Roger Waters - Music Icon

Iconic musician talks to Raw Politik.

Roger Waters, is the latest of our highly revered guests to appear on Raw Politik.

Roger, co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist.  Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon & Wish You Were Here.

By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful groups in popular music In 1990, Waters staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, with an attendance of 450,000.

As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.  He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999. He performed The Dark Side of the Moon for his world tour of 2006–2008, and The Wall Live, his tour of 2010–2013, was the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist at the time.

Waters incorporates political themes in his work and is a prominent supporter of Palestine in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He has called for the removal of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, and describes Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid. Some of his comments, such as his likening of Israel to Nazi Germany, and elements of his live shows, drew accusations of antisemitism, which Waters dismissed as a conflation of anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism.

Click Roger's image, to view him reciting a poignant and powerful peace of verse, relating to the occupation of Palestine.