Oh no! Pink Floyd is a russian stooge

[yaesu]

Well, the founder seems to be, per the Guardian live feed:

Speaking upon the invitation of the Russian ambassador to the council, Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters called for an immediate ceasefire in an address to the UN security council on Wednesday.

The US deputy ambassador to the UN, Richard Mills, responded by questioning Water’s credentials to address the council on the conflict and then deferred to the Ukrainian representative, Sergiy Kyslytsya, who accused the musician of unwittingly becoming a tool for Russian propaganda.

Kyslytsya said:

How sad for his former fans to see him accepting the role of just a brick in the wall – the wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda.

[Happy Hoosier]

1. Roger Waters loves to hear himself talk.

After all... he's the genius behind Pink Floyd! Just ask him!

There is no doubt the man is (or was) a massive musical talent. But he's tankie trash. He's set himself so hard in opposition to the evils of THE WEST that he, like many of the very far left, has adopted the rather bizarre notion that the Russians are good guys in this, or at least, BOTH SIDES are at fault.

Fuck Waters and all Ptuin apologists.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. "A" founder, not "the" founder

Nick Mason is still alive (and the only person who has played on all Pink Floyd records), and he's not a Putin stooge. While Dave Gilmour joined a couple of years after the start, when Syd Barrett started to show the effects of drugs, it'd be harsh to diminish his role in Pink Floys compared to Waters, too. And Gilmour has backed his wife in her public criticism of Waters' crap.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. The band, Pink Floyd, is not a Russian stooge,

Roger Waters is, but the rest of the band, Nick Mason, David Gilmour, etc,, definitely are not, and neither was the late Richard Wright.

[TxGuitar]

4. Right.Waters hasn't been in the band for 30+ years nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. +100.

OP should edit to reflect that it's Roger Waters, not Pink Floyd.

[bigtree]

5. your title is false

...you're smearing the entire band, some who have already spoken out in objection to Waters.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. +100. nt

[walkingman]

6. So sad to see Waters going doing the Rabbit Hole - will always love Pink Floyd.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. You really should change the headline

to Roger Waters, not Pink Floyd.
Just sayin.

[Johonny]

10. The Roger Waters interview with the telegraph is a great (hilarious) read

The author clearly had his fill of Roger Waters the blowhard, but managed to survive 4 hrs of talking to Waters.

My favorite part is when the author points out Waters was ranting about Rick Wright, who has been dead for a decade, as if he's in the room with them.

[themaguffin]

11. No not Pink Floyd. Roger Waters who left them in the 80s. Pink Floyd even did a song for Ukraine!