Roger Waters

Sergiy Kyslytsya was attending yesterday's (February 8) UN Security Council on the delivery of weapons to Ukraine when he made the remarks. Rogers, the Pink ...

[Pink Floyd](https://www.nme.com/artists/pink-floyd) co-founder, [was invited by Russia](https://www.nme.com/news/music/russia-asks-pink-floyd-co-founder-roger-waters-to-speak-on-ukraine-at-the-united-nations-3394417) to speak on the matter following [his comments in recent months about the West](https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-asks-ukrainian-first-lady-to-help-persuade-our-leaders-to-stop-the-slaughter-in-open-letter-3305655) and [America in particular being “the main aggressor” in the war](https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-defends-branding-joe-biden-as-a-war-criminal-hes-fuelling-the-fire-in-the-ukraine-3284791). The musician said he is “taking advice as to his position” regarding Samson’s claims. [David Gilmour](https://www.nme.com/artists/david-gilmour) and his wife, author Polly Samson. “It encourages the continuation of the war,” Waters said. “It is ironic, if not hypocritical, that Mr Waters attempts now to whitewash another invasion,” Kyslytsya said. [After Waters called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “illegal” and condemned it “in the strongest possible terms”, the vocalist and bassist claimed over a video link that it “was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms”](https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-russia-invasion-ukraine-illegal-but-not-unprovoked-3394787).

Roger Waters has been condemned by Ukrainian officials after accepting an invite to speak to the UN Security Council from Russia. The Pink Floyd legend is.

The writer and journalist is married to Roger Waters’ former Pink Floyd band mate, and branded him “anti-semitic to the core”. It suits you more than lecturing the security council on how to do its job. The Pink Floyd legend is having an eventful week.

Roger Waters has been re-recording the 1973 classic Pink Floyd album 'Dark Side of the Moon' on his own without consulting either David Gilmour or Nick ...

[said](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/): “I wrote ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’. Reportedly, Waters is “planning a lavish vinyl release” of the classic record, although it has proven to be “a bit tricky” ever since he departed the iconic prog-rock outfit in 1985, and has butted heads with his old bandmates ever since, particularly guitarist David Gilmour. In a new interview, Waters explained that he had been secretly working on the album for several months, without Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour or Nick Mason even knowing.

The group's former bass player, who is currently embroiled in a war of words with former bandmate David Gilmour, has said that "not enough people recognised" ...

He is currently taking advice as to his position." "A fight with evil, in this case an apparently all-powerful hooded and cloaked figure...it brooked no rebuttal." "Of course we were a band, there were four of us, we all contributed – but it's my project and I wrote it. "I wrote the Dark Side of the Moon. blah!" Let’s get rid of all this 'we' crap!"

Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets, and Roger Waters news as it happens, information, exclusive interviews, reviews, pictures, ...

Waters notes that he has re-recorded the album as "not enough people recognised what it's about, what it was I was saying then." The interviewer notes that - to their ears - some of the new album is very good, with Breathe given a 'slow, acoustic groove' and Money being 'country-tinged [and] could be a late Johnny Cash cut'. He does note that: 'But, surprisingly, Waters seems to have decided that what was wrong with the original album’s beautiful instrumental tracks was that they didn’t have Waters talking all over them. [here](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/). [Home](index.php) [Latest News](https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/2.html) Roger Waters talks about new re-recording of The Dark Side Of The Moon Roger Waters talks about new re-recording of The Dark Side Of The Moon On the same day that saw Roger Waters speaking to the United Nations on the invitation of Russia, Waters has also revealed details of a full re-recording he has done of The Dark Side Of The Moon, seemingly without the knowledge of Pink Floyd. In the interview, Waters talks about subjects such as Russia, and Ukraine, and his ex-band, before allowing the reporter to listen to his re-recording in its entirety. [Daily Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/) (please note: full article potentially behind a paywall). The re-recording, which he hopes will now be released in May (delayed from March), potentially due to be launched with a special concert, is revealed in a lengthy piece in the UK's

Having reportedly cut his former Pink Floyd bandmates out of the album without their knowledge, Waters has reworked Dark Side and recorded spoken word over ...

