How was the Early life and career of Richard Wright (musician)?
Wright, whose father was head biochemist at Unigate Dairies, grew up in Hatch End, North London and was educated at the Haberdashers’ Aske’s School and the Regent Street Polytechnic College of Architecture. There he met fellow band members Roger Waters and Nick Mason, was a founding member of The Pink Floyd Sound (as they were then called) in 1965, and also participated in its previous incarnations, Sigma 6 and The (Screaming) Abdabs.[1][2] In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright was a prominent musical force in the group (although not as much as Syd Barrett, the band’s chief songwriter and front man at the time) and he wrote and sang several songs of his own during 1967–1968. While not credited as a singer on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, he sang lead on Barrett-penned songs like “Astronomy Domine” and “Matilda Mother”, as well as notable harmonies on “The Scarecrow” and “Chapter 24”. Examples of his early compositions include “Remember a Day”, “See-Saw”, “Paint Box” and “It Would B
