Halfway through recording, keyboardist Richard Wright was fired from the band for a lack of creative input. It’s an expansive concept to say the least and – much like Pete Townshend’s rock opera Tommy from 10 years prior – it was a self-exorcism that tormented its creators for decades.īehind the scenes Waters took control of the project, creating widening cracks in his already fractured relationships with bandmates. At the album’s end an increasingly fascist audience watch on as Pink tears down the wall of grief, becoming a normal, caring person once more. Pink later became a drug addict, depressed by the music industry, evolving into a megalomaniac loosely inspired by the mental decline of Floyd progenitor Syd Barrett. This was the first metaphorical brick in the wall, and the problems spiralled from there.
