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.
Acting (100 movies)
A Technicolor Dream
2008
State of Fear
1997
Roger Waters: In The Flesh - Live
2000
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
2003
Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon
2003
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
1972
Roger Waters – 30th Anniversary Of The Wall
2011
David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine
2007
Inside Pink Floyd: A critical review 1967 - 1974
2005
Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill — Live from Prague
2023
Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin
1990
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
2023
Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)
1970
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
2023
Roger Waters: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa, 2006
2006
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut
1983
Roger Waters: Live in Argentina
2007
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1
2014
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2
2014
Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here
2012
Pink Floyd: Saint-Tropez
1970
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Pink Floyd: Live Anthology
2005
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Folk Rock Night
1991
Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.
1988
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (50th Anniversary Blu-ray)
2023
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)
2011
The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74
1974
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
2011
Roger Waters: This is not a Drill, Live at River Plate Stadium
2023
Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix)
2022
Pink Floyd: The Best of Pink Floyd
2011
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
2007
Pink Floyd: Inside Pink Floyd: A Critical Review 1975-1996
2004
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
Superstars in Concert
1984
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
2007
Roger Waters - Amused to Death
2015
Roger Waters: The Wall
2014
C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando
2022
Live 8
2005
Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour
2011
Roger Waters: Video Anthology
1984
Pink Floyd: Hakone Aphrodite 1971
2021
Echoes - A History Of Pink Floyd
2024
Chit Chat with Oysters
2013
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016
The Abbey Road Story
1998
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
2000
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
2005
Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wall
2011
Stamping Ground
1971
The Other Side of the Wall
1982
Retrospective: Looking Back at the Wall
1999
On l'appelait Roda
2018
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 7: 1967–1972: Continu/ation
2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 6: 1972: Obfusc/ation
2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 5: 1971: Reverber/ation
2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 2: 1968: Germin/ation
2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 4: 1970: Devi/ation
2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 3: 1969: Dramatis/ation
2016
Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 1: 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ation
2016
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
2005
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review
2008
Sound of the City: London 1964-73
1973
The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
2007
Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert
2005
Roger Waters: Us + Them
2019
Roger Waters: Radio KAOS
1988
Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoes
2006
Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floyd
2010
Pink Floyd: KQED
1970
Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Rehearsal 1987
2019
Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972
2016
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Interviews
2009
A Fleeting Glimpse
2020
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd: Meddle
2007
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
1970
Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert
2020
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1
2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 5
2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 2
2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 3
2004
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 4
2004
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (Immersion Box Set)
2011
Roger Waters - Live Earth
2007
Pink Floyd -The Wall Lost Documentary
2004
Pink Floyd: The Wall - Nassau Coliseum
1980
Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983
2007
Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice
2020
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Immersion Box)
2012
Môa, Mother Africa Roots
2023
Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
1975
Roger Waters The Wall on Tour
2010
Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Live - Bogota 2007
2007
Pink Floyd: The Story
1994
Pink Floyd: Amougies Pop Festival
1970
Pink Floyd: Live in Royaumont, FR
1971
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985
Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court
1980
Directing (12 movies)
Roger Waters: The Wall
2014
Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill — Live from Prague
2023
Roger Waters: Us + Them
2019
Pink Floyd - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
1975
Roger Waters : The Wall - Live Netherlands
2011
Roger Waters The Wall on Tour
2010
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
1970
The Dark Side of The Moon - Live at Wembley`74
1974
Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon Live - Bogota 2007
2007
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box Set)
2011
Pink Floyd - The Reunion Concert
2005
Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court
1980
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| More | 1969 | Original Music Composer |
| Zabriskie Point | 1970 | Original Music Composer |
| The Valley | 1972 | Original Music Composer |
| Pink Floyd: The Wall Live at Earl's Court | 1980 | Writer |
| Pink Floyd: The Wall | 1982 | Screenplay |
| Pink Floyd: The Final Cut | 1983 | Screenplay |
| When the Wind Blows | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S. | 1988 | Writer |
| Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin | 1990 | Writer |
| Roger Waters: The Wall | 2014 | Producer |
| Roger Waters: The Wall | 2014 | Writer |
| The Ploy | 2016 | Original Music Composer |
| Roger Waters: Us + Them | 2019 | Producer |
| The Four Walls | 2021 | Producer |
| Pink Floyd: Animals (2018 Remix) | 2022 | Writer |
| Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill — Live from Prague | 2023 | Producer |
| Lyd | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Walled Off | 2024 | Producer |