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David Gilmour (L) and Roger Waters (R) perform at a benefit evening for The Hoping Foundation on July 10, 2010 in London, England
Roger Waters reflects on writing Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here – and the meaning behind it

By Janelle Borg Published

David Gilmour's Wish You Were Here guitar intro served as the catalyst that inspired the beloved Pink Floyd track

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Roger Waters performing live on stage at Wembley Arena during a production of Pink Floyd's rock opera The Wall, on September 20, 2013 & David Gilmour performs at Royal Albert Hall on September 23, 2015 in London
“It’s Roger’s bass riff. He came in with the verses and the lyrics for Money”: Listen to the isolated bassline on Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece

By Nick Wells Published

The iconic bass riff helped make Dark Side of the Moon one of the biggest-selling albums of all time

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Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Roger Waters perform on stage at "Live 8 London" in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London, England.
Was David Gilmour’s Comfortably Numb solo really a first take? Total Guitar sets the record straight

By Paul Elliott Published

In light of Roger Waters’ recent comments regarding Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin, the UK guitar magazine has clarified the situation

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David Gilmour and Roger Waters performing live in 2005
Roger Waters says David Gilmour’s iconic guitar solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb was not his first take

By Matt Owen Published

Waters shared his comments on the classic track in a new video answering fan questions

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Roger Waters has shared the first single from his re-recording of The Dark Side of the Moon – and there's not a guitar solo in sight

By Matt Owen Published

The former Pink Floyd bassist's reinterpretation of Money swaps Gilmour's searing solos for brooding acoustics and a reflective spoken word passage

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Snowy White performs with Roger Waters at the O2 Arena in London on May 19, 2008
Snowy White: "It's funny that I used a Strat for Pigs on the Wing. I was so used to my Les Paul – I was surprised I felt as comfortable as I did. I still hated it, but I got through it"

By Andrew Daly Published

The rock guitar gun for hire reveals why he was initially hesitant to play with Pink Floyd, how he divvied up parts with David Gilmour, and what it was like navigating the tension between Gilmour and Roger Waters

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Roger Waters performs at the PPG PAINTS Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 6, 2022
Hear the first snippet from Roger Waters' re-imagining of The Dark Side Of The Moon

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The former Pink Floyd bassist has released a clip of his re-working of Us and Them

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David Gilmour (left, foreground) and Roger Waters (right, background) perform with Pink Floyd at the Live 8 Festival in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London
Watch David Gilmour play the Black Strat with Pink Floyd for the final time

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Gilmour's long-icy relationship with estranged Floyd bassist and songwriter Roger Waters thawed just long enough for the band's classic lineup to perform one last time at the 2005 Live 8 benefit concert

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David Gilmour and Roger Waters
Roger Waters says he was misquoted calling David Gilmour’s solos “horrible”

By Matt Owen Published

“Dave’s guitar solos constitute a collection of some of the very best guitar solos in the history of rock and roll,” Waters said in a statement on social media

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Roger Waters has rerecorded Pink Floyd classic The Dark Side of the Moon: “Let’s get rid of all this ‘we’ crap! It’s my project”

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Having reportedly cut his former Pink Floyd bandmates out of the album without their knowledge, Waters has reworked Dark Side and recorded spoken word over the album’s instrumentals

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