Waters Roger: the story of one of the founders of Pink Floyd

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Waters Roger is known as one of the leaders and founders of the Pink Floyd group. For a very long period of time, this particular musician was the author of most of the lyrics and music, and also put forward the most significant ideas for the promotion of the band.

Childhood and youth

Roger Waters was born in England in September 1943. He spent all his childhood years in Cambridge with his brother and mother. There was no father, he died when the boy was 5 months old, on one of the fronts of World War II. Since Roger couldn't accumulate many memories of his dad, he had to endure the loss through all his creative work.

The youth of the musician carried the banner of political struggle, because his mother was a fierce communist, and the guy himself considered nuclear disarmament to be the right way of the state.

At school, Roger was lucky to meet David Gilmour and Syd Barrett. After the guy went to study at the Polytechnic Institute, the guys also pulled themselves up to London. And all together began to actively engage in music.

Pink Floyd

Founded in 1965a group whose name is loudly heard so far. The "Pink Floyd" group originally consisted of 4 people: Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, Nick Mason and Richard Wright.

Three years later, Syd Barrett left the band due to mental problems, so David Gilmour was invited to take his place. By the end of the seventies, relations between the new guitarist and Waters had deteriorated significantly. At the same time, the founder of the group at that time began to influence the group more and more, which affected the creation of the album "The Wall".

The relationship between Gilmour and Waters deteriorated so much that even their joint album "The Final Cut", which saw the world in 1983, was indicated as Roger's album, played by the Pink Floyd band.

Two years later, the team broke up. Roger Waters, whose discography consists not only of the band's music, but also of solo albums, tried to defend the rights to use the name "Pink Floyd" in court. As an argument, he used the fact that initially the team, besides him, included Richard Wright, Nick Mason and Syd Barrett, and Gilmour was not even close. Waters Roger claimed that after the departure of one of the founders of the band, he wrote the majority of the lyrics, but as a result he lost the legal battle. The rights to most of the compositions and the name "Pink Floyd" passed to David Gilmour, who, along with Wright and Mason, resumed creative activity. Only his compositions and the album "The Wall" remained with Roger.

Despite the collapse of the classic composition, the group continued to exist. Only 20 years later, all the musicians got together and performed at the Live 8 concert, playing four old songs.

Solo career

This part of Waters' creative life was not as successful as the career of the illustrious band, but, despite this, a dozen albums were recorded and many performances were held, starting in 1970. The British musician also created a rock opera and many soundtracks for cult films.

Waters Roger has a refined and elegant bass playing style. His bright riffs immediately sit in the head and do not leave it. Personal preferences were embodied by the musician in the Roger Waters Precision Bass signature instrument. This is a 4-string pickup bass guitar made by Fender.