Roger Waters

From Pink Floyd

Roger Waters was the bassist and vocalist for Pink Floyd from 1964 to 1985, after his split from Pink Floyd, Waters released three solo albums, a soundtrack, opera and staged one of the largest concerts, The Wall Live in Berlin with an attendance of 450,000 people.

Contents 1 Pre-Pink Floyd 2 Pink Floyd Era 3 Solo Years 4 Songs written by Waters himself

[edit] Pre-Pink Floyd

When Waters was five months old he lost his father, Eric Fletcher Waters in World War II, the loss of his father is referred in "Free Four", "Us And Them", "Another Brick In The Wall (Part I)", "When The Tigers Broke Free" and the 1983 album "The Final Cut".

Waters attended Morley Memorial Junior School with Syd Barrett and later both attended the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys. Waters met Nick Mason and Richard Wright at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Architecture.

[edit] Pink Floyd Era

See Pink Floyd.

[edit] Solo Years

[edit] Songs written by Waters himself

• "Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk"
• "Julia Dream"
• "Let There Be More Light"
• "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun"
• "Corporal Clegg"
• "Cirrus Minor"
• "The Nile Song"
• "Crying Song"
• "Green Is The Colour"
• "Cymbaline"
• "Grantchester Meadows"
• "Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict"
• "If"
• "Biding My Time"
• "San Tropez"
• "Free Four"
• "Money"
• "Brain Damage"
• "Eclipse"
• "Have A Cigar"
• "Welcome To The Machine"
• All tracks from "Animals" except for "Dogs".
• All tracks from "The Wall" except for "Young Lust", "Comfortably Numb", "Run Like Hell", and "The Trial".
• All tracks from "The Final Cut".