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The English rock band Pink Floyd was born

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he 5 July 196459 years ago, this rock band was formed in London home countryconsidered one of the most successful and influential groups of the 20th century.

How was Pink Floyd formed?

It was Syd Barrett, steeped in American blues heritage from a young age, who suggested the name home countrya double tribute to the musicians Pink Anderson And Floyd Council

During the summer of 1964, some members of the rock band Young People 6 sigma They made the decision to split up and form, at their own expense, a new formation, which would be called tea set. members of it Lined up The fetus was the drummer Nick Masonguitar player Roger Waters and keyboardist Richard Wrightwho will join soon Bob Klosewho is also a guitarist—Waters, as a versatile musician, quickly took up the bass—and vocalist Mr. Barrett. It was the latter, steeped in American blues heritage from a young age, who suggested the name home countrya double tribute to the musicians Pink Anderson And Floyd Council. Barely a year after the formation of the band, Bob Klose would be forced to leave it due to family pressure to continue his studies. Pink Floyd’s original line-up will be formed as follows: Mr. Barrett will be the front man and principal songwriter at the time of release Piper at the gates of dawnan album released in 1967 that would mark the band’s debut, and with massive influence the psychedelic rock that was gaining a following in the Anglo-Saxon world at the end of the 1960s.

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What was the group’s path?

In the quarterfinals, Otto Rehhagel’s team against all odds defeated the mighty French team, which had stars of size Thierry HenryAnd Zinedine Zidane also Patrick Scallop

The degree of exposure the band was suddenly subjected to, coupled with his regular use of LSD and increasing instability, forced Syd Barrett to leave the band in 1968. A year earlier, his father had joined the band. David Gilmour, who then took on the role of lead singer and guitarist for Pink Floyd. The quartet of Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason would be the group that would take the English band to their highest levels of success and influence during the 1970s. She had already abandoned the strict framework of psychedelic rock suggested by Barrett, Roger Waters He was the one who took the creative leadership of Pink Floyd. albums like A dish full of secrets also A mother’s heart is an atomreleased between 1968 and 1970, marked the transition that would lead to The dark side of the moon, an album released in 1973 that would mark the before and after of the band’s career and would, almost immediately, become one of the most iconic acts in rock history. It was followed, with lasting success, by other albums such as I wish you were hereAnd the animals also the wall, a long concept album pioneered by Roger Waters that would solidify their progressive rock sound and certainly establish them as pioneers in the history of modern music. Entering the 1980s, with Waters’ departure from the formation following the release of the 1980s The last cutPink Floyd stayed for a few years with Gilmour at the helm, realizing, in any case, that their moment of greatness was already sealed in the past.

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Another historical ephemeris for July 5th

today July 5, 1601 The Spanish tercios began the siege of Ostend, which lasted over three years.

he July 5, 1943 The Battle of Kursk began in the Russian region of the same name.

today July 5, 1962 The Evian Agreements were signed, thanks to which Algeria gained its independence from France.

today July 5, 1975 Cape Verde managed to free itself from Portugal.

today July 5, 2015 The Greeks rejected in a referendum the conditions imposed by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund on their country.

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