How A Momentary Lapse Of Reason caused all-out war for Pink Floyd

View of the English Rock musician David Gilmour, of the band Pink Floyd, as he sits in a director's chair during an interview on MTV at Teletronic Studios AND Roger Waters plays bass as he performs onstage at the Poplar Creek Music Theater

As Pink Floyd all but collapsed following the release of 1983’s The Final Cut, fans could’ve been forgiven for thinking that the rancour between warring members Roger Waters and David Gilmour couldn’t have got any worse. But things were about to get nuclear.

It was the mid-80s and Gilmour and Waters had both recently released solo albums to mild success, but with Waters officially announcing that he’d officially left Pink Floyd, Gilmour saw a fresh future for the prog-rock pioneers. No matter that in Waters’ mind, his departure meant the end of Pink Floyd – for Gilmour, the idea of re-forming the band and making a new record without his overbearing bandmate was pretty much a dream come true.