Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Live in Torino, Italy 1994) Soundboard

David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Richard Wright
Roger Waters
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Pink Floyd are an awesome English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and epic live shows. Pink Floyd was leading band of the progressive rock genre, cited by many as the greatest progressive rock band of all time.
Founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health from too many acid trips. Rodger Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind the band's peak success with the albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979)..
Wright left Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued on as Pink Floyd, rejoined later by Wright. They produced two more albums—A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994)—then toured in support of both before entering a long hiatus. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. The last Pink Floyd studio album, The Endless River (2014), was based on unreleased material from the Division Bell recording sessions.
By 2013, Pink Floyd had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and these albums and Wish You Were Here are among the best-selling albums of all time. Four Pink Floyd albums topped the US Billboard 200, and five topped the UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's hit singles include See Emily Play (1967), Money (1973), Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 (1979), Not Now John (1983), On the Turning Away (1987) and High Hopes (1994). They were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.