How Neptune Pink Floyd Forums Reacted to the Waters-Gilmour Name Dispute

The 2010s legal spat over who could use the Pink Floyd name—Roger Waters touring The Wall under a banner that Gilmour and Mason felt violated their agreement—split the fan base into camps. On the long-running Neptune Pink Floyd forum, threads devolved into the same proxy war that had been simmering since the 1980s, but with a new layer of legal complexity.

Many longtime users aligned with Gilmour’s argument that the name implied the classic lineup, while Waters supporters insisted he had as much right to it as anyone. A recurring observation: the arguments mirrored the very tensions that broke up the band—personality clashes, control of the legacy, and whose vision mattered more. The forum’s moderators had to step in repeatedly to keep civil discourse alive, but the consensus was that neither side would ever convince the other.