Nick Mason(I)

The only member of Pink Floyd who has performed on every album.

The recording of "The Wall" was very tense, mainly because [Roger Waters] was starting to go a bit mad. This was the record when he fell out badly with Rick [Richard Wright]. Rick has a natural style, a very specific piano style, but he doesn't come up with pieces easily or to order [which is] a problem when other people are worrying about who did what and who should get the credit. There was even talk of Roger and Dave [David Gilmour] elbowing me out and carrying on as a duo. There were points during "The Wall" when Roger and Dave were really carrying the thing. Rick was useless, and I wasn't very much help to anyone, either.