Roger Waters
Roger Waters in Stavanger, Norway, 2006. is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
Background information
Birth name	George Roger Waters
Born	6 September 1943 (1943-09-06) (age 64) Surrey, England
Genre(s)	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, art rock, folk rock, avant-garde, opera
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, composer, producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer
Years active	1964–present
Label(s)	Capitol, Columbia, Sony, EMI, Harvest
Associated acts	Pink Floyd Sigma 6 The Screaming Abdabs The Bleeding Hearts Band Jeff Beck
Website	Roger-Waters.net
Notable instrument(s)
Rickenbacker 4001 Fender Precision Bass

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Waters was the lyrical and conceptual mastermind behind many of the band's concept albums, especially The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut, as well as being the originator of much of the band's well-known symbolism, such as the Pink Floyd pigs. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive Wish You Were Here is a Concept album by Pink Floyd. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios between January and July 1975 and released on 15 September Animals is the debut album by Oxford band This Town Needs Guns. The Wall is a Rock opera presented as a Double album by the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late The Final Cut is a rock Album by Pink Floyd recorded at various studios in the UK from July to December 1982 Pigs are heavily featured in the artwork and stage shows of the Progressive rock band Pink Floyd.

Following his split with Pink Floyd in the 1980's, he began a moderately successful solo career, releasing three studio albums and staging one of the largest concerts ever, The Wall Concert in Berlin in 1990. In 2005 he released an opera, Ça Ira, and joined Pink Floyd at the Live 8 concert in London, on 2 July 2005, for their first public performance with Waters in 24 years. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Ça Ira (French for "That'll do" translated here as There is Hope) is an Opera in three acts by Roger Waters to a French Live 8 was a string of Benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Biography

(1943–1965) Early years

Born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey near Leatherhead, Waters grew up in Cambridge. Great Bookham is a Village in Surrey, England, located between Leatherhead and Guildford. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. Leatherhead is a small town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England

Although his father Eric Fletcher Waters had been a communist and ardent pacifist, he fought in World War II and died in action at Anzio in 1944, when Waters was only five months old. Eric Fletcher Waters (born 1913 - died 18 February 1944 was a Soldier in the British Army during World War II. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Operation Shingle ( January 22, 1944) during the Italian Campaign of World War II, was an Allied amphibious landing against Waters would refer or allude to the loss of his father throughout his work, from "Corporal Clegg" (A Saucerful Of Secrets, 1968), through "Free Four" (Obscured By Clouds, 1972) and the sombre "When the Tigers Broke Free", first used in the movie version of The Wall. " When the Tigers Broke Free " (also listed as When the Tygers Broke Free) is a Pink Floyd song by Roger Waters, describing the death of his father Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 Musical film by British director Alan Parker based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album

Waters' loss is expressed in this latter song:

"And kind old King George sent Mother a note when he heard that Father was gone.
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll, with gold leaf and all.
And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
And my eyes still grow damp to remember, His Majesty signed in his own rubber stamp. "

Another reference to the loss of his father appears in "Three Wishes" from Amused To Death (1992), with the line, "I wish when I was young, my old man had not been gone".

Distrust of authority, particularly government, educational, religious and military institutions, is a recurring theme in Waters' writing, and this is perhaps best evidenced in 1979's "The Wall" and 1983's The Final Cut (the latter album, pointedly, is dedicated to his father's memory). The Final Cut is a rock Album by Pink Floyd recorded at various studios in the UK from July to December 1982

He and Syd Barrett attended the Morley Memorial Junior School on Hills Road, Cambridge, and later both attended the Cambridge County School for Boys (now Hills Road Sixth Form College), while fellow band member David Gilmour attended The Perse School on the same road ^[1]. Hills Road Sixth Form College (HRSFC is a state funded Co-educational Sixth form college in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The Perse School is a fee-paying secondary day school for boys 11&ndash18 and girls at 16+ situated in Cambridge, England. He met Nick Mason and Rick Wright while attending the Regent Street Polytechnic school of architecture. Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason (born 27 January 1944 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England) is the Drummer for Pink Floyd. Richard William "Rick" Wright (28 July 1943 &ndash 15 September 2008 was a pianist and Keyboardist best known for his career with Pink Floyd The University of Westminster is a university in London, England, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, which allowed He was a keen sportsman and was fond of swimming in the River Cam at Grantchester Meadows. The River Cam is a Tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. " Grantchester Meadows " is a song from the second half of the experimental Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. At 15 he was chair of YCND in Cambridge.

