A first international retrospective exhibition on the world-famous rock band Pink Floyd which recalls how the British group became a cultural icon since it was born in the 1960s, opened in london.
"Pink Floyd is one of the biggest bands of the last century. They came to prominence in the mid-60s when they were in the vanguard of the psychedelic movement, when music was really changing," the exhibition's curator Victoria Broackes told Xinhua news agency on Saturday when the exhibition -- Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains -- opened at the Victoria and Albert Museum in london.
Pink Floyd, formed by young architecture students -- Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason, chose the name by amalgamating the names of two American Blues musicians Pink Anderson and Floyd Counsel.
The band's living members Waters and David Gilmour who later joined the band as the lead guitarist and vocals after Barrett's departure, and Mason, all of whom offered items for display.