Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters has been forced to back track after a promotion campaign sparked a row with Elliot Smith fans.
One of the most spectacular tours ever seen, Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ looms large in the music industry. Earlier this year singer Roger Waters confirmed that he wanted to take the album back across the globe, to introduce a new generation to the band’s music.
The promotional campaign for the enormous tour involved a guerrilla poster effort, plastered across walls in the United States. However the careless nature of the campaign has left Elliot Smith fans feeling irate.
Captured on the cover of ‘Figure 8’ one of the most iconic photos of the singer features Elliot Smith in front of a Sunset Boulevard wall. Decorated with a mural, it has seen better days as these LA Weekly photos show.
Regarded as a shrine to Elliot Smith by fans, the wall now boasts an enormous Roger Waters poster. Sparking controversy in the United States, the one time Pink Floyd singer has been forced to back track.
Reacting to the row, Roger Waters told the Los Angeles Times that he meant no offence to the singer. “It was absolutely an accident. I didn’t want to disrespect Elliott Smith’s fans, and I’ve instructed (the team) to remove the wheat paste immediately. It was a random pasting in the normal course of this, and I want to make it public that we had no intent to offend or cover up something precious.”
Continuing, Roger Waters revealed that he had not heard Elliot Smith’s music. Where have you been?
Finishing the singer said: “It’s not like this was some pristine monument and Roger Waters is the Big Bad Wolf who covered it up.”
Rogers Waters’ ‘The Wall’ tour opens later this year.