(1965–1985) Pink Floyd years

In 1965, Roger Waters co-founded Pink Floyd (after many different incarnations—see Pink Floyd) along with Syd Barrett, Richard Wright and Nick Mason. Pink Floyd are Although Barrett initially did most of the songwriting for the band, Waters wrote the song "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" on their debut LP, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. " Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk " is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and appears on their debut album The Piper The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd 's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett 's leadership although he made some contributions to The album was a critical success and positioned the band for stardom. Barrett's deteriorating mental health led to increasingly erratic behaviour, rendering him unable to continue in his capacity as Pink Floyd's lead singer and guitarist. Waters attempted to coerce his friend into psychiatric treatment; this proved unhelpful, and the band approached David Gilmour to replace Barrett at the end of 1967. Even the band's former managers felt that Pink Floyd would not be able to sustain its initial success without the talented Barrett. Filling the void left by Barrett's departure, Waters began to chart Pink Floyd's new artistic direction. The lineup with Gilmour and Waters eventually brought Pink Floyd to prominence, producing a series of albums in the 1970s that remain among the most critically acclaimed and best-selling records of all time. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

In 1970, Waters collaborated with British composer Ron Geesin (who co-wrote Pink Floyd's title suite from Atom Heart Mother) on a soundtrack album, Music from "The Body", which consisted mostly of instrumentals interspersed with songs composed by Waters. Ronald 'Ron' Geesin (born 17 December 1943, in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland) is a British Musician and Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 Progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown Within Pink Floyd, Waters became the main lyrical contributor, exerting progressively more creative control over the band: he produced thematic ideas that became the impetus for concept albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, for which he wrote all of the lyrics and some of the music. After this, Waters became the primary songwriter, composing Animals and The Wall largely by himself (though continuing to collaborate with Gilmour on a few tracks).

Waters' band-mates were happy to allow him to write the band's lyrics and guide its conceptual direction while they shared the opportunity to contribute musical ideas (Gilmour described Waters as "a very good motivator and obviously a great lyricist,"^[2] even at the height of the acrimony between them in 1995). Some of the band's most popular and beloved songs, including "Echoes", "Time", "Us and Them", "Wish You Were Here" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", feature the strong synergy of Waters' sharp lyrical instincts combined with the melodic talent of Gilmour, the soft, precise drumming of Nick Mason, and atmospheric patterns of keyboardist Richard Wright ("Us and Them", for instance, began as a sweetly melodic Wright keyboard instrumental and gained poignancy when Waters added plaintive antiwar lyrics). Unfortunately, this give-and-take relationship began to dissolve: a consequence of the band's collective ennui, according to Waters. Song-writing credits were a source of contention in these difficult years; Gilmour has noted that his contributions to tracks like "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II", with its blistering guitar solo, were not always noted in the album credits. Guitar solos are a melodic passage section or entire piece of music written for an Electric guitar or an Acoustic guitar. Nick Mason addresses the band in-fighting in his memoir, Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, characterizing Waters as being egomaniacal at times. Inside Out A Personal History of Pink Floyd is Nick Mason 's personal Memoir of Pink Floyd published on 28 October 2004 It was while recording The Wall that Waters decided to fire Wright, after Wright's personal problems began to affect the album production. Wright stayed with the band as a paid session musician while Waters led the band through a complete performance of his opus on every night of the brief tour that followed (for which Gilmour acted as musical director).

In 1983, the last Waters–Gilmour–Mason collaboration, The Final Cut, was released. The sleeve notes describe it as being a piece "by Roger Waters" that was "performed by Pink Floyd" (rather than an actual Pink Floyd record). So, to many the album came across more like a Roger Waters solo album than Pink Floyd (similar to A Momentary Lapse of Reason and, to a smaller extent, The Division Bell being tagged as Gilmour solo albums). A Momentary Lapse of Reason is Pink Floyd 's 1987 Album, the band's first release after the departure of Roger Waters from the band in 1985 The Division Bell is the final studio Album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 (30 March in the United Kingdom and 5 April in the Gilmour unsuccessfully tried to delay production on the album until he could author more material; Waters refused, and in 1985, he proclaimed that the band had dissolved due to irreconcilable differences. The ensuing battle between Waters and Gilmour over the latter's intention to continue to use the name Pink Floyd descended into threatened lawsuits and public bickering in the press. Waters claimed that, as the original band consisted of himself, Syd Barrett, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, Gilmour could not reasonably use the name Pink Floyd now that it was without three of its founding members. Another of Waters' arguments was that he had written almost all of the band's lyrics and a great part of the music after Barrett's departure. However, through agreement, Gilmour and Mason won the right to use the name and a majority of the band's songs, though Waters did retain the rights to the albums The Wall (save for three of the songs that Gilmour co-wrote), Animals, and The Final Cut, as well as claiming ownership of the famous Pink Floyd pigs (although Gilmour circumvented the latter by equipping the 1987 version of the band's pig with a splendid pair of testicles).

