On August 5, 1967, the first album of the famous rock band Pink Floyd, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” was released. Pink Floyd is a legendary band with deep philosophical lyrics, incredible album covers and a surreal style. These five rock musicians turned the music world upside down in their time. Flying pigs, mind-blowing concerts, walking hammers... It makes you want to listen to the famous song Another Brick in the Wall again.
Pink Floyd in photographsPink Floyd in photographs 1967: Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Syd Barrett and Roger Waters in London. (Rex Features)Pink Floyd in photographs Photo of the band members from 1967. (Dezo Hoffmann/Rex Features)Pink Floyd in photographs 1967: Cover of Piper's debut album at the Gates of Dawn. (Alamy)Pink Floyd in photographs March 1973: The Dark Side of Moon album released. The album became one of the best-selling albums at the time, selling about 45 million copies. (Alamy)Pink Floyd in photographs 1975: ticket to the band's famous concert. (Martin Pope)Pink Floyd in photographs December 1976: Pink Floyd's inflatable pig flies over the streets of London during a photo shoot for the Animals album cover. (Alamy/TrinityMirror)Pink Floyd in photographs 1977: Animals album cover. As a result, I had to finish drawing this pig, because... On the day of the photo shoot, the weather was not suitable for the inflatable pig. (Alamy/Jeff Morgan)Pink Floyd in photographs 1977: Successful billboards attracted attention due to their size. There was not much text: the name of the band and the album was more than enough. Pink Floyd had an amazing surreal outlook and unique music. Album covers like Animals were graphically amazing. (Robert Landau/Rock 'n' Roll Billboards/Angel City Press)Pink Floyd in photographs January 1988: A bed flies over the Thames during a promotional campaign for the Delicate Sound of Thunder album. (Rex Features/Nils Jorgensen)Pink Floyd in photographs 1989: Pink Floyd concert on a floating stage in the Venice lagoon. (Rex Features)Pink Floyd in photographs July 21, 1990: Roger Waters performs the famous song "The Wall" with Ute Lemper and Jerry Hall in honor of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which occurred eight months earlier. (Rex Features/Eddie Boldazar)Pink Floyd in photographs May 2, 1994: A blimp over the CN Tower in Toronto in honor of the Division Bell tour. (Rex Features)Pink Floyd in photographs October 2001: An inflatable pig on the roof of the Capital Records building in Hollywood to celebrate the release of The Best of Pink Floyd. (Rex Features/Peter Brooker)Pink Floyd in photographs 2001: models with painted backs in the style of the band's classic albums in Cologne. (Alamy)Pink Floyd in photographs 2 July 2005: Dave Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright on stage in Hyde Park, London. (Rex Features/Brian Rasic)Pink Floyd in photographs Dave Gilmour on stage in Hyde Park, London. (Getty Images)Pink Floyd in photographs 2007: Nick Mason prepares to climb a hill in a pre-war car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. (AFP)Pink Floyd in photographs 2010: British Post issued special stamps featuring the Division Bell album cover.Pink Floyd in photographs May 30, 2011: Roger Waters performs in Paris to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (Getty Images)Pink Floyd in photographs 2011: 35 years after the release of the Animals album, an inflatable pig flies over the factory again. (Paul Grover)