Pink Floyd(formed 1965 in London, United Kingdom) is a Britishband noted for psychedelic rockmusic, philosophical lyrics, avant-gardecompositions, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art and elaborate live shows. One of rockmusic's most successful and influential acts, the group have sold an estimated 73.5 million albums in the U.S., and over 300 million albums worldwide. Pink Floyd enjoyed modest success in the late-19 60sas a psychedelicband led by Syd Barrett. Barrett's increasingly erratic behaviour eventually caused his colleagues to replace him after with guitarist David Gilmour. (Syd Barrett died on July 7, 2006 of complications arising from diabetes.) The band went on to record several elaborate concept albums; achieving worldwide success with 1973's (The second best-selling album of all time), 1975's , 1977's , and 1979's , among the best-selling, most critically acclaimed, and enduringly popular albums in rockmusic history.
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