Mike Portnoy blasts new Pink Floyd album

metalife said:

Come on. Sampling another artist work is nothing like adding to an already recorder and unreleased piece by someone who was already there when it was originally recorded.

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I'm sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm not talking about what Dave's physically doing with the material. I'm talking about the sleight of hand trick where they're calling it a new Pink Floyd album but it's just overdubbed outtake material when any other band would have put those outtakes on the Division Bell remaster. It's comparable to the Kanye case in that they listed Otis as a featured artist when in reality it's just a sample and any other artist would have listed it as just a sample.

metalife said:

Best example I can think of is AC / DC. Given, Bon Scott died not exited, but still the band needed to carry on.

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I'd list that as one of the very few instances where the new band carries on and becomes classic in its own right. Probably only a handful of those, tops. But Pink Floyd carrying on after Syd's departure would definitely be another one on that list.

I think it's disrespectful for bands to carry on like that, I think bands in those situations should come up with a new name. If a band is confident in themselves and really thinks they have something to offer, then they can come up with a new name and not be afraid of losing their fans because they can make a new name for themselves in their own right. It's mainly bands who want to piggyback on a popular legacy that will use the old band name even when there's 2, 1, or even 0 members from the original group in the lineup. If you're losing key members, it's a different band, so why not just call it a different name?

But disrespect isn't exactly the greatest crime in rock n roll history. I may disagree with a band's choices but if it's music I enjoy I'll listen to it, I like The Division Bell and I even saw The Doors tour in 2003.

Look at it this way. What reaction would people have if Gilmour took the pre-recorded unreleased material from Rick Wright, added to it and released it under his name as a solo project? Now THAT would be disrespectful.

metalife said:

Look at it this way. What reaction would people have if Gilmour took the pre-recorded unreleased material from Rick Wright, added to it and released it under his name as a solo project? Now THAT would be disrespectful.

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Yeah that's not an option at all. That would have shown total disrespect to Rick Wright.

The only 2 options that they could have pursued are: (a.) Release all these outtakes within the Division Bell box set itself or (b.) Release it separately, which is what they seem to be doing. Either way, the fans will somehow try to buy/acquire them. Roger Waters rightfully is nowhere in the picture. He wasn't even involved with the Division Bell.

Mike Portnoy's rant is like a fart in the forest - will be gone unnoticed. I am glad I will be able to hear more material from The Division Bell sessions, my favourite PF album.

Sometimes I hate modern prog artists. They shout out loud things that should be considered true and right according to prog books. My answer to this is 'shut the f... up'.