Nick Mason says he’s “tempted to make himself available” for any potential future Pink Floyd reunion, as NME report.
Of a potential full reunion for the band, Mason told The Sun: “You never know what will be thrown up. I’m tempted to say I’m available for anything.”
When it comes to Pink Floyd, Nick Mason can safely be described as the man in the middle.
At opposite ends of the spectrum, however, are Roger Waters and David Gilmour, whose decades-long feud has reached new levels of bitterness.
The legendary prog band have been in the news recently after Roger Waters announced that he would be re-recording the iconic ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ LP without his former bandmates for its 50th anniversary.
Mason recently shared his opinion on the re-record, saying: “[Waters] actually sent me a copy of what he was working on and I write to him and said, ‘Annoyingly, it’s absolutely brilliant!’ It was and is. It’s not anything that would be a spoiler for the original at all, it’s an interesting add-on to the thing.”
The drummer has revealed that he knew about Roger’s 50th anniversary project and was even sent a copy to listen to. Rather than be angry that he is seemingly turning his back on their masterpiece, Nick thinks Roger’s re-imaginings are “brilliant” and is happy he is doing it.
Speaking at a playback of 'The Dark Side of the Moon' in Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio at the Odeon Luxe in London, Nick said: “I heard the rumour that Roger was working on his own version of it. There was this suggestion that this was going to be a spoiler and Roger was going to go head-to-head with the original version and so on.
Llisten below to a small preview of his "new" 'Dark Side of the Moon'
“He actually sent me a copy of what he was working on and I write to him and said, ‘Annoyingly, it’s absolutely brilliant!’ It was and is. It’s not anything that would be a spoiler for the original at all, it’s an interesting add-on to the thing."
Nick doesn't think music should be untouchable and thinks it is great when songs are reinterpreted or changed because it means they are still evolving and new things are being found in them.
Mason describes Waters’ contentious re-recording of the prog-rock classic, due out later this year, as “terrific”.
And he marvels at Gilmour’s “extraordinary skill” in pulling together last year’s standalone Pink Floyd single in support of Ukraine.
Only two years ago on April 19, 2019, Nick Mason shared the stage with Roger Waters
During a performance in New York at the Beacon Theater, the former original Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters invited by Mason, also went up on stage.
