History Music / PinkFloyd

* PastInTheRearViewMirror: The first verse of "Two Suns in the Sunset", before a nuclear blast hits the narrator.
-->''In my rear view mirror''\\
''The sun is going down''\\
''Sinking behind bridges in the road''\\
''I think of all the good things''\\
''That we have left undone''

* '''Richard Wright''' - lead vocals, piano, organ, keyboards, celeste, mellotron, harpsichord, harmonium, vibraphone, xylophone, tin whistle, bongos, [=VCS3=], clavinet, bass pedals, violin, tape effects, accordion, [[Main/TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers dog]] [[note]] The Live at Pompeii video for the tune Mademoiselle Nobs, in which he induced the titular dog's "singing"[[/note]] (1965-1979, 1987-1995, 2005, died 2008)

* TheFaceless: For a long time, they were one of the most famous rock bands in the world, but the average rock fan couldn't name or identify the band members in a picture if they tried, no thanks to their show-stealing light shows, stage effects and not appearing in most of their record covers. Their identities didn't become common knowledge until around ''1987'', during the court battle between the band and Waters and the subsequent promotion of ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'', which prominently featured Gilmour and Mason. This caused problems for Waters and Gilmour's solo careers: their respective 1984 solo albums[[note]]''The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking'' and ''About Face''[[/note]] and tours didn't attract Floyd fans as they'd hoped. Gilmour reformed Pink Floyd partly because he'd spent twenty years helping build an audience for the band, then had to start over as a middle-aged man -- and a lot of Waters' friction with Music/EricClapton on the ''Pros and Cons'' tour was allegedly rooted in such problems, plus Waters's observations that most of the audience only wanted to see Clapton play guitar.

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[[caption-width-right:275:Pink Floyd in January 1968, from the only known photoshoot during the five months that all five members were together.[[note]]'''L-R:''' Nick Mason, David Gilmour, Music/RogerWaters, Music/SydBarrett, and Richard Wright.[[/note]]]]

* {{Feelies}}:
** [=LPs=] of ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' came with two posters -- one of the band on stage, and one of the pyramids at Giza, apparently photographed by moonlight.
** The LP of ''Music/{{Wish You Were Here|1975}}'' was shrink wrapped in black plastic, with a sticker on the outside. Between the wrap and the sleeve was a postcard.
** Early CD's of ''Pulse'' came in a cardboard sleeve with a blinking red LED.

* LongRunner: Active from 1965 to 1995, plus the reunions in 2005 and 2013-2014.

* UnreplacedDeparted: The band soldiered on after Music/RogerWaters left the band in 1985, at first officially as a duo with David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with Richard Wright appearing as a guest musician on ''Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason''. Wright, who himself had been fired during the recording of ''Music/TheWall'' and replaced by session musicians on the next album, ''Music/TheFinalCut'', was reinstated as a full band member for ''Music/TheDivisionBell'', and the classic lineup with all four band members reunited for Live 8 in 2005, the last performance before Wright's death in 2008. Session bassist Guy Pratt played live with the band on the post-Waters tours and on ''The Division Bell'', but he was never inducted as an official member.

** ''Music/WishYouWereHere1975'': the two halves of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".

** ''Music/[[WishYouWereHere1975]]'': the two halves of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".

** ''Music/{{WishYouWereHere|1975}}'': the two halves of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".