DAVID GILMOUR
David Gilmour is guitarist, vocalist and writer with Pink Floyd, but is also renowned for his solo work: his highly acclaimed 2006 platinum album On An Island was Number 1 in the UK, Number 6 in the US and reached Top 10 in many countries.
David Gilmour and Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett met as children in Cambridge, UK, and later began playing guitar together. In 1965 Syd joined Roger Waters, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason to form Pink Floyd, while David continued playing with a succession of his own bands. In 1968 David was asked to augment the Pink Floyd lineup as the Singer and guitarist, only for Syd to leave the group five gigs later. David’s guitar playing, singing and songwriting became major factors of Pink Floyd’s worldwide success, including his distinctive vocals and guitar playing on The Dark Side of The Moon, the third most successful album of all time.
In 1978, David released his first solo album, David Gilmour, which charted in the UK and the US. His second solo album, About Face, was released in 1984, again hitting the Top 20 in the UK.
David assumed control of Pink Floyd in 1985, after Roger Waters’ departure, creating the new Floyd album A Momentary Lapse of Reason, with Richard Wright and Nick Mason. It was followed in 1994 by The Division Bell, which contained the instrumental Marooned, composed by David and Richard Wright, for which Pink Floyd won their sole Grammy Award. Both Albums charted at Number 1 on both sides of the Atlantic and were supported by sold out world tours. Live album and video, P.U.L.S.E followed in 1995. Sales of all Pink Floyd albums released after Roger Waters’ departure exceed 40 million copies worldwide.
In 1996, Pink Floyd were inducted into the US Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, followed by the same honor in the UK.
David is one of the all-time guitar greats, with an instinctive and distinctive sound; he was voted ‘Best Fender Guitar Player Ever’ in a poll in Guitarist magazine, beating such greats as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
On March 6th 2006, David released his third solo album, On An Island, which entered the UK Charts at Number 1, subsequently hitting the top position in the pan-European charts, as well as hitting multi-Platinum around the world.
In 2010 Pink Floyd released their last album The Endless River and in 2015 David released Rattle That Lock followed by a world Tour of 50 shows in 13 countries. The Endless River became the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon UK, and debuted at Number 1 in several countries. Rattle That Lock, hit Number 1 in the 12 album charts and Top 5 in the US.
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