For many fans and casual listeners, the collaborative years of 1971–1979 remain the "classic" Pink Floyd years due to the albums released and prominence of Pink Floyd in music culture; a 1987 end-of-year review in Rolling Stone noted that Waters' solo effort Radio K.A.O.S. and the post-Waters Pink Floyd album A Momentary Lapse of Reason, if taken together, might have made a nice follow-up to The Dark Side of the Moon. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Radio KAOS is a 1987 Concept album / Rock opera by former Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter Roger Waters. In 2005, Waters agreed to rejoin Pink Floyd on stage for Live 8, and on 2 July 2005, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Rick Wright performed together on-stage for the first time since the June 1981 Wall concerts at Earl's Court in London. Live 8 was a string of Benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

(1985–2005) Early solo years

After his departure from Pink Floyd, Waters embarked on a solo career producing three concept albums and a movie soundtrack which did not garner impressive sales. His solo work has managed critical acclaim and even some comparison to previous work with Pink Floyd. ^[3]

His first truly solo album, 1984's The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, was a project about a man's dreams across one night. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is a Concept album by English musician Roger Waters. The list of musicians helping Waters during recording included guitarist Eric Clapton and jazz saxophonist David Sanborn. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto Saxophonist. Conceived around the same time as The Wall, the concept was shown and demos played to the Pink Floyd members, but they chose to proceed with The Wall over The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, rejecting the latter as "too personal" (Gilmour was later to claim that this was not as obvious a task as might first seem, as, in his opinion, both demos were "unlistenable" and "sounded exactly alike. " ^[4] Longtime Pink Floyd engineer Nick Griffiths, however, says otherwise: "They were seriously rough, but the songs were there. "^[5]) The album, not aided by Gerald Scarfe artwork that some claimed was sexist, received mixed reviews, with Kurt Loder describing Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking in Rolling Stone as a "strangely static, faintly hideous record," adding that "Waters sounds like the kind of guy who'd bring Hershey bars and nylons along on a first date. Kurt Loder (born May 5 1945 is an American Film critic, Author, and Television personality. The Hershey bar is the Flagship Chocolate bar (marketed as "The Great American Chocolate Bar" manufactured by the The Hershey Company, invented A stocking, sometimes referred to as hose is a close-fitting variously elastic garment covering the Foot and lower part of the Leg. " (Loder gave the album one star out of five, though user ratings have averaged four out of five). ^[6] On the other end of the spectrum, Mike DeGagne of the All Music Guide praised the album for its "ingenious symbolism and his brilliant use of stream of consciousness within a subconscious realm," rating it four out of five stars. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ^[7]. The resulting concert tour featuring a set design by Marc Brickman and Mark Fisher of Park Display, and, on the first leg, Clapton on lead guitar, was not a success.

In 1986 Waters 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. When the Wind Blows is an animated film originally released in Great Britain in October 1986, based on Raymond Briggs ' graphic novel of the same name Raymond Redvers Briggs (born 18 January 1934 is an English Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic novelist, and Author who has achieved His backing band, featuring Paul Carrack, was credited as The Bleeding Heart Band. Paul Carrack (born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield England) is an English keyboardist singer and songwriter Waters' then legal wranglings with Gilmour over the Pink Floyd brand are alluded to on the soundtrack album's "Towers of Faith," where the vocal transforms from "This land is my land," to "This sand is my sand," to "This band is my band. " This Land Is Your Land " is one of the United States ' most famous folk songs. "

In 1987 Waters (still accompanied by the Bleeding Heart Band, although not always credited as such) released another concept album, Radio K. A. O. S. , about a man named Billy who can hear radio waves in his head. Waters followed the release with a supporting tour, also in 1987. The sound system for the arena portion of the tour used numerous speakers which created a surround sound effect (Waters had already employed Holophonics (only the second act to do so, after Psychic TV) on The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, and QSound on Amused To Death; while K. 51, Multichannel audio, Multichannel music Surround 3D Surround 5 Holophonics is a trademark for a specific form of sound recording that is based on the hypothesis that the auditory system acts as an interferometer. Psychic TV (sometimes spelled Psychick TV) or PTV, is a video art and music group that primarily performs psychedelic punk electronic and experimental music QSound is the original name for a positional three-dimensional (3D sound processing algorithm from QSound Labs that creates 3D audio effects from multiple monophonic A. O. S. does not feature any system of spatial encoding, it was lauded for its production and stereo imaging, courtesy of long-time collaborator James Guthrie). Though applauded by many for its contemporary sound, the album did not garner the impressive sales he had achieved in Pink Floyd (years later, Waters himself would express dissatisfaction at the album, expressing distaste for the production, and particularly regretting his decision to trim the album from a double to a single, losing much of the concept in the process). This was possibly attributable to the fact that he was now competing with a reformed Pink Floyd who were touring to support their 'comeback' release, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (which Waters described as, "A very facile but quite fair forgery").

After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Waters staged a gigantic charity concert of The Wall in Berlin on July 21, 1990 to commemorate the end of the division between East and West Germany. The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( The concert took place on Potsdamer Platz (a location which was part of the former "no-man's land" of the Berlin Wall), and featured many guest superstars: The Band, Bryan Adams, Cyndi Lauper, Van Morrison, Sinéad O'Connor, The Hooters, The Scorpions, Marianne Faithfull, and Joni Mitchell. ( English Potsdam Square, is an important Public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin, Germany, lying about one kilometre The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award -winning Northern Irish Singer, Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (ʃɪˈneɪd oʊˈkɒnɚ (born 8 December 1966 is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter The Hooters are an American Rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Scorpions are a heavy metal / Hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem " Rock You Like a Marianne Faithfull (born December 29 1946) is an English Singer, Songwriter, actress and Diarist whose Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and It was one of the biggest concerts ever staged with an attendance of over 300,000 and was watched live by over five million people worldwide. However, the initial funds raised from the concert barely covered expenses, although syndication and home-video sales allowed Waters to present his chosen charity to benefit from the event, The Leonard Cheshire Foundation, with a sizeable donation.

