who primarily played wind instruments at the time, including saxophone), formed the band Tea Set. They were joined shortly after by Syd Barrett, who quickly became the focal figure of the band. The name was changed to The Pink/Floyd Sound after the group was billed with another group called Tea Set (Barr...more
