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Roger Waters was the bands
bassist, composer, and lead singer after founder Syd Barrett was kicked out
of the band. He was the primary creative force in Pink Floyd From 1965 to
1983. He first met Syd Barrett in Saturday Art class. Then he moved to
London to study in architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic and there
formed a band with drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Rick Wright. Barrett
joined them forming Pink Floyd. Rogers wrote the three songs for their
first album Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. |
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started playing a more prominent role in the band once Std Barrett left
and was replaced by David Gilmour. While his first solo work came up in Ummagumma. Waters best work would come soon after. Roger wrote
most if not all of the lyrics for the album, Dark Side Of The
Moon. One of the greatest albums ever. He also wrote all of the
lyrics for ,Wish You Were Here, and, most of the lyrics in ,Animals, and
the ,The Wall, who happened to be rivaling Dark Side Of
The Moon in album sales. Waters was the sole author of Another
Brick In The Wall Part ll, a gold one drawn from ,The
Wall. |
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| After
Pink Floyd broke up David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Rick Wright tried to
reform and tour. Waters sued seeking
an injunction to prevent them from touring as Pink FLoyd with out him. He
had lost the case and, Gilmour led Pink Floyd to tour and record
successfully. |
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| Following
the fall of the Berlin Wall, Waters organized an all-star performance of
The Wall In Berlin on July 21,1990. It was filmed and recorded. Resulting
in the album The Wall- Live In Berlin. He made his third solo
album, Amused To Death. |