“I wrote The Dark Side of the Moon,” he said. Waters says he reworked the album because no-one understood its meaning, a suitably arcane theme about “the voice of reason” and Atticus Finch speaking via bonfire. Of course we were a band, there were four of us, we all contributed – but it’s my project and I wrote it. Waters refuted the allegations and suggested he was taking legal advice. Sadly, he is not taking an oath of silence. Gilmour quoted Samson’s tweet and wrote, “Every word demonstrably true.”

Musician claims Kyiv 'provoked' attack; Ukraine's ambassador to global organization hits back saying artist is 'a brick in the wall' of Russian ...

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The former Pink Floyd star has revealed plans for a solo version of the band's iconic 1973 album having been working on the project for months without the ...

it brooked no rebuttal.” Of course we were a band, there were four of us, we all contributed – but it’s my project and I wrote it. results - view all

The musician says he's remade the classic 1973 album without Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason.

Waters considered the band to be over at that point, but Gilmour, Mason and keyboard player Rick Wright released an album under the Floyd name in 1987, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. [Speaking to the Daily Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/), he said: "I wrote The Dark Side Of The Moon. Of course, we were a band, there were four of us, we all contributed – but it’s my project and I wrote it. The split between Waters and the other Pink Floyd members came after the release of the band's 1983 album The Final Cut. it brooked no rebuttal.” Roger Waters has been "secretly" re-recording Pink Floyd's classic album The Dark Side Of The Moon.

Roger Waters tells the United Nations Security Council that Russia's invasion was "not unprovoked".

They never have had, and that drives them crazy." "Let's get rid of all this 'we' crap. In his interview with Berliner Zeitung, Waters said: "I find it really, really sad. The deputy UN ambassador for the US, Richard Mills, said: "I certainly acknowledge he has impressive credentials as a recording artist. We are many who do not share in the profits of the war industry. President Putin has repeatedly blamed Nato's expansion and Ukraine's push to join it for the invasion. Not one more Ukrainian or Russian life is to be spent, not one, they are all precious in our eyes." I condemn it in the strongest possible terms," he said via video link. He continued: "So what do the voiceless millions have to say? Of course we were a band - there were four of us, we all contributed - but it's my project and I wrote it, so, blah." They have no ideas - not a single one between them. "I wrote The Dark Side of the Moon," he said.

The Pink Floyd star argued that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was provoked during an address to diplomats in New York.

They have, also since then, crossed any number of red lines that had been set out quite clearly over a number of years by your neighbours the Russian Federation and in consequence they, the extreme nationalists, have set your country on the path to this disastrous war.” Or, in Mr Waters words, Ukraine friends who are provocateurs,” Richard Mills, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, told the 15-member Security Council. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked.

At the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, the Ukrainian ambassador slammed Roger Waters as "another brick in the wall" of Russian propaganda.

He also claimed he is “taking advice as to his position” concerning Samson’s remarks. “The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation was illegal and I condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” Waters said at the meeting via video link. “How sad for his former fans to see him accepting the role of just another brick in the wall – the wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda.” “Also, the Russian invasion was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms. “It is ironic, if not hypocritical, that Mr Waters attempts now to whitewash another invasion,” Kyslytsya said. Sergiy Kyslytsya made the remarks when attending the UN Security Council’s meeting on the delivery of weapons to Ukraine.

The veteran rocker also described Ukraine as “not really a country at all” and “a patchy sort of vague experiment”, during an interview with the Daily Telegraph ...

“Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. So it’s a patchy sort of vague experiment.”

The news comes as his rift with Pink Floyd bandmate David Gilmour deepened.

Waters also criticised his former Pink Floyd band mates, including the late-great Rick Wright (who he spoke about in the present tense), saying none of them ...

