Pink Floyd star Roger Waters sang that his agent was ‘a f***ing Jew’, prime producer says in new documentary that accuses the singer of utilizing anti-semitic remarks

Pink Floyd star Roger Waters allegedly sang that his agent was a ‘f***ing Jew’ in an improvised track, in keeping with an account from the rocker’s ex-producer in an explosive new documentary exploring claims that he has made anti-semitic remarks.

Bob Ezrin, a Jewish man who produced hit Floyd albums together with The Wall and A Momentary Lapse of Purpose, advised investigative journalist John Ware that the 80-year-old was a ‘bully’ in his eyes.

He claimed that Waters, whereas within the studio, invented an offensive track concerning the band’s then-agent Bryan Morrison, saying: ‘I can not keep in mind the precise circumstance however one thing like…the final line of the couplet was: ‘As a result of Mori is a f***ing Jew.”

Ezrin seems in The Dark Side of Roger Waters, a brand new documentary produced by the Marketing campaign In opposition to Antisemitism (CAA) – months after Waters appeared on stage in a Nazi-esque trench coat with a pink armband as a part of his most up-to-date tour.

Ware has beforehand reported on claims of anti-semitism within the Labour Party for the BBC‘s Panorama programme.

Waters courted controversy this yr after dressing in a Nazi-style trench coat and holding a faux machine gun throughout a live performance on the O2 Enviornment in London in June this yr

Bob Ezrin claimed that Roger Waters as soon as sang an improvised track wherein he referred to one-time Pink Floyd agent Bryan Morrison as a ‘f***ing Jew’

Music mogul Bryan Morrison, who was allegedly the goal of an anti-semitic ditty sung by Roger Waters while within the recording studio. He died in 2008

The Marketing campaign In opposition to Antisemitism’s documentary, The Darkish Aspect of Roger Waters, is offered by TV journalist John Ware, who beforehand investigated claims of anti-semitism throughout the Labour Social gathering

Mr Ezrin, who has additionally labored with large names like Lou Reed, U2, Taylor Swift and Aerosmith, stated he was ’embarrassed’ to confess that he did not problem the bassist on his alleged ditty, out of shock.

He added: ‘It was my first inclination that there could also be some anti-semitism underneath the floor. 

‘Now, Roger knew that I am Jewish, so I did not know whether or not this was one other a kind of button-poking issues that he was doing, simply to see if I’d react, or if he simply did not even get how offensive that may be to a Jewish particular person.’

He’s satisfied that Waters genuinely does not see himself as anti-semitic regardless of the character of his alleged feedback.

Mr Ezrin concluded: ‘I do not consider that Roger sees himself as an anti-semite, in the identical approach that most individuals do not see themselves as racist. 

‘However he walks like one, he quacks one, he swims like one – so you realize, from my viewpoint he is functionally a duck.’

Bryan Morrison, the alleged topic of Waters’ improvised track in keeping with Mr Erzin, died in 2008 aged 66 after spending two years in a coma following a fall from a horse.

He had a colored historical past with the band – and made a number of the unluckiest selections in musical historical past.

As Pink Floyd’s supervisor he secured them a massively profitable present on the Royal Albert Corridor in London – solely to be sacked by Waters instantly afterwards.

Years later, he agreed to be purchased out of a publishing deal he had with Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour as a result of the band needed to launch a brand new album.

Pictured: An inflatable pig emblazoned with insults geared toward Donald Trump at a 2016 Roger Waters live performance in California. Claims have been made that Waters needed the same pig to be plastered with anti-semitic language

The Pink Floyd bassist allegedly instructed portray the phrases ‘soiled ok***’ and ‘comply with the cash’ on an inflatable pig in an e mail dated 2010

The Marketing campaign In opposition to Antisemitism documentary additionally options enter from saxophonist Norbert Stachel, who claims Waters spoke about ‘Jew meals’ 

Pictured: Roger Waters wearing a protracted black leather-based coat with a Nazi-style armband throughout a live performance on the O2 Enviornment in London in June this yr

He provided what he thought was an overinflated value to be purchased out of the band’s future works – just for that phrase to be the band’s seminal album Darkish Aspect of the Moon, the fourth most-successful album of all time. He doubtless misplaced thousands and thousands by giving up the rights.

