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My Take
What strikes me most about Roger Waters is that he approached rock music as conceptual architecture rather than entertainment. After Syd Barrett's departure, he turned Pink Floyd into a vehicle for grand, often uncomfortable ideas—alienation, war, the machinery of fame—and somehow made stadiums full of people sing along to them. I don't always agree with his politics, and his combativeness has cost him bandmates and friendships, but I respect an artist who refuses to soften with age. Eighty-plus and still picking fights with power: that stubbornness is, to me, the very essence of what rock and roll once promised to be.
Overview
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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roger Waters
- Name (Japanese)
- ロジャー・ウォーターズ
- Reading
- ろじゃー・うぉーたーず
- Born
- September 6, 1943 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Great Bookham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / singer-songwriter / guitarist / screenwriter / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Cambridgeshire High School for Boys
- University
- University of Westminster
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.