![]() Things first came to the head when Walters attempted to have the band disbanded after he quit in 1985 - labelling them a 'spent force creatively.' Since Waters' acrimonious split from the group in 1985, long frustrated fans have yearned for a reunion but have been treated instead to slanging match after slanging match in the never ending feud. The prog rock band sold more than 250million records - but insiders admit they've not been on speaking terms for most of that time. Roger founded Pink Floyd back in 1965. David joined the band two years later in 1967, and Syd left the following year due to mental health problems. The lack of music over the past four decades has caused great pain to fans. Since his departure, Roger has only performed with Nick and David back in 2005 at the Live 8 charity concert in London, and during his own performance of The Wall at The O2 arena in 2011 on a rendition of Comfortably Numb. It was a battle he ultimately lost and later accepted was 'wrong' to start. He sought to prevent Gilmour, Mason and late keyboard player Richard Wright from using the Pink Floyd name ever again. The partnership brought even greater success to the band – and multi-million fortunes to its members – but it would create an extraordinary rivalry between Waters and Gilmour about who was the driving force.Īnd after 17 years of infighting Waters, credited with charting the band's artistic direction and concepts, would finally leave in 1985 before heading straight to the High Court to dissolve the band. He insists the besieged nation is 'not really a country at all' – writing it off as a 'patchy sort of vague experiment'. Waters' pro-Russian stance saw him make a shock virtual appearance during a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday - bizarrely with his dog - where he 'condemned' the invasion of Ukraine but also criticised the 'provocateurs' he claimed had prompted the Russian invasion. Such is the animosity between the pair, Waters has now re-recorded the band's seminal record The Dark Side Of The Moon, without the rest of Pink Floyd, insisting the 1973 album was his project all along and he wrote it all.īut despite his continuing antagonisation of Gilmour and the other surviving bandmate Nick Mason, experts believe the re-release will still mean he must share the royalties - or face a High Court case, which is familiar ground for the warring group. The two Pink Floyd powerhouses grow ever more angry with each other as the years go by - much to the upset of millions of fans who still harbour hope of a final gig or new music by one of Britain's greatest ever bands. Roger Waters and David Gilmour's turbulent near-60 year relationship is proof that time doesn't heal all wounds.
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