Waters and Gilmour: A Dysfunctional Relationship
Roger Waters and David Gilmour have always been in a somewhat dysfunctional relationship. Waters was never really gung-ho about the idea of a collaboration, and acted in a way that seems like he would much rather just be the captain of his own ship. Gilmour, who joined Pink Floyd in 1968, found himself in a power struggle with Waters as the years progressed.
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Eventually, the never-ending battles took their toll and Waters left the band in 1985. Waters was also angry with keyboardist Richard Wright, who he felt didn’t write enough material for The Wall. So, he fired the guy. Waters took things to the next level by going legal on the band members.