George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his 1965–1985 career with the band Pink Floyd; he was credited as their main songwriter (after the departure of Syd Barrett), bass player and one of their lead vocalists (along with David Gilmour and, to a lesser extent, Richard "Rick" Wright). He was also the lyrical mastermind behind many of the band's concept albums, especially The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut, as well as being the originator of much of the band's well known symbolism, such as the Pink Floyd pigs.

Following this, he began a moderately successful solo career releasing three studio albums and staging one of the largest concerts ever, The Wall Concert in Berlin in 1990. In 2005 he released an opera, Ça Ira, and joined Pink Floyd at the Live 8 concert in London, on 2 July, 2005, for their first public performance with Waters in 24 years.

Roger Waters was the main songwriter for the classic British rock band Pink Floyd . He, along with Syd Barrett , Nick Mason , and Richard Wright , formed the band in 1965 and released their first album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” in 1967. In 1968, Syd Barrett was replaced by guitarist/singer David Gilmour . Waters was the primary songwriter for some of Pink Floyd’s classic albums, “ The Dark Side Of The Moon ”, “ Wish You Were Here ”, “ Animals ”, and “ The Wall ”. Wa