Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters said there was “no evidence” that Hamas terrorists raped Israeli women on October 7th, instead blaming Israel for the deaths of more than 1,200 of its citizens. He called those who claimed otherwise “filthy, disgusting liars.”
J PostWaters even suggested that the Israeli government intentionally allowed the Hamas slaughter to happen, appeared to deny there was any systematic killing of civilians by Hamas, and defended a video he published on YouTube advising Israelis to “go back to Eastern Europe or the United States or wherever you came from.”
Not surprisingly, the music rights company BMG is parting ways with the Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters over comments he made about Israel, Variety reported on Monday. The split, unusual for a major publishing deal, is the latest fallout from Waters’ increasingly divisive rhetoric over Israel.
The rocker has remained defiant over numerous backlashes, such as a German police investigation over a “Nazi-style” costume worn on stage in Berlin last year. In April 2023, he won a legal battle allowing him to play in Frankfurt, after magistrates of the German city had instructed the venue to cancel a concert and accused Waters of being “one of the most widely known anti-Semites in the world.”
Israellycool Floyd accuses Israel of evil actions and designs without any evidence, yet defends Hamas despite the plethora of proof they actually committed horrendously evil acts. All while comparing Jews to those who murdered millions of us during WWII.
If Waters truly wants a world with less evil, he’ll leave it.
Just @Rogerwaters alleging the Jewish state wants to destroy the entire world, comparing us to Nazis, while defending #Hamas. But do tell us he’s neither antisemitic nor evil. https://t.co/mzML0DVxkI pic.twitter.com/3DOuqleBpW
— 🎗️ David Lange (@Israellycool) July 25, 2024
Daniel Erbstoesser says
We need to do as his name says. We need to put rodger in the water and that very deep.
PinkCadlac ~ All American / American says
During the first Trump presidency, I ACCIDENTALLY ( true story) ended up at a Waters concert. During the early part of the show, he started a political tirade, with military combat films being projected all over the arena and huge, unflattering, Trump balloons. It was disgusting. I left.
Waters is a sick and depraved lunatic. Glad he’s getting some pushback.
LJW says
No wonder I never listened to their music. However, I did name a cat after the band. ACDC were the bomb and they were wicked enough.
Satan is hard at work (his mission) convincing people to hate all of Israel and he has been doing this since day one. Satan hates God’s chosen one’s (Jews) and those that are grafted in (Christians).
It is a deep sickness of the heart and mind that can not be explained rationally. It is a demonic spiritual condition that only the LORD can solve when He Returns.
Psalm 122: 6 Pray for peace Jerusalem……..
If you curse Israel, God will curse you. If you love and pray for Israel God will bless you.
It is as simple as that!!!!!
Richard S says
If you are looking for an ex-Pink Floyd member that has talent, that would be David Gilmour. His first debut album, About Face, and On an Island are very good releases. No political or antisemite BS
Daniel Erbstoesser says
Your last sentance says it all and yes i agree with you in all you wrote.
William Love says
One mans views shouldn’t blemish a great band with fantastic sound. He needs a trip to the dark side of the moon.
Jack Rider says
If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a noise? There is, as Roger Watters, stated no evidence of Hamas’ genocidal assalut on Israeli people on October 7 if you do not want to look at the evidence. The go-pro recordings on the headgear of the terrorists do not provide proof. The kibbutz camera surveillance recordings do not provide proof. The intercepted cell phone calls of the Hamas perpetrators do not provide proof. The testimonies of the survivors and the Israeli first responders do not provide proof. The forensic reports from the autopsies of the murdered Israeli men, women and children do not provide proof. The post-incident photographic and video documentation do not provide proof. And the declarations from Hamas’ leadership that they intend to do it again and again, do not provide proof. So, Watters’ position is just inane!
The question is whether Watters is one of those useful idiots who are simply in the dark about what happened. How could that be? Almost everyone except the comatose is a mere click away from YouTube or any other social platform providing news. Even Al-Jezeera covered this horror (albeit with their islamist rationalizations justifying it). Or, whether Watters is one of those who are antisemitic foundationally and who throw their voices in support of this pogram because it otherwise satisfies their personal bigotries.
Moreover, for Watters to say that the Jews should go back to Europe and the United States clearly shows that he has no understanding of history because Israel is the ancestral home of the Jews, not Europe or the United States. Jews have always lived there. The Jews are the indigenous people of Israel. There never was in history an independant Arab muslim state called palestine which, is itself, a word of Hebrew origin referencing the ancient Philistines who were themselves foreign to the region having landed there form the Aegean.
I hope Watters gets to play his electric guitar while standing in a bucket of water.
Pray Hard says
Some old rockers just need to STFU and die.
Richard S says
Roger Waters disgusts me. The lyrics in “In the flesh?” tells me how he thinks. In a recent concert he dresses like a Nazi and fires a blank machine gun in the crowd.
Steve says
Pink Floyd were the rage with my fellow headbangers at an undergrad college. Personally I never liked their music. Now after knowing their disgusting views on October 7, I’ll make sure to put them on my permanent boycott list.
And if I run into any Pink Floyd fanboys and fangirls, I’ll let them know why they have such a poor taste in music.
BareNakedIslam says
I don’t know if the whole group shares his views.
PinkCadlac ~ All Americn / American says
I’m no PF expert, and I haven’t listened to them since early 70’s, however, I think they have been in ‘parted ways’ status for many years.
BareNakedIslam says
Yes, I think they kicked him out, but not sure.
Richard S says
Check out David Gilmour’s music. Nothing like Roger Water’s
BareNakedIslam says
Sorry, I never listen to rock music.
Arj says
Come on, PF’s music was and is amazing. Yes, it’s a pity that RW has turned out to be such a huge twat but the rest of the band are not such pricks and the music soars above RW’s frothy tirades.
Stanley Marsh says
Too much LSD?
Taffy says
Sounds about right, along with the potpourri of other drugs.