David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

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Born 1946
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Updated 2026-06-10

The guitarist who inherited Pink Floyd mid-flight in 1967 and steered it through Syd Barrett's exit into decades of stadium grandeur — then kept the name alive after Roger Waters walked out, releasing three more albums under his own command.

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David Jon Gilmour was born 6 March 1946 and joined Pink Floyd in 1967, shortly before founding member Syd Barrett departed. By the early 1980s the band had become one of the highest-selling and most acclaimed acts in music history. When Roger Waters left in 1985, Gilmour took the helm and released A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987), The Division Bell (1994), and The Endless River (2014). He's put out five solo studio albums across five decades — David Gilmour (1978), About Face (1984), On an Island (2006), Rattle That Lock (2015), Luck and Strange (2024) — and notched three solo number-ones on…

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David Gilmour

saidJun 2005

It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.

— Comment regarding the Pink Floyd reunion concert to protest G8 policies, as quoted in The Scotsman (June 2005)

David Gilmour

saidMay 2003

I've been in The Who, I've been in The Beatles and I've been in Pink Floyd! Top that!

— Record Collector (May 2003)

David Gilmour

said2003

Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing ...

— On guitar solos, in an interview in Time, quoted in Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon (2003)

David Gilmour

saidSep 1992

He had developed his own limited, or very simple style.

— On Roger Waters, as quoted in Rock Compact Disc (September 1992)

David Gilmour

saidSep 1988

Roger doesn't have the right at present to tell me what to do with my life, although he believes that he does. And he'll not ruin my career, although lately he's been trying to.

— As quoted in Penthouse (September 1988)

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