David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

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Born 1946

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Updated 2026-05-29

Pink Floyd's lead guitarist since 1967, David Gilmour steered the band through decades of stadium rock dominance after Syd Barrett left and later after Roger Waters departed. His guitar work defined the sound of progressive rock's most commercially successful era.

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David Jon Gilmour is an English musician best known for being the lead guitarist of the English rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink Floyd had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history. Following the departure of Roger Waters in 1985, Pink Floyd continued under Gilmour's leadership and released the studio albums A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), The Division Bell (1994) and The Endless River (2014).

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