[Greatest Led Zeppelin Songs poll in September 2018](https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/the-20-greatest-led-zeppelin-songs-of-all-time/) to mark the band's 50th anniversary, 'Stairway To Heaven' is also at No.2 in our Greatest Rock Song poll. Not only is it one of Iron Maiden's greatest songs from their legendary back catalogue, it's also one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The standout song from Rainbow's seminal 'Rising' album, 'Stargazer' sees the inimitable, late-great Ronnie James Dio narrate the ominous story of a wizard whose attempt to fly by constructing a tower to the stars leads to the enslavement of countless people. Opening with one of the greatest riffs in rock history, AC/DC's title track from their blockbuster 'Back in Black' album was written in response to the death of Bon Scott. Lyrically poignant, Myles Kennedy wrote the lyrics for 'Blackbird' about the death of his close friend Mark Morse. An irrefutable rock magnum opus. Of course, it wouldn't be a Greatest Rock Song poll without Gun N' Roses' signature song 'Sweet Child O' Mine' rearing its head. With 'Highway to Hell', AC/DC once again proved that simplicity is often the key to rock n' roll brilliance. Motörhead purists might argue that there are better songs in the band's formidable musical arsenal, but 'Ace of Spades' is easily Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor and "Fast" Eddie Clarke's most popular and enduring tracks. A monumental and magnificent rock epic. “Let’s get rid of all this ‘we’ crap. A Top 10 hit upon its release in 1971 as a trimmed down three-minute single, to truly understand the brilliance of 'Won't Get Fooled Again' you have to listen to the sprawling eight-and-a-half-minute album version.

The veteran rocker also described Ukraine as “not really a country at all” and “a patchy sort of vague experiment”, during an interview with the Daily ...

“Also, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. So it’s a patchy sort of vague experiment.”

International rock music artist Roger Waters delivered an eloquent briefing at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, saying he represented the ...

Waters responded to the campaign against him in Germany in a lengthy [interview with Berliner Zeitung](https://rogerwaters.com/berliner/), which he translated into English and posted on his website. Waters is among a very few artists and musicians who have maintained a principled anti-war position on the actions of the US-NATO in Ukraine without supporting Russia. He said, “Maybe, somehow, however hard they worked all their lives, they lost their footing on the slippery, tilting deck of the neo-liberal capitalist ship we call life in the city and fell overboard to end up drowning. Waters made numerous references to the threat of a third world war and nuclear annihilation as the inevitable product of the imperialist drive for global hegemony. While some media outlets claimed that Waters’ invitation by Moscow meant that he would be speaking “on Russia’s behalf,” the content of his speech makes clear that this is not at all what took place. The UN press release said the briefing was being held “against the backdrop of a raft of announcements of new military aid to Ukraine.

Roger Waters was credited as the lyricist for all 10 tracks on the album, however he only has sole credit for the music on three songs – 'Money', 'Brain Damage' ...

"It was in Virgin, it was in HMV, it was in Tesco, it was all over the place. The group saw the painting in a book of Mel's and liked it, then adapted it for their album cover." The original photo of Baron Manfred von Richthofen (pictured sitting in the cockpit of his Albatros fighter) and his 'Flying Circus' Jagdstaffel 11 Division. Decades before the advent of CGI, one of the stuntmen had to be set on fire wearing a flame-retardant suit and Rondell drew the proverbial short straw. The late-great Neil Peart said of the logo: "All (the naked man) means is the abstract man against the masses. Of course, central to the eerie 'Black Sabbath' sleeve is the ghostly, enigmatic woman in black, who is seemingly referenced in the opening lines of the title track and opening song on the record: "What is this that stands before me? Speaking to Kerrang!, Bishop said of the Hole shoot: "I was a Nirvana fan and had at that point only heard a couple of (Hole) songs, but was thrilled to be a part of the project, knowing who (Courtney Love) was and what she was capable of… Just over a decade after the release of 'Sticky Fingers', Joe Dallesandro appeared on the cover to The Smiths' 1984 self-titled debut album. Arguably one of the most famous cover stars in this feature, the worse-for-wear bloke smoking a cigarette on the cover to Arctic Monkey's seminal debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' is Chris McClure, brother of Reverend and The Makers frontman Jon McClure. I'm half Puerto Rican, and a lot of Killers fans have written to me to say how nice it is to see a Latino on the cover, instead of the usual girl with blonde hair and blue eyes." Two years later, the famous image was used on the cover art to Emile de Antonio's Vietnam War documentary film In The Year of the Pig. The woman was Lucy Joplin, who was 23 in 1999, and the man was Kipp Burns, also 23.

Roger Waters has re-recorded Dark Side of the Moon without any involvement from the rest of Pink Floyd. Here's the latest.

And the rest of the band? Waters is planning a vinyl release for the upcoming 50th anniversary of the album—despite quitting the band in 1985. He spoke with a German newspaper and shared some incendiary comments, accusing Israel of ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid.’ Waters also called the US the main aggressor on the Russia-Ukraine war.