Unceremonious Prog Dismissals

For your consideration: Who comes to mind in regards to a talented musician being ousted from a prog act under less than desirable (or respectable) circumstances? That would be Patrick Moraz for me. He helped bring a historically new and edgy sound to a group reeling from the earlier loss of another keyboard player who'd been instrumental in raising it into prog greatness. Moraz was said to have been shown the door with little to no accolades afforded him for the great work he'd done. His contribution, though, to what is regularly lauded in Prog Archives as one of the greatest albums of all time, Relayer, has stood the test of time.

Anyone have any clues as to why Chris Maitland was released from Porcupine Tree?

Lear'sFool wrote: Lemmy getting kicked out of Hawkwind. He had had his differences with other members of the band, but when he got detained at the US/Canadian border, the rest of the band just drove off without him.

Seconded

Syd Barrett when the rest of Pink Floyd decided it was just too much effort to pick him up for a gig.

Wyatt's ejection from Soft Machine is a case in point.  According to the latest biography, it still hurts him now - he always saw the Softs as 'his' band.
On a less emotive note, Peter Blegvad's departure from the Slapp Happy/Henry Cow merger lead him to note indignantly in the sleeve notes to the Slapp Happy/Desperate Straights double CD re-release, 'I was actually fired'!  He did admit that he could not play 'Henry Cow' music...
Not quite prog, but the recent documentary on Deep Purple saw an obviously sore Roger Glover reminiscing about being given the elbow...

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Ozzy from Black Sabbath?

Mike Portnoy and Dream Theater recreating the famous scene from Friends when Ross and Rachel "we were on a break".   

tboyd1802 wrote: Anyone have any clues as to why Chris Maitland was released from Porcupine Tree?

I haven't got any exact information on this topic, but I always assumed that it was because Wilson wanted a more metal-sounding drummer to play on much heavier-sounding In Absentia.

There are more drumming moments that I notice when listening to Comma Divine and Warzawa than withe the Harrison albums, actually.

Rick Robson wrote: octopus-4 wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Syd Barrett when the rest of Pink Floyd decided it was just too much effort to pick him up for a gig. Rick Wright from Pink Floyd when Roger Waters decided he was no longer contributing enough. <span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Michel Berckmans from Univers Zero when Daniel Denis decided to go in another direction (damn I miss that bassoon)</span> Adrian Belew from King Crimson when Robert sent him a text telling him he was out. Ozzy from Black Sabbath?   This plus Peter Banks from Yes   This plus Steve Hackett from Genesis   I know, it was not such a dismissal anyway, but a ceremonious one Tony Banks might have tried.

The reason why Banks, to this day, is not kindly disposed to Hackett is because Hackett left of his own volition. Banks took it rather badly.