1992's Amused to Death, about the corrupting, desensitising nature of television, is perhaps Waters' most critically acclaimed solo recording, with music critics comparing it to later Pink Floyd work, such as The Wall (Waters himself describes the record as the third in a thematically-linked trilogy, after Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall). Amused to Death is a concept album by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, released in 1992. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The album had one hit which was "What God Wants, Pt. What God Wants is a series of songs written and released by ex- Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters on his third solo album Amused to Death. 1" which hit #4 on Mainstream Rock charts. Jeff Beck, another legendary guitarist, saw action on Waters's album as he played lead guitar. Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, England) is an English There was no tour in support of this record, although Waters would later perform several songs from this record nearly eight years later on his In the Flesh tours. Returning from a 12-year long hiatus from the road Roger Waters ' In The Flesh Concert tours were a showcase of his best known work from his days with Pink

In 1999 Waters embarked on the In the Flesh tour which saw him performing some of his most famous work, both solo and Pink Floyd material. The tour was a success in the US, and after Waters had booked mostly smaller venues (after the let-down in attendance from his 1987 tour), tickets sold so well that most of the concerts had to be upgraded to larger venues. With Gilmour's Pink Floyd retiring after 1994, and many Floyd albums selling at the pace of Beatles records, Waters was in great demand. The tour eventually stretched across the world. Tickets were at such high demand, that the tour had to be spanned over three years. Almost every show was sold out with some venues garnering more sales than Pink Floyd shows of early touring years. One concert (Filmed in Portland, Oregon) was released on CD and DVD, named In the Flesh Live, after the tour. During this tour he played two new songs from his next solo album, "Flickering Flame" and "Each Small Candle," as the final encore to the show.

Waters, performing live in 2006

In 2002 Waters performed at a concert organised by the Countryside Alliance ^[8]. The Countryside Alliance In June of 2002 Waters played the Glastonbury Festival performing many classic Pink Floyd songs. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The This was the first time a special speaker system had been set up among the Glastonbury audience to enable sound effects to appear to be moving around amongst the crowd.

Miramax Films announced in mid-2004 that a production of The Wall was to appear on Broadway with Waters playing a prominent part in its production. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Reports stated that the musical contained not only the original tracks from "The Wall," but also songs from Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and other Pink Floyd albums, as well as new material. ^[9]

On the night of 1 May 2004, the overture for Ça Ira was pre-premièred on occasion of the Welcome Europe celebrations in the accession country of Malta, performed over Grand Harbour in Valletta and illuminated by light artist Gert Hof. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Overture ( French ouverture meaning opening in Music is the instrumental introduction to a Dramatic choral or occasionally Ça Ira (French for "That'll do" translated here as There is Hope) is an Opera in three acts by Roger Waters to a French Enlargement of the European Union is the process of expanding the European Union (EU through the accession of new member states. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands Grand Harbour (in Maltese: Il-Port il-Kbir is a Natural harbour on the island of Malta. Valletta ( Belt Valletta or Città Umilissima) is the capital city of Malta. The event was broadcast over all EBU television stations. The European Broadcasting Union ( EBU; L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision ("UER" and unrelated to the European Union) is a confederation ^[10]

In September 2004, Waters released two new tracks, "To Kill The Child" and "Leaving Beirut. " These were released only on the Internet. Both of these tracks were inspired by the U. S. /UK 2003 invasion of Iraq. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia Waters, who currently resides in the U. S. , has said that the songs were written immediately after the start of the war, but he delayed releasing them until just before the 2004 Presidential election, hoping to derail George W. Bush's re-election. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The lyrics in "Leaving Beirut" included "Oh George! Oh George! That Texas education must have fucked you up when you were very small. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. " Although the songs' criticism was primarily aimed at the American government, Tony Blair is also referenced: "Not in my name, Tony, you great war leader, you. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to " The songs were also released as a limited edition on CD in Japan.

