![]() Essentially-although there was far more complex detail-the arrangement allowed Roger to be freed from his arrangement with Steve, and David and me to continue working under the name Pink Floyd. Jerome painstakingly typed out the bones of a settlement. David and Roger convened for a summit meeting on the houseboat with Jerome Walton, David's accountant. We eventually formalised a settlement with Roger. Waters claims to have been forced to resign much like Wright some years earlier, and decided to leave Pink Floyd based on legal considerations, stating: "if I hadn't, the financial repercussions would have wiped me out completely." In December 1987, Waters and Pink Floyd reached an agreement. Gilmour and Mason opposed the application and announced their intention to continue as Pink Floyd. In his submission to the High Court he called Pink Floyd a "spent force creatively". In October 1986, he initiated High Court proceedings to formally dissolve the Pink Floyd partnership. ![]() In December 1985, Waters issued a statement to EMI and CBS invoking the "Leaving Member" clause in his contract. 离开和对吉尔摩和梅森的诉讼 Īmidst creative differences, Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal battle with the band regarding their continued use of the name and material. Loder viewed the work as "essentially a Roger Waters solo album". Rolling Stone magazine gave the album five stars, with Kurt Loder describing it as "a superlative achievement" and "art rock's crowning masterpiece". According to Mason, after power struggles within the band and creative arguments about the album, Gilmour's name "disappeared" from the production credits, though he retained his pay. At the time Gilmour did not have any new material, so he asked Waters to delay the recording until he could write some songs, but Waters refused. His lyrics were critical of the Conservative Party government of the day and mention Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by name. Waters wrote all the album's lyrics as well as the music. The album was subtitled: "A requiem for the post-war dream by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd". In March 1983, the last Waters–Gilmour–Mason collaboration, The Final Cut, was released. ![]() The last band performance of The Wall was on 16 June 1981, at Earls Court London, and this was Pink Floyd's last appearance with Waters until the band's brief reunion at 2 July 2005 Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, 24 years later. The band embarked on The Wall Tour of Los Angeles, New York, London, and Dortmund. Pink Floyd hired Bob Ezrin to co-produce the album and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe to illustrate the sleeve art. ![]() Having sold over 23 million RIAA certified units in the US as of 2013, is one of the top three best-selling albums of all time in America, according to RIAA. The double album The Wall was written almost entirely by Waters and is largely based on his life story.
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