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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd as Self
- 2024 · Astronomical Echoes as Self
- 2023 · Roger Waters: This is not a Drill, Live at River Plate Stadium as
- 2023 · Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversary Blu-Ray) as Bass Guitar, Vocals, VCS3 & Tape Effects
- 2023 · Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) as Self
- 2023 · Roger Waters – This is not a drill – Live from Prague as
- 2023 · Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd as Self
- 2022 · THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music? (Documentary) as
- 2022 · C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando as Sé stesso
- 2022 · Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix) as Self
- 2022 · If These Walls Could Sing as Self
- 2021 · Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971 as Self
- 2020 · Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · A Fleeting Glimpse as
- 2020 · Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Roger Waters: Us + Them as Self - Lead Vocals, Bass, Guitar
- 2019 · Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Rehearsal 1987 as Self
- 2018 · On l'appelait Roda as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972 as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 3: 1969: Dramatis/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 6: 1972: Obfusc/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 2: 1968: Germin/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 4: 1970: Devi/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 5: 1971: Reverber/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 7: 1967–1972: Continu/ation as Self
- 2016 · Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 1: 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation as Self
- 2016 · The Occupation of the American Mind as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Roger Waters - Amused to Death as
- 2014 · Roger Waters: The Wall as Self - Vocal, Guitar, and Bass
- 2014 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2 as himself
- 2014 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1 as himself
- 2013 · Chit Chat with Oysters as Self
- 2012 · 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- 2012 · Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here as Self
- 2012 · Pink Floyd - Divided We Fall - The Wall: Live At Earl‘s Court as Self
- 2012 · Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box) as Self
- 2011 · Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wall as Self
- 2011 · Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set) as Self
- 2011 · Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Immersion Box Set) as Self
- 2011 · Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall as Self
- 2011 · Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour as Self
- 2011 · Pink Floyd – The Best of Pink Floyd as
- 2011 · Roger Waters – 30th Anniversary Of The Wall as himself
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floyd as Self
- 2010 · Roger Waters - Live/Rock in Rio Lisbon Portugal as
- 2009 · Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Interviews as Self
- 2008 · A Technicolor Dream as Himself
- 2008 · Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Review as Roger Waters
- 2008 · Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review as Self
- 2007 · The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink? as Self
- 2007 · David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine as Self
- 2007 · Roger Waters - Live Earth as
- 2007 · Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason as Self
- 2007 · Seven Ages of Rock as Self
- 2007 · Roger Waters: Live in Argentina as Himself (Lead vocals, Bas, Acoustic Guitar)
- 2007 · Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle as Self
- 2007 · Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983 as Self
- 2006 · Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes as Self
- 2006 · Roger Waters: Live at Rock in Rio - Lisboa 2006 as vocals, bass, acoustic guitar
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2005 · Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb as Self
- 2005 · Pink Floyd London '66-'67 as Self - Bass
- 2005 · Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert as Self - Bass, Vocals
- 2005 · Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974 as Self
- 2005 · Pink Floyd: Live Anthology as Self - Bass, Vocals
- 2004 · Tout le monde en parle as Self
- 2004 · Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary as Self
- 2004 · Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996 as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5 as Self
- 2004 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1 as Self
- 2004 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4 as Self
- 2004 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3 as Self
- 2004 · Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2 as Self
- 2003 · Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon as Self
- 2003 · The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story as Self
- 2000 · Roger Waters: In The Flesh - Live as Himself - Vocals, Bas
- 2000 · Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall as Self
- 1999 · Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall as
- 1998 · The Abbey Road Story as Self
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1997 · State of Fear as
- 1992 · ECHO-Verleihung as Self
- 1991 · Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night as Himself
- 1990 · Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin as Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor
- 1988 · Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S. as Himself
- 1988 · Roger Waters: Radio KAOS as Vocals, Bass
- 1984 · Roger Waters: Video Anthology as
- 1984 · Superstars in Concert as Self
- 1983 · Pink Floyd: The Final Cut as Himself
- 1982 · The Other Side of the Wall as
- 1980 · Pink Floyd - The Wall, Live At The Earl's Court as
- 1980 · Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum as Self - Bass, Vocals
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Pink Floyd
- 1974 · The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74 as Self
- 1973 · Sound of the City: London 1964-73 as Self
- 1972 · Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii as Self - Bass, Vocals
- 1971 · Stamping Ground as Self - Pink Floyd
- 1970 · Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (UK Quad 8) as Self
- 1970 · Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez as Self
- 1970 · Pink Floyd – KQED as Self
- 1970 · Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution) as Self
- 1970 · Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother as Self
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- Future · Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968 as