After the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and subsequent tsunami disaster, Waters performed "Wish You Were Here" with Eric Clapton during a benefit concert on the American network NBC. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea Earthquake that occurred at 005853 UTC on December 26 2004 with an Epicentre off the west coast of A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when " Wish You Were Here " is the title track on Pink Floyd 's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer A benefit concert is a Concert, show or gala featuring musicians comedians or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose often directed at a specific The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's

(2005–present) Later solo years

Roger Waters performing on his Dark Side Of The Moon Live tour at the Members Equity Stadium in Perth, Australia in 2007

On July 2, 2005 Waters and Pink Floyd reunited for a performance at the Live 8 concert. Members Equity Stadium is a Sports stadium in Perth, Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pink Floyd are pioneers in the live music experience renowned for their lavish stage shows that combine over-the-top visual experiences with music to create a show in which They played a six-song, 23-minute set, including "Speak to Me/Breathe"/"Breathe (Reprise)", "Money", "Wish You Were Here", and "Comfortably Numb". This article is about the Pink Floyd song For the Audio Adrenaline song see Lift. " Breathe (Reprise " is a song on Pink Floyd 's album Dark Side of The Moon that is a recapitulation with different lyrics of the song " " Money " is the sixth track from British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. " Wish You Were Here " is the title track on Pink Floyd 's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. " Comfortably Numb " is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall Before going into "Wish You Were Here", Waters said:

Waters remarked shortly after Live 8 to the Associated Press that, while the experience of playing as Pink Floyd again was positive, the chances of a bona fide reunion would be "slight", considering his and Gilmour's continuing musical and ideological differences. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio During an interview with Rolling Stone, Waters further denied the possibility of a future Pink Floyd tour, saying "I didn't mind rolling over for one day, but I couldn't roll over for a whole fucking tour. "^[11] He has since stated on a radio interview that he would be interested in the possibility of recording a new album with the rest of Pink Floyd as long as he had creative control. However, David Gilmour has said on several occasions that he is retired from extensive touring, shedding more doubt on the possibility of a bona fide Pink Floyd reunion tour.

Waters is known to be working on two new solo albums (as remarked to Jim Ladd, with whom he worked on Radio K.A.O.S.): one has the working title of Heartland. Jim Ladd (born January 15 1948) an American Disc jockey, Radio producer and Writer, is one of the few notable remaining Radio KAOS is a 1987 Concept album / Rock opera by former Pink Floyd bassist and songwriter Roger Waters. Two new songs that might appear on this album have been released on Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. 1: "Each Small Candle" and "Flickering Flame". "Each Small Candle" is a song by Roger Waters. It was released on his album In the Flesh Live in 2000 The other of the two albums deals with the theme of love, much in the vein of Pros and Cons. A work-in-progress, which may appear on this album and was dubbed "Woman" by bootleggers, was heard during the sound checks for the In the Flesh tour. However, in a recent telephone interview, he confirmed that the release of his next project has been delayed due to not having a concept to draw all the individual songs together into one piece.

In February of 2005 , it was announced on Roger Waters' website that his opera, Ça Ira, had been completed after 16 years of work. It was released as a CD/DVD set by Sony Classical on September 27, 2005 with Baritone Bryn Terfel, soprano Ying Huang and tenor Paul Groves. Sony BMG Masterworks is a Record label. It is the result of a "restructuring" of Sony BMG Music Entertainment 's classical music division Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Bryn Terfel Jones CBE (brɨn ˈtɛrvɛl born November 9, 1965) is a Welsh Bass-baritone opera and concert singer Paul Groves (born 28 February 1966 in Derby, England) is an English former footballer who notably captained Grimsby The original libretto was written in French by the late Étienne Roda-Gil, who set the opera during the optimistic days of the early French Revolution. Étienne Roda-Gil (1 August 1941 in Septfonds, Tarn-et-Garonne, France – 31 May 2004 in Paris) was a Songwriter and Screenwriter The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an From 1997 Waters rewrote the libretto in English.

On May 20, 2006 he performed with a set band consisting of Roger Taylor and Eric Clapton and former band-mate Nick Mason performing two songs, "Wish You Were Here", and "Comfortably Numb". Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Taylor (born Roger Meddows-Taylor on July 26, 1949 in Dersingham, Norfolk later moved to Kings Lynn is an English Musician Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer " Comfortably Numb " is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall

Solid state laser system designed by Marc Brickman that depicted Dark Side of the Moon album art, used on Waters' latest tour.

Roger Waters toured Europe during the Summer of 2006 and North America in the fall for his The Dark Side of the Moon Live Tour. After expressing an interest in reviving The Dark Side of the Moon following his performance with Pink Floyd at Live 8, Roger Waters announced As part of his performance he played a complete run-through of the 1973 Pink Floyd classic, The Dark Side of the Moon, as the second half of the show. The first half was a mix of Floyd classics and Waters' solo material. Elaborate staging designed by Marc Brickman, complete with projections, and a full, 360 degree quadrophonic sound system were used. This new Waters' solo tour is expected to be as successful as his previous In the Flesh tour. His former Pink Floyd bandmate, Nick Mason joined Waters on some of the tour dates. Richard Wright was invited to participate on the tour as well but he declined the offer to work on solo projects. ^[12] There is also a 2007 leg of the Tour, starting in January in Australia, followed by New Zealand and going through Asia, Europe, South America, and finally North America in June.

