| He and Syd Barrett attended the Morley
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| | songwriter, composing both Animals and
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| Memorial Junior School on Hills Road,
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| | The Wall largely by himself (though
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| Cambridge, and later both attended the
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| | continuing to collaborate with Gilmour on
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| Cambridge County School for Boys (now
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| | music). He is the sole writer of Pink
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| Hills Road Sixth Form College), while
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| | Floyd's two most successful singles,
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| fellow band member David Gilmour attended
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| | "Money" and "Another Brick in the Wall,
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| The Perse School on the same road [1]. He
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| | Part II".
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| met Nick Mason and Richard Wright while
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| | While usually credited only as a bass
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| attending the Regent Street Polytechnic
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| | guitarist and vocalist, Waters is also
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| school of architecture. He was a keen
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| | known to play electric guitar (as he did
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| sportsman and was fond of swimming in the
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| | on Animals, where he played rhythm guitar
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| River Cam at Grantchester Meadows. At 15
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| | on tracks "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"
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| he was chair of YCND in Cambridge.
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| | and "Sheep") as well as add synthesizer
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| In 1965, Roger Waters founded Pink Floyd
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| | and tape effects to earlier works. He
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| (after many different incarnations - see
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| | also plays acoustic guitar frequently
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| Pink Floyd) along with Syd Barrett,
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| | during his live tours, mostly on tracks
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| Richard Wright and Nick Mason. Although
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| | from The Final Cut.
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| Barrett initially did most of the
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| | Waters' band-mates were happy to allow
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| songwriting for the band, Waters wrote
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| | him to write the band's lyrics and guide
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| the song "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and
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| | its conceptual direction while they
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| Walk" on their debut LP, The Piper at the
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| | shared the opportunity to contribute
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| Gates of Dawn. The album was a critical
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| | musical ideas (Gilmour described Waters
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| success and positioned the band for
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| | as "a very good motivator and obviously a
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| stardom. Barrett's deteriorating mental
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| | great lyricist,"[2] even at the height of
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| health led to increasingly erratic
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| | the acrimony between them in 1995). Some
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| behavior, rendering him unable to
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| | of the band's most popular and beloved
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| continue in his capacity as Pink Floyd's
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| | songs, including "Echoes", "Time", "Us
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| lead singer and guitarist. Waters
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| | and Them", "Wish You Were Here" and
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| attempted to coerce his friend into
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| | "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", feature the
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| psychiatric treatment; this proved
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| | strong synergy of Waters' sharp lyrical
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| unhelpful, and the band approached David
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| | instincts combined with the melodic
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| Gilmour to replace Barrett at the end of
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| | talent of Gilmour, the soft, precise
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| 1967. Even the band's former managers
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| | drumming of Nick Mason, and atmospheric
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| felt that Pink Floyd would not be able to
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| | patterns of keyboardist Richard Wright
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| sustain its initial success without the
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| | ("Us and Them", for instance, began as a
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| talented Barrett. Filling the void left
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| | sweetly melodic Wright keyboard
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| by Barrett's departure, Waters began to
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| | instrumental and gained poignancy when
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| chart Pink Floyd's new artistic
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| | Waters added plaintive antiwar lyrics).
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| direction. The lineup with Gilmour and
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| | Unfortunately, this give-and-take
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| Waters eventually brought Pink Floyd to
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| | relationship began to dissolve: a
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| prominence, producing a series of albums
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| | consequence of the band's collective
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| in the 1970s that remain among the most
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| | ennui, according to Waters. Songwriting
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| critically acclaimed and best-selling
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| | credits were a source of contention in
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| records of all time.
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| | these difficult years; Gilmour has noted
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| An early picture of Roger Waters with
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| | that his contributions to tracks like
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| Pink Floyd during the 1960sIn 1970,
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| | "Another Brick In The Wall, Part II",
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| Waters collaborated with British composer
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| | with its blistering guitar solo, were not
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| Ron Geesin (who co-wrote Pink Floyd's
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| | always noted in the album credits. Nick
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| title suite from Atom Heart Mother) on a
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| | Mason addresses the band in-fighting in
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| soundtrack album, Music from "The Body",
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| | his memoir, Inside Out: A Personal
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| which consisted mostly of instrumentals
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| | History of Pink Floyd, characterizing
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| interspersed with songs composed by
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| | Waters as being egomaniacal at times. It
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| Waters. Within Pink Floyd, Waters became
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| | was while recording The Wall that Waters
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| the main lyrical contributor, exerting
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| | decided to fire Wright, after his
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| progressively more creative control over
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| | personal problems began to affect the
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| the band: he produced thematic ideas that
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| | album production. Wright stayed with the
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| became the impetus for concept albums
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| | band as a paid session musician while
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| such as The Dark Side of the Moon and
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| | Waters led the band through a complete
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| Wish You Were Here, for which he wrote
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| | performance of his opus on every night of
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| all of the lyrics and some of the music.
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| | the brief tour that followed (for which
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| After this, Waters became the primary
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| | Gilmour acted as musical director).
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