Roger Waters records Dark Side Of The Moon without the rest of Pink Floyd

In the last week, the 79-year-old had slurs at his former bandmate David Gilmour and the wife of guitarist and lyricist Polly Samson, after the person attacked Waters on social media. and accused him of anti-Semitism, which he denied.

Waters then made a virtual surprise appearance at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday, where he “condemned” the invasion of Ukraine but also criticized the “provocateurs” he claimed. prompted the Russian invasion.

Speaking to the Telegraph about his upcoming The Dark Side Of The Moon vinyl release, Waters said he “didn’t know” how to deal with copyright issues for the album, which peaked at No. two in the UK rankings in 1973.

He said he remade it “because not enough people realized its contents” and what he “had said back then”.

Waters also said: “Ukraine… is a deeply divided country. In fact, it’s not a country at all, it’s just been there since Khrushchev, 1956. So it’s kind of a patchwork experiment.”

He added that he was “very pleased with Barbados,” a former British colony that became an independent country within the Commonwealth in 1966 and then a republic two years ago. .

When asked for an example of a time when he changed his mind due to evidence, he said: “Yes, an article I wrote about three months ago called Vladimir Putin a gangster… That may not be fair.

“It is possible that he is leading his country for the benefit of all Russians.”

Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985, launching unsuccessful legal action against other members to prevent them from using the band’s name without him.

The influential prog rock group – Waters, Gilmour, the late Nick Mason and Richard Wright – reunited on Live 8 in 2005.

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At a Security Council meeting on Wednesday, to discuss the situation in Ukraine, Waters made a virtual appearance, saying he represented “the feelings of countless brothers and sisters around the world”.

Reflecting on the war, he called for a ceasefire and said: “It is illegal for the Russian Federation to invade Ukraine. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.

“Also, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not without reason. Therefore, I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms.”

After his speech, the delegate of the Security Council of Ukraine, Sergiy Kyslytsya, reminded the audience that Pink Floyd was banned in the Soviet Union after they condemned the country’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

Mr Kyslytsya said: “It is ironic, if not hypocritical, that Mr Waters is trying to whitewash another invasion.

“It’s sad for his old fans to see him accept the role of just ‘a brick in the wall’, the wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda.”

Formed in London in 1965, Pink Floyd’s most popular albums include The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall.

A statement from Waters on Monday said he was “aware of provocative and extremely inaccurate comments about him on Twitter by Polly Samson, which he categorically denies” and that he was “accepting advise on your position”.