Waters' former bandmate Nick Mason began patching their relationship in 2002. After speaking to Mason and Bob Geldof about a possible Pink Floyd reunion at Live 8, Waters contacted Gilmour by phone and e-mail, and it appears that they have buried the hatchet since the historic concert and now communicate on a friendly basis. Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer Waters has made overtures to Richard Wright, as well. Syd Barrett, who died on Friday 7 July 2006, remained an emotional subject for most of his friends and former colleagues. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Waters said in interviews before Barrett's death that it would be difficult and inappropriate for him to try to insert himself back into his old friend's life. Waters performed another Dark Side of the Moon concert in the summer of 2007.

He contributed to the The Last Mimzy soundtrack with award-winning composer Howard Shore in March 2007. The Last Mimzy is a 2007 Science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award -winning Canadian Composer His song, "Hello (I Love You)", was played during the credits of the film. " Hello (I Love You " is a song performed by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. Waters commented on its development: "I think together we've come up with a song that captures the themes of the movie - the clash between humanity's best and worst instincts, and how a child's innocence can win the day. "^[13]

In March 2007, Roger Waters told Rolling Stone magazine that he would be a performer at the U.S. leg of the Live Earth event--an international multi-venue concert aimed to raise awareness about global climate change. Running order In order of appearance Live Earth is an annual event developed to to combat climate change. At that time he also confirmed that his former Pink Floyd bandmates would not be joining him at the event. ^[14] On July 7th, 2007, Waters played at Live Earth, performing the intro to "In the Flesh", "Money", "Us and Them", "Brain Damage", and "Eclipse". Running order In order of appearance Waters finished off with "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)", featuring the Trenton Youth Choir and his trademark inflatable pig. Trenton is the Capital of the US state of New Jersey and the County seat of Mercer County.

Waters has also recently become a spokesperson for Millennium Promise, a non-profit organisation that helps fight extreme poverty and malaria. Millennium Promise is a Non-profit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty by 2025 He wrote a special commentary for CNN's website on June 11, 2007 about the topic. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[15]

Roger Waters will continue his The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour in 2008. After expressing an interest in reviving The Dark Side of the Moon following his performance with Pink Floyd at Live 8, Roger Waters announced It is still unknown how many dates are planned, but as of December 21, 2007, a concert in The Netherlands May 11, and a concert in Denmark May 13, have been announced and are currently on sale. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe ^[16] Waters will also be performing at the Coachella Festival in April. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice ^[17] He will also be doing three dates in the UK, one being 15th May at the new Liverpool Echo arena, the remaining to at the O2 arena in London on the 18th & 19th, plus an additional date in Russia to round up his 2008 DSOTM tour.

Waters has made his views about the 2008 United States Presidential election clear. The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive During his concert appearance at the Coachella Festival on April 27th, 2008, he released the trademark Pink Floyd inflatable pig into the air with the words "Don't be led to the slaughter" written on one side, next to a cartoon of Uncle Sam holding meat cleavers. Uncle Sam is a National personification of the United States (US with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812 and the first "Fear builds walls" was written on the pig's other side and "Impeach Bush" on the pig's behind. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. On the pig's belly was Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama's name with a check mark beside it. Waters has referred to Hillary Clinton, another Democratic candidate, as "ghastly". Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from ^[18]

