Roger Waters has admitted he regrets taking legal action against his former Pink Floyd bandmates in the 1980s. Speaking to the BBC's HARDtalk programme, the singer and bass guitarist said he was wrong to sue David Gilmour and Nick Mason in 1986 to prevent them from using the band's name.
Waters, who left Pink Floyd in 1985, said he still believes leaving was the correct decision. The court case lasted two years and was eventually settled out of court on Christmas Eve on Gilmour's houseboat. Waters noted that the legal profession taught him that the Pink Floyd name had commercial value regardless of the band's creative state.
The former bandmates have since reconciled, reuniting for Live 8 in 2005 and performing together at Waters' The Wall show in 2011. Waters also revealed he is working on his first new album since 2005, saying he has had a breakthrough and is looking forward to making another record.
Waters also defended his current tour's use of the Star of David on an inflatable pig, which has been criticised as anti-Semitic by groups including the Anti Defamation League (ADL) and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He described the imagery as satire and noted that the ADL retracted its criticism after seeing the show.