He turned down alternatives with the likes of Elvis Presley, Rod Stewart and Elton John – and even had brushes with infamous London gangster twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray.

The CAA documentary, launched on Wednesday, options detailed accounts from Mr Ezrin and Norbert Stachel, a Jewish saxophonist who toured with Waters internationally.

Mr Stachel alleged that, as plates of vegetarian meals have been introduced out at a restaurant, Waters exclaimed: ‘The place’s the meat? What’s with this? That is Jew meals! What’s with the Jew meals! Take away the Jew meals!’

The saxophonist added: ‘I am simply sitting there, sort of in a panic. I do not know what to do.’

Requested if he regarded Waters as anti-semitic, he replied: ‘I personally do.’

The documentary additionally broadcasts claims that Waters needed an enormous floating pig at his live shows to be emblazoned with the Star of David and slogans that contained denigrating language about Jewish folks.

In an e mail, allegedly despatched by Waters in 2010, he seems to recommend to his backstage staff that the pig needs to be made with ‘soiled ok***’, ‘comply with the cash’ and ‘scum’ written on the edges.

The phrase ‘ok***’ is a notoriously offensive phrase used to denigrate Jews, whereas the cash reference is a basic anti-Jewish trope, says the brand new movie.

The pig was ultimately made with out these phrases, however with the Star of David and greenback indicators, and has been a function of Waters’ live shows.

Members of the Jewish group demonstrated outdoors The O2 Enviornment in June earlier than a Roger Waters efficiency

Roger Waters beforehand stated claims he’s an anti-semite are ‘bull***’ and ‘vicious lies’ after he was condemned for sporting a ‘Nazi-style’ trench coat on stage – together with in Germany

The documentary featured archive footage of interviews wherein Waters referred to late Jewish investor Sheldon Adelson as a ‘puppet grasp…pulling the strings’ of politicians – a long-running trope stated to be anti-semitic

Gideon Falter, chief government of the CAA, stated the documentary will let folks ‘make up their very own minds’ about whether or not they consider Waters harbours anti-semitic beliefs

Waters is ready to play the London Palladium subsequent month. The CAA says it has written to venue proprietor Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and promoter Dwell Nation, urging them to cancel the present. 

Gideon Falter, chief government of the CAA, stated: ‘Roger Waters has repeatedly used his monumental platform to bait Jews, however he all the time claims that he’s not antisemitic. 

‘We believed that there was additional proof on the market on the contrary, and the discharge of The Darkish Aspect of Roger Waters now places the proof we obtained within the palms of the general public.

‘It’s laborious to think about a rockstar emblazoning the N-word above their live shows, however Mr Waters demanded that his crew do precisely that with the Okay-word. Not solely that, however he appears to have hung out humiliating and harassing his Jewish workers.

‘One can not assist however watch this movie and marvel what sort of particular person makes use of their energy to this impact. Is Roger Waters an anti-semite? Now folks could make up their very own minds.’

Waters himself has repeatedly denied he’s anti-semitic, saying that the allegation has arisen from previous feedback concerning the Israeli authorities, which he says sees him as an ‘existential risk to their settler-colonialist, racist, apartheid regime’.

After his look in a Nazi-esque coat in Berlin in Might, he launched an announcement denying that he harboured anti-semitic beliefs.

‘My current efficiency in Berlin has attracted dangerous religion assaults from those that wish to smear and silence me as a result of they disagree with my political opinions and ethical ideas,’ he stated.

‘The weather of my efficiency which have been questioned are fairly clearly an announcement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its varieties. 

‘Makes an attempt to painting these parts as one thing else are disingenuous and politically motivated.

‘The depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue has been a function of my exhibits since Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ in 1980.

‘I’ve spent my whole life talking out towards authoritarianism and oppression wherever I see it. 

‘After I was a toddler after the battle, the title of Anne Frank was usually spoken in our home, she turned a everlasting reminder of what occurs when fascism is left unchecked. 

‘My dad and mom fought the Nazis in World Conflict II, with my father paying the final word value.

‘Whatever the penalties of the assaults towards me, I’ll proceed to sentence injustice and all those that perpetrate it.’

The CAA says that it contacted Waters for a response to the documentary however didn’t hear from him or his representatives. MailOnline has contacted Waters’ representatives for remark.