List of Pink Floyd band members

Three line-ups of Pink Floyd performing in 1973, 1989 and 2005.

Pink Floyd were an English rock band founded in late 1965 by Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals.[1] Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour would later join the band in December 1967,[2][3] while Barrett was ousted from the band in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health.[4] From the 1970s onwards, they were augmented by additional personnel in the studio and on stage. Following creative tensions, Wright left in 1981,[5] followed by Waters in 1985.[6] Wright rejoined as a session musician[7] and, later, band member.[8] Mason is the only member to appear on all studio releases.[9]

  1. ^ Povey 2008, pp. 18–19.
  2. ^ Povey 2008, p. 47.
  3. ^ Blake 2011, p. 109.
  4. ^ Schaffner 1991, pp. 107–108.
  5. ^ Simmons 1999, p. 88.
  6. ^ Blake 2008, pp. 311–313: O'Rourke's involvement in the settlement; Povey 2008, p. 240: "a spent force".
  7. ^ Blake 2008, pp. 316–317.
  8. ^ Blake 2008, p. 355.
  9. ^ "Nick Mason Explains Why He'll Never Give Up On Pink Floyd". Rolling Stone. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.