Pink Floyd Songs composed solely by Roger Waters

• "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). " Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk " is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and appears on their debut album The Piper The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd 's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett 's leadership although he made some contributions to
• "Julia Dream" from Single B-side to "It Would Be So Nice" (1968). " Julia Dream " is the B-side of the Pink Floyd single " It Would Be So Nice " It Would Be So Nice is a 1968 song by the rock band Pink Floyd, written by Richard Wright.
• "Let There Be More Light" from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). " Let There Be More Light " is the first song on Pink Floyd 's second album A Saucerful of Secrets. A Saucerful of Secrets is the second Album by rock band Pink Floyd, and marks the group's stylistic change from psychedelic to
• "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). " Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun " is a song by British Psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets is the second Album by rock band Pink Floyd, and marks the group's stylistic change from psychedelic to
• "Corporal Clegg" from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). " Corporal Clegg " is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets A Saucerful of Secrets is the second Album by rock band Pink Floyd, and marks the group's stylistic change from psychedelic to
• "Cirrus Minor" from Soundtrack from the Film More (1969). Soundtrack from the Film More is Pink Floyd 's first full-length soundtrack
• "The Nile Song from Soundtrack from the Film More (1969). " The Nile Song " is the second song from Pink Floyd 's 1969 album Soundtrack from the Film More. Soundtrack from the Film More is Pink Floyd 's first full-length soundtrack
• "Crying Song" from Soundtrack from the Film More (1969). " Crying Song " is a song composed by Roger Waters, bassist of the British rock group Pink Floyd. Soundtrack from the Film More is Pink Floyd 's first full-length soundtrack
• "Green is the Colour" from Soundtrack from the Film More (1969). " Green Is the Colour " is a short track on Pink Floyd Soundtrack from the Film More is Pink Floyd 's first full-length soundtrack
• "Cymbaline" from Soundtrack from the Film More (1969). " Cymbaline " is a Pink Floyd song from the album Soundtrack from the Film More. Soundtrack from the Film More is Pink Floyd 's first full-length soundtrack
• "Grantchester Meadows" from Ummagumma (1969). " Grantchester Meadows " is a song from the second half of the experimental Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. Ummagumma is a Progressive rock double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969
• "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" from Ummagumma (1969). " Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict " is a track written and performed by Roger Waters from the two-part 1969 Ummagumma is a Progressive rock double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969
• "If" from Atom Heart Mother (1970). " If " is a song by Pink Floyd on their album Atom Heart Mother. Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 Progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown
• "Biding My Time" from Relics (1971). " Biding My Time " is a composition by Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters. Relics is a Compilation album by Pink Floyd released in 1971 The album was released on 14 May in the UK and 15 July in the United
• "San Tropez" from Meddle (1971). " San Tropez " is the title of the fourth track from the album Meddle by the band Pink Floyd. Meddle is an Album by English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
• "Free Four" from Obscured by Clouds (1972). " Free Four " is a Pink Floyd song written by Roger Waters, with Waters also taking on lead vocals from the album Obscured by Clouds Obscured by Clouds is a rock Album by Pink Floyd based on their Soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet
• "Money" from Dark Side of the Moon (1973). " Money " is the sixth track from British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive
• "Brain Damage" from Dark Side of the Moon (1973). " Brain Damage " is the ninth track (or eighth depending on the album release from British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive
• "Eclipse" from Dark Side of the Moon (1973). " Eclipse " is the tenth and final track from British Progressive rock The Dark Side of the Moon (titled Dark Side of the Moon in the 1993 CD edition is a Concept album by the British Progressive
• "Have a Cigar" from Wish You Were Here (1975). " Have a Cigar " is the third track on Pink Floyd 's 1975 Album Wish You Were Here. Wish You Were Here is a Concept album by Pink Floyd. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios between January and July 1975 and released on 15 September
• "Welcome to the Machine" from Wish You Were Here (1975). " Welcome to the Machine " is the second song on Pink Floyd 's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. Wish You Were Here is a Concept album by Pink Floyd. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios between January and July 1975 and released on 15 September
• All tracks on Animals except "Dogs" (1977). Animals is the debut album by Oxford band This Town Needs Guns.
• All tracks on The Wall except "Young Lust", "Comfortably Numb" , "Run Like Hell" and "The Trial" (1979). The Wall is a Rock opera presented as a Double album by the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late " Young Lust " is a song by the British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd. " Comfortably Numb " is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall " Run Like Hell " is a song on the Pink Floyd album The Wall. " The Trial " is a track from the critically-acclaimed Rock opera / Concept album The Wall, by Pink Floyd.
• All tracks on The Final Cut (1983). The Final Cut is a rock Album by Pink Floyd recorded at various studios in the UK from July to December 1982
• "Embryo" from Works (1983). " Embryo " (sometimes called "The Embryo" is a song by Pink Floyd. Works is a Pink Floyd compilation album released in 1983 by their former American label Capitol Records, to compete with their then-current album

Hits and awards

Waters' solo singles have seen little chart activity; "What God Wants, Pt. 1" reached #35 in the UK in September 1992^[19]. What God Wants is a series of songs written and released by ex- Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters on his third solo album Amused to Death. His first major solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, has been certified Gold by the RIAA, and his opera Ça Ira reached #1 on both the UK and U. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is a Concept album by English musician Roger Waters. S. Classical Charts. Waters has also been inducted into the U. S. and UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd, and received a "Media Event of the Year" award for mounting The Wall Live in Berlin.

Equipment and instruments

Though Waters does not talk a lot about the musical equipment he uses in his tours and during his recordings, it is known that when he first started playing with Pink Floyd he used a Hofner bass, quickly replacing that with a Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar. For the American WWI fighter pilot see Eddie Rickenbacker. For the airport see Rickenbacker International Airport. In the early 1970s, he switched to a Fender Precision Bass. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the The Fender Precision Bass (sometimes shortened to the " P Bass " is an electric bass guitar, and was the first widely-available model of the instrument He often plays with a pick, but is also known to play fingerstyle occasionally. Often called a pick or plec, a plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the Guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips fingernails or picks attached to fingers as opposed to He also uses RotoSound Jazz Bass 77 bass guitar strings. RotoSound is a guitar and bass string manufacturing company based in England. Throughout his career, he has used WEM, Hiwatt and Ashdown amplifiers. On his current tour, Waters uses Ampeg amplifiers. Ampeg is a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington. He is known to use delay and flanger pedals in his music. Delay is an Audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time Flanging is a time-based Audio effect that occurs when two identical signals are mixed together but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount An effects pedal (or a " Stomp Box " is an electronic Effects unit housed in a small metal or plastic chassis used by musicians usually Electric

