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By 1973, Pink Floyd achieved everything they’d wanted. Roger Waters called it “the end of the road”
Pink Floyd’s success with *The Dark Side of the Moon* left Roger Waters feeling the band had reached the goal they had pursued since their teenage years. In a 1975 interview, he called the album “the end of the road”, saying there seemed to be nothing more to achieve in rock’n’roll.
The band were tired and bored after years of work, and an attempt to record without conventional instruments came to nothing. Waters said the album’s sales brought money and adulation, but not the fulfilment they expected; boredom eventually prompted them to make *Wish You Were Here*, which explored their distance from one another and the music business.
In short
- *The Dark Side of the Moon* felt like Pink Floyd’s destination.
- Waters said success brought money and adulation, but also boredom.
- That restlessness helped shape *Wish You Were Here*.
Explained simply
Pink Floyd were a British rock band whose members included singer and bassist Roger Waters. By the early 1970s, they had spent years writing and recording music, and their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon became a major commercial success.
The album brought the band wealth and public attention, but success did not necessarily give them a clear new goal. Their experience fed into later work, including Wish You Were Here, which dealt with distance within the band and the pressures of the music business.