RIP Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)
Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright Dies at 65
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: September 15, 2008 Filed at 7:50 p.m. ET Richard Wright performed with a reunited Pink Floyd at “Live 8” in 2005. LONDON (AP) -- Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd's spokesman, Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details about his death. Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965. The group's jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia ''happenings'' made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 album, ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,'' was a hit. In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, was seen as the group's dominant musical force. The London-born musician and son of a biochemist wrote songs and played the keyboard. ''Rick's keyboards were an integral park of the Pink Floyd sound,'' said Joe Boyd, a prominent record producer who worked with Pink Floyd early in its career. The band released a series of commercially and critically successful albums including 1973's ''Dark Side of the Moon,'' which has sold more than 40 million copies. Wright wrote ''The Great Gig in the Sky'' and ''Us and Them'' for that album, and later worked on the group's epic compositions such as ''Atom Heart Mother,'' ''Echoes'' and ''Shine on You Crazy Diamond.'' But tensions grew among Waters, Wright and fellow band member David Gilmour. The tensions came to a head during the making of ''The Wall'' when Waters insisted Wright be fired. As a result, Wright was relegated to the status of session musician on the tour of ''The Wall,'' and did not perform on Pink Floyd's 1983 album, ''The Final Cut.'' Wright formed a new band Zee with Dave Harris, from the band Fashion, and released one album, ''Identity,'' with Atlantic Records. Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and Wright began recording with Mason and Gilmour again, releasing the albums ''The Division Bell'' and ''A Momentary Lapse of Reason'' as Pink Floyd. Wright also released the solo albums ''Wet Dream'' (1978) and ''Broken China'' (1996). In July 2005, Wright, Waters, Mason and Gilmour reunited to perform at the ''Live 8'' charity concert in London -- the first time in 25 years they had been onstage together. Wright also worked on Gilmour's solo projects, most recently playing on the 2006 album ''On an Island'' and the accompanying world tour. Gilmour paid tribute to Wright on Monday, saying his input was often forgotten. ''He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognized Pink Floyd sound,'' he said. ''I have never played with anyone quite like him.'' ________________________________ So sad :( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...-dark-side.jpg |
Oh no. :( I will have to tell my brother this, he adores PF.
RIP |
That's very sad. I woke up today with a sms from my sister telling me this. No more PF reunion...
Remember his vocal part in the song "Time"? I remembered it suddenly after i heard the news: Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun I'll miss him :(:( |
RIP to a great player.
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****ing hell, no way man.
I rarely ever get myself down too much over someone famous dying but shit, this is gonna have me down in the dumps for at least today :( I frickin' love Pink Floyd so much :( RIP Richard Wright |
shine on you crazy diamond
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He truly is playing that great gig in the sky now. Someone said this earlier and I thought it was pretty cool - "Heaven's house band is now even better" |
Sad, sad news. didn`t know til i read this. i`m a huge floyd fan too!. sad sad day!!
R.I.P |
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And then there's the Devils house band :p |
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