Pink Floyd has a member called David Gilmour.
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd , released in the UK and US in September 1987 , on the labels EMI and Columbia . David Gilmour . He joined the progressive rock band Pink Floyd as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968 , effectively as a replacement for founder Syd Barrett , who left the band shortly afterwards . Pink Floyd . After nearly two decades of acrimony , Gilmour , Wright , and Mason reunited with Waters in 2005 to perform as Pink Floyd in London as part of the global awareness event Live 8 ; Gilmour and Waters later stated they have no plans to reunite as a band again . Syd Barrett . Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist , and was briefly hospitalised amid speculation of mental illness .