What is Roger Waters?
[[File:Roger_Waters_18_May_2008_London_O2_Arena.jpg|thumb|<center>(2008)</center>]] '''George Roger Waters''' (born 6 September 1943) is an [[English people|English]] [[rock music|rock]] [[musician]]. He was born in [[Great Bookham]], [[Surrey]] and moved to [[Cambridge]] during his early childhood. He is best known as the [[bass guitar|bass]] player, co-lead singer, principal [[Lyrics|lyricist]], and founder member of the English rock band [[Pink Floyd]] (1964–1986). Waters became the main songwriter in Pink Floyd after [[Syd Barrett]] left in January 1968. He sang lead vocals on at least one half of all Pink Floyd tracks when he was with the band. Many consider 1973–1979 to be the Golden Age of the Waters era Pink Floyd, during which time they released four studio albums. Released in 1973, ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' is one of the top selling albums of all time. Pink Floyd followed the success of ''Dark Side'' with ''[[Wish You Were Here]]'' (1975), ''Animals'' (1977) and 1979's ''[[The Wall]]'', a double album considered by many to be rock's finest. ''The Wall'', based on the life struggles of Roger Waters, is the best selling double disk of all time, and as Pink Floyd's second definitive album, it solidified their status among the world's elite rock bands. In 1983 Pink Floyd released their tenth studio album, ''[[The Final Cut]]''. Written and almost entirely sung by Roger, (Gilmour sang on just one track), it is the only Pink Floyd album on which Waters is credited for the writing and composition of every song. ''The Final Cut'' is more fairly considered Roger's first solo album, essentially using [[David Gilmour]] and [[Nick Mason]] as studio musicians. One of rock music's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful acts, Pink Floyd has sold over 200 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million in the United States. Following his legal and philosophical split with Pink Floyd in 1986, Waters began a solo career, releasing three studio albums, ''[[The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking]]''