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Roger Waters

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter and conceptual leader. The band subsequently achieved worldwide success in the 1970s with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. Although Waters' primary instrument in Pink Floyd was the bass guitar, he also experimented with synthesisers and tape loops and played rhythm guitars in recordings and in concert. Amid creative differences within the group, Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal battle with the remaining members over their future use of the group's name and material. The dispute was settled out of court in 1987, and nearly eighteen years passed before he performed with Pink Floyd again. Waters' solo career has included three studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), and Amused to Death (1992). In 1986, he contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the movie When the Wind Blows based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name. In 1990, he staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance. In 1996, he was inducted into the US and UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tours of 2006–2008. In 2005, he released Ça Ira, an opera in three acts translated from Étienne Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine Delahaye's libretto based on the early French Revolution. On 2 July 2005, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour for the Live 8 benefit concert, the group's only appearance with Waters since their last performance with him 24 years earlier. In 2010, he began The Wall Live, a worldwide tour that features a complete performance of The Wall.


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Born:
Sep 6, 1943 In Great Bookham
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii 1972-08-31
Latest Project:
Movie If These Walls Could Sing 2022-09-03
Known For
Poster of Chit Chat with Oysters
Poster of Tout le monde en parle
Filmography
Movie If These Walls Could Sing Self 2022-09-03
Movie The Occupation of the American Mind Narrator (voice) 2016-01-19
Movie Roger Waters: The Wall Self - Vocal, Guitar, and Bass 2014-09-29
Movie Chit Chat with Oysters Self 2013-10-11
Movie 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief Self 2012-12-12
Movie Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here Self 2012-06-26
Movie Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall Self 2011-05-28
Movie Cream: Royal Albert Hall 2005-10-06
Movie Live 8 Self 2005-11-07
Series Tout le monde en parle Himself 2004-09-12
Movie The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story Self 2003-03-24
Movie Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall Self 2000-08-30
Movie Roger Waters: In The Flesh - Live Himself - Vocals, Bas 2000-12-18
Movie Pink Floyd: The Final Cut Himself 1983-03-21
Movie Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Self - Bass, Vocals 1972-08-31
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