While usually credited only as a bass guitarist and vocalist, Waters is also known to play electric guitar (as he did on Wish You Were Here and Animals, where he played rhythm guitar on tracks "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"-part 9, "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" and "Sheep") as well as add synthesizer and tape effects, both to Pink Floyd and his solo works. Rhythm guitar is the use of a Guitar to provide Rhythmic chordal Accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a Musical ensemble " Shine On You Crazy Diamond " is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition with lyrics written by Roger Waters in tribute to former band member Syd Barrett " Pigs (Three Different Ones " is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1977 album Animals. " Sheep " is a song by the English band Pink Floyd. It was released on the album Animals in 1977 Musique concrète ( French; literally "concrete music" is a style of Avant-garde music that relies on recorded sounds including natural He also plays acoustic guitar frequently during his live tours, mostly on tracks from The Final Cut and on the track "Mother".

The following is a list of equipment Waters either has used on his solo or Pink Floyd recordings, as well as on tours. ^[20][21][22]

Bass guitars

• Hofner bass guitar. Karl Höfner GmbH & Co KG is a German Manufacturer of Musical instruments with one division that manufactures Guitars and basses, and another His first bass.
• Rickenbacker RM-1999(also known as 4001S). For the American WWI fighter pilot see Eddie Rickenbacker. For the airport see Rickenbacker International Airport. Fireglo with rosewood fretboard. Used between 1966-1969.
• Fender Precision Bass. The Fender Precision Bass (sometimes shortened to the " P Bass " is an electric bass guitar, and was the first widely-available model of the instrument Waters was first seen in 1968 with a Precision. After 1970 he has rarely used any other bass guitars.
  • Sunburst with rosewood fretboard. First seen in September 1968. Also used in the early 70's.
  • White with black pickguard and rosewood fretboard. Appears on back cover of Ummagumma 1969. Seen used at the KQED TV recording April 1970.
  • Multi-coloured with rosewood fretboard. Actual colours of bass are unknown since only black and white footage/photos exist. This is a WWII German camouflage pattern. Used extremely rarely in early 70s.
  • Black with rosewood fretboard. Seen in some early performances.
  • Black with white pickguard, maple fretboard. First seen in a concert in London in 1972. Also used live during the 70's. In the late 70's Phil Taylor (David Gilmour's guitar technician) replaced the white pickguard with a black. During the Wall sessions and tour Waters had three of them.
  • Sunburst with maple fretboard and white pickguard. Used during the Dark Side of the Moon recordings.
  • Black with maple fretboard and black pickguard. His main bass guitars during the 1980s solo album and tours.

Waters currently uses Samson wireless systems with his basses.

• Black with maple fretboard "blackguard" Fender Precision - currently used on Live 8, The Dark Side Of The Moon Live 2006-2008

Guitars

• CBS Fender Stratocaster. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares Black with white pickguard, maple fretboard. First seen in Live at Pompeii.
• CBS Fender Stratocaster. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares Black with maple fretboard. Used on the 1977 tour.

The above Pompeii guitar belonged to David Gilmour. David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers

• Fender Stratocaster. Black with white pickguard and maple fretboard. Used on The Wall recording sessions.
• Ovation Legend acoustic/electric guitar. Used on the 1977 tour.
• Ovation Legend 1619-4 acoustic guitar. Used on The Wall recording sessions and tour. Also used on The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking Tour.
• Ovation Classical 1613 acoustic guitar. Used on The Wall tour.
• Washburn electric-acoustic guitar. Blue. Used on Radio K. A. O. S. tour. and The Wall Live in Berlin.
• Gibson Les Paul guitar. The Gibson Les Paul is a solidbody Electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s Black. Used on Radio K. A. O. S. tour.
• Unknown Fender Telecaster copy. The Fender Telecaster, also known as the Tele (pronounced Telly is typically a dual-pickup solid-body Electric guitar made by Fender. Black, with three control knobs. Used exclusively at the The Wall Live in Berlin, on "Hey You". " Hey You " is a song by the British Progressive rock band Pink Floyd.
• Martin 000-28EC acoustic guitar. Used on In the Flesh tour.
• Martin 000-28ECHF Bellezza Nera acoustic guitar. Used on Dark Side of the Moon Live tour.
• Washburn RR300 electric guitar (hi-strung). Sunburst. Used on In the Flesh tour.
• Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster. The Eric Clapton Stratocaster is the signature model Electric guitar of English Guitarist Eric Clapton, and was the first signature model Torino Red with white pickguard. Used on In the Flesh tour.
• Fender Stratocaster. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares All black. Used on 2002 In the Flesh tour.

Solo discography

For his work with Pink Floyd, see Pink Floyd discography between 1967 and 1985

References

External links

• Roger Waters Official website
• Roger Waters at the Internet Movie Database
• REG International Fan Club
• Official MySpace
• 2007 interview in Colombia
• "Dark Side of the Moon Live", June 6, 2007 in Ottawa photos
• Audio interview with Roger Waters
• Roger Waters Live Earth Video Interview