Pink Floyd’s last album might have been titled The Endless River, but the iconic rock group’s career has found its end. Guitarist David Gilmour confirmed this weekend that the band is dead.
In an interview with Rolling Stone about his new solo album, Gilmour was asked if the group was done with recording and touring.
“Yeah, for me it is. I've enjoyed that part of my life; that life has given me so much. There's been a lot of joy, a lot of laughter, a lot of creative satisfaction,” Gilmour explained. “We've had a lot of good companionship for 95 percent of our time together. I wouldn't want that five percent that was a little more sour to make my view of it less enjoyable. All things must pass. All things must come to an end. I don't want to go back there. I've done it.”
Gilmour said he doesn’t think it would be “pleasurable” to tour with Nick Mason and Roger Waters, especially since Richard Wright’s death in 2008. He added that, with the release of The Endless River last fall, he can comfortably say goodbye to the group.
“I know people like to cling to stuff, but I'm not one of those people that needs to cling to that,” Gilmour told the magazine. “Getting into huge stadiums and stuff again, it just doesn't fill me with any joy or anticipation. I want to be closer to people and feel like I'm enjoying it from a musical perspective.”
The Endless River did put Gilmour on a track that lead to the completion of Rattle That Lock, which will be released on Sept. 18. It was conceived as a concept album about the feelings a man can have in one day.
Pink Floyd was one of the most influential progressive rock groups in history, thanks to their albums The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and others.