English singer Roger Waters recently penned down a letter to Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, to urge her husband to initiate a cease fire and stop fighting against Russia.
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“Please help me in my honest endeavors to persuade our leaders to stop the slaughter, the slaughter which serves only the interests of the ruling classes and extreme nationalists both here in the West, and in your beautiful country, at the expense of the rest of us ordinary people both here in the West, and in the Ukraine, and in fact ordinary people everywhere all over the world”, he said in the letter.
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Who Is Roger Waters?
Roger Waters is a British singer, songwriter, and co-founder of progressive rock band, Pink Floyd.
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Born on September 6, 1943, Waters had been the bassist since the passing of Syd Barrett. He later served as their lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until he left in 1983.
The Pink Floyd band had international acclaim credited to their albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut (1983).
They were one of the most successful musical bands in the 80s.
Waters later launched his solo career, and went on to release studio albums The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), Amused to Death (1992), and Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017).
In 1996, Wayers was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2005, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
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