Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason says band could use AI to replace ex-members
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason says there is no chance David Gilmour and Roger Waters will ever be friends again - but believes artificial intelligence could create songs instead
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason says Welcome to the Machine in a bid to bring back feuding bandmate Roger Waters – using AI.
Nick, 80, believes there is no chance guitarist David Gilmour, 78, and bassist Roger will bury the hatchet after a decades-long row. But he does think artificial intelligence could create songs as if Roger, 80, had never left the band in 1985.
The bitter feud dates from then, when Waters unsuccessfully tried to stop the remaining members from using the Pink Floyd name. Nick said: “It would be fascinating to see what AI could do with new music. If you tried to run it as a sort of ‘Where did Pink Floyd go after?’
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“The thing to do would be to have an AI situation where David and Roger become friends again. We could be like ABBA by the time we’ve finished with it.” The group, whose albums include The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, are one of the best-selling groups of all time.
They were last on stage together at 2005’s Live 8 charity gig in Hyde Park, London. The next year, Floyd original Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968 due to declining mental health, died. Two years later, keyboardist Richard Wright died from lung cancer aged 65.
Nick is sad the feud overshadows what the band achieved and the good times. He said: “In a 55-year career, most of it was great fun. We were enormously privileged to be in a successful band and tour the world and hang out with really interesting people. It’s a gold card to meet all sorts of your favourite sportsmen and actors.”
Nick plays early Pink Floyd songs with his own band, Saucerful of Secrets – which also features Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp. He said: “The best thing about keeping the thing going is for our benefit. It makes sense to keep it going rather than shutting it down. I also enjoy it because the more time passes, the more you can look at it with a rosier glint.”
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