Roger Waters
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-09-06
Place of Birth
Great Bookham, Surrey, England, UK
Roger Waters
Biography
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.
Also Known For
A Technicolor Dream
Aug 08, 2008
State of Fear
Jan 01, 1997
Roger Waters - Live/Rock in Rio Lisbon Portugal
Feb 19, 2010
Roger Waters: In The Flesh - Live
Dec 18, 2000
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
Mar 24, 2003
Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
Jun 01, 2003
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
Oct 25, 1972
Roger Waters – 30th Anniversary Of The Wall
Jan 01, 2011
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
Sep 17, 2007
Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974
May 31, 2005
Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill — Live from Prague
May 25, 2023
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
Jul 21, 1990
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
May 15, 2023
Pink Floyd - Divided We Fall - The Wall: Live At Earl‘s Court
Feb 27, 2012
Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
May 01, 1970
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Jun 07, 2023
Roger Waters: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa, 2006
Jun 02, 2006
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut
Mar 21, 1983
Roger Waters: Live in Argentina
May 19, 2007
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1
Sep 03, 2014
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2
Sep 03, 2014
Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
Jun 26, 2012
Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez
Aug 08, 1970
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Dec 12, 2012
Pink Floyd: Live Anthology
Jan 20, 2005
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
Oct 18, 1991
Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.
May 31, 1988
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary Blu-ray)
Oct 13, 2023
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)
Nov 08, 2011
Pink Floyd - The Wall, Live At The Earl's Court
Aug 08, 1980
The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74
Nov 16, 1974
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
May 28, 2011
Roger Waters: This is not a Drill, Live at River Plate Stadium
Nov 22, 2023
Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)
Sep 16, 2022
Pink Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd
Jan 01, 2011
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
Jan 01, 2007
Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996
Jan 01, 2004
If These Walls Could Sing
Sep 03, 2022
Superstars in Concert
Jan 01, 1984
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
May 27, 2007
Roger Waters - Amused to Death
Jul 25, 2015
Roger Waters: The Wall
Sep 29, 2014
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
Dec 05, 2022
Live 8
Nov 07, 2005
Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour
Jan 01, 2011
Roger Waters: Video Anthology
Oct 12, 1984
Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971
Aug 04, 2021
THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music? (Documentary)
Dec 28, 2022
Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd
Jun 28, 2024
Chit Chat with Oysters
Oct 11, 2013
The Occupation of the American Mind
Jan 19, 2016
The Abbey Road Story
Jan 04, 1998
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
Aug 30, 2000
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Oct 04, 2005
Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review
Apr 07, 2008
Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wall
Dec 06, 2011
Stamping Ground
Oct 14, 1971
The Other Side of the Wall
Jan 01, 1982
Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall
Jan 01, 1999
On l'appelait Roda
Oct 31, 2018
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 2: 1968: Germin/ation
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 3: 1969: Dramatis/ation
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 1: 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 4: 1970: Devi/ation
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 5: 1971: Reverber/ation
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 6: 1972: Obfusc/ation
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 7: 1967–1972: Continu/ation
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
Sep 13, 2005
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review
Jan 01, 2008
Sound of the City: London 1964-73
Jun 01, 1973
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
Dec 07, 2007
Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert
Jul 02, 2005
Roger Waters: Us + Them
Oct 02, 2019
Roger Waters: Radio KAOS
Jan 01, 1988
Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes
Jun 16, 2006
Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floyd
Mar 08, 2010
Pink Floyd – KQED
Jun 25, 1970
Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Rehearsal 1987
Oct 01, 2019
Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972
Nov 11, 2016
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Interviews
Jan 01, 2009
A Fleeting Glimpse
Jun 17, 2020
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle
Jan 01, 2007
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Apr 29, 1970
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
Apr 10, 2020
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4
Jan 01, 2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5
Jan 01, 2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3
Jan 01, 2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2
Jan 01, 2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1
Jan 01, 2004
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Immersion Box Set)
Sep 27, 2011
Roger Waters - Live Earth
Jul 07, 2007
Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary
Jul 05, 2004
Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum
Feb 27, 1980
Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983
Jan 01, 2007
Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice
Oct 01, 2020
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)
Feb 27, 2012
Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
Aug 03, 2023
Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Apr 26, 1975
Roger Waters : The Wall - Live Netherlands
Apr 08, 2011
Roger Waters : The Wall - Live in Moscow
Sep 13, 2014
Roger Waters The Wall on Tour
Nov 11, 2010
Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Live - Bogota 2007
Mar 09, 2007
Pink Floyd: The Story
Nov 15, 1994
Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix) (Audio Blu-ray w/Dolby Atmos Mix)
May 17, 2024
Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
May 01, 1970
Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR
Jun 15, 1971
Censoring Palestine
Dec 18, 2024
Classic Albums
Apr 14, 1997
Tout le monde en parle
Sep 12, 2004
Omnibus
Oct 13, 1967
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
ECHO-Verleihung
May 18, 1992
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Jan 12, 1975
Seven Ages of Rock
May 19, 2007
