Santa Monica College the Breakup of Pink Floyd Essay

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4-5 page essay about the break up of pink floyd (MINIMUM OF 5 SOURCES). This is an easy assignment that can be interesting if you like Pink Floyd or music in general.

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Running head: PINK FLOYD BREAK UP

Pink Floyd Break Up
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PINK FLOYD BREAK UP

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Pink Floyd Break Up
Introduction

Pink Floyd originated from London in the year 1965 is formed as a rock band. They
were internationally recognized for producing philosophical music and live shows. Their
success in their work provided that they become among the most commercially successful
bands in history (Freiman, 2015). The band comprised of a group of students with each being
assigned a role to play on the band. Syd Barret was the lead vocals as well as the guitarist, the
role of drums were performed by Nick Mason, on bass and vocals was Roger Waters, and
finally, Richard Wright was on keyboards and vocals. Their fame came from their
performances in London underground. At the beginning of the band, Syd Barret was the
leader and under him, they produced two singled and debuted an album. An additional
member to the band was David Gilmour who was a guitarist and a vocalist. Barret’s
leadership was however short-lived as he departed the band in 1968 because of his health
deteriorating.
Waters assumed the leadership role and in addition, he was the primary lyricist. He
led the band in composing two of the best selling records of all time. As a result of creative
issues in the band, Richard Wright left the band in 1979 followed by Roger Waters in 1985.
Nick Mason and David Gilmour continued as the Pink Floyd with Wright joining them later.
They maintained the band touring through to 1994 and underwent a spell of enmit...


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