Thread by @BonicMichael

Pink Floyd’s keyboardist Richard Wight [@ 19:10 ->]: “Rogers big influences, as you know, are possibly teachings/school, the War (WWII) & madness.”

2/The Wall, released in Nov 1979, was a concept album touching on the themes of madness & WWII:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall
“The Wall is a rock opera that explores abandonment and isolation, symbolized by a wall. The songs create an approximate storyline of events in the life of the

3/“protagonist, Pink, a character based on Syd Barrett as well as Roger Waters, whose father was killed during World War II, which is where Pink starts to build a metaphorical wall around himself…

Plot
Pink is a depressed rock star. He imagines a crowd of fans entering one of

4/“his concerts, and a flashback on his life up to that point begins. In the flashback, it is revealed that his father was killed defending the Anzio bridgehead during World War II, in Pink's infancy ("In the Flesh?"). Pink's mother raises him alone ("The Thin Ice"), and with the

5/“the death of his father, Pink starts to build a metaphorical wall around himself ("Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1").”

In The Final Cut, released in 1983, Roger, the Virgo, did all the songwriting. Rick Wright had left the band after The Wall
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final…

6/“sessions. This was the prelude to Pink Floyd’s break-up.”