I'm listening to the Momentary Lapse of Reason album that P Floyd released after they resumed post Roger Waters.
Waters says it's not a Pink Floyd record. It came out in the late 80s, and the critics almost all agreed that it was a terrible that Dave G and company had brought in songwriters and musicians.
I've been a bit troubled by that too, but as I listen to it this morning, it hit me that we never criticize musicians for using non-bandmate backing singers or backing orchestras. What's the difference between an outside musician playing a violin or a guitar?
It is not a "Pink Floyd" album, but it's a damned good album. Ezrin and Gilmour put together a sadly overlooked and wrongly-maligned musical extravaganza.
Something related but I find worse is the attitude that bands can carry on with non-original member musicians. Chicago and Kiss both have seriously stated that their bands will go on without them.
Hi, I'm the lead singer and songwriter now of Chicago. I didn't play on any of the original albums, and non of my songs have even charted with Chicago, but I'm the face of Chicago and so are the 20-something year old sessions musicians who do Chicago part time when they're not on tour with Celine Dion.