Roger Waters
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Roger Waters is an English musician best known as a co-founder of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, where he served as bassist, lyricist, and primary creative force. He matters because Pink Floyd revolutionized progressive rock and created some of the most influential and commercially successful albums in music history, making Waters a central figure in modern rock music.
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George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965, serving as the group’s bassist. After the departure of founding member Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd’s primary lyricist, conceptual leader, and co-lead vocalist until leaving the band in 1985. Pink Floyd achieved international success with several concept albums, including "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and political activist. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the band's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's principal lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1985.
Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut (1983). By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most acclaimed and commercially successful groups in popular music. Amid creative differences, Waters left in 1985 and began a legal dispute over the use of the band's name and material. They settled out of court in 1987. His solo work includes the studio albums The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), Amused to Death (1992), and Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017). In 2005, he released Ça Ira, an opera translated from Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gils's libretto about the French Revolution.
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