 In 1985 , faced with a potentially ruinous lawsuit from his record company and fellow band members , Waters resigned . He believed that Pink Floyd was a " spent force " . He applied to the High Court to prevent the Pink Floyd name from ever being used again . His lawyers discovered that the partnership had never been formally confirmed , and Waters returned to the High Court in an attempt to gain a veto over further use of the band 's name . Gilmour 's team responded by issuing a press release affirming that Pink Floyd would continue to exist ; he later told a Sunday Times reporter that " Roger is a dog in the manger and I 'm going to fight him ... " 
