Richard Wright

Richard Wright, also known as "Rick" Wright was a british pianist, keyboardist, vocalist and song writer. He was born 28 July 1943, and grew up in "Hatch End" in northern London. Richard Wright was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School and the Regent Street Polytechnic College of Architecture. In college he met some of his future fellow band members; Roger Waters and Nick Mason, and together they founded Pink Floyd, then called "Pink Floyd Sound". Wright was a prominent musical force in the group, while not credited as a singer at the album "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", he sang lead on songs like "Astronomy Domine" and "Matilda Mother". As the sound and the goals of the band evolved, Wright focused more on contributing on his distinctive style to extend the instrumental compositions in the band and less on song writing. Because of strugling both with personal problems and with the relationship to Roger Waters he was forced to resign from Pink Floyd during The Wall sessions in 1979. In 1983, Pink Floyd released the only album on which Wright does not appear, it is called "The Final Cut".