Mason asked, "There's kind of a peace with you guys these days?" "I'd never stood on that beach staring out to sea, thinking about that."Īnd in the other war that altered Waters' life, with his former bandmates (especially David Gilmour), he's declared a fragile truce. "I'd never followed to his death, if you like," Waters said. But also emotionally entangled in that loss."Īt end of his last tour, for the documentary about "The Wall," he went to the beach at Anzio in Italy, where his father died in battle. And I realized that it was a uniquely kind of important moment to recognize that I could still be that needy of my father's approval, if you like. He co-wrote Pink Floyd compositions such as 'Echoes', 'Time', 'Careful with That Axe. He is the only member to feature on every Pink Floyd album, and the only constant member since its formation in 1965. After a recent concert, a veteran came up to Waters: "And he said to me, 'Your father would be proud of you.' And I lost it completely. Nicholas Berkeley Mason, CBE (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer and co-founder of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters was just five months old when his father, Eric Waters, was killed during World War II. The bass player suddenly had to come out of the shadows. And that was very character-forming! Very character forming." While the other members continued on as Pink Floyd, Waters went out on his own: "I was doing gigs in 4,000-seat arenas to 1,500 people, when they were playing to 70,000 people in the local football stadium. And I guess I can understand that to some extent. In 1985, in one of the ugliest breakups in rock history, Waters walked away: "There's a large kind of body of people, you know - fans, I guess, of the band - who sort of blame me for having destroyed something that is precious to them. Its theme is alienation and the walls that divide us.īut a wall was rising within Pink Floyd, as Waters and guitarist David Gilmour battled for control.
Waters emerged as the band's main songwriter, the force behind two of rock's most influential albums:ġ973's "Dark Side of the Moon," which spent a record 14 years on the charts and 1979's "The Wall," the fifth-bestselling album of all time. From left): David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Rick Wright and Roger Waters. And of course what you do is, everybody who can starts trying to write, because if you don't write, you're dead." Pink Floyd in the 1970s.
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