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William Wright was born on the 28th of July, 1945. His parents Bridie and
Cedric Wright had two other children, daughters, Selina and Guinvere. He
went to the exclusive Harberdashers school and when he was 17 he went to
Regent Street School of Architecture. There he met bassist Roger Waters
and drummer Nick Mason. |
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Soon after they
formed with Syd Barrett and finally formed Pink Floyd. Wright did some
earlier work in the early stages of the band but his first big
contribution to the band was when he co-wrote , The Great Gig In The
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tension grew in the band after Animals so he released his first solo
album, Wet Dream in 1978. He was accompanied by Mel Collins (sax), Snowy
White (guitar), Larry Steele (bass), and Reg Isadore(drums). He did not
perform and concerts for them. |
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time they came to record , The Wall in 1979 Roger Waters was assuming
control of the band. Wright felt the full brunt of this when Waters
threatened not to release The Wall unless Wright left the band. Wright
spent the next two years as payed employee playing, The Wall in Britian
and Germany. |
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None of
this knowledge was known by the public until Wrights name was
conspicuously absent from Pink Floyd album in 1983, The Final Cut. However
within months the band died from tension amongst the survivors. After
leaving Pink Floyd He joined a short Partnership with a group named Zee.
There were again no live dates. |
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rejoined Pink Floyd in 1987, after Gilmour and mason reconfigured the
band. He was too late to be recorded in , A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. He
still played in the world tour which confirmed Pink Floyd as one of the
biggest drawing live shows. They made a couple more albums afterwards and
toured once more. |
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