Known for his work with MusiCorps Wounded Warrior band in the past, Roger has teamed up with Soundwaves Art Foundation to sell some exclusive art / prints to help support the MusiCorps foundation.

The MusiCorps foundation was formed in response to the crisis of returning service members injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, MusiCorps is a conservatory-level music rehabilitation program that helps wounded warriors play music and recover their lives. It has been praised by the Wall Street Journal as “revolutionary,” is pioneering in the field of adaptive music, and has helped countless wounded warriors learn or relearn how to play an instrument as a core part of their rehabilitation.

The MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band, the performance component of MusiCorps, is made up of injured veterans who became musicians through MusiCorps. The band has wowed millions of people with powerful performances that speak to the talent and resilience of its members.

Up for sale to raise funds for the foundation is “Another Brick In The Wall” (Parts I, II, & III), Which are taken from The Wall, Pink Floyd’s 11th studio album, which was released in 1979 and is regarded as one of the greatest of all time. With estimated sales of over 23 million copies it has the third highest US sales for an album. Roger Waters has signed three originals and 33 prints from each song to support the work of MusiCorps,which has been helping injured veterans in their recovery through the power of music.

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A new species of shrimp has been named after Pink Floyd thanks to a pact between prog rock-loving scientists.The synalpheus pinkfloydi uses its large pink claw to create a noise so loud it can kill small fish. The team behind the discovery vowed years ago if it ever found a new pink shrimp it would “honour” the rockers.

Sammy De Grave, head of research at Oxford University Museum of National History, said he has been a fan of the band since he was a teenager. He has previous for naming crustaceans after rock legends, having already named a species of shrimp after Rolling Stones front man, Mick Jagger – Elephantis jaggerai.

He said: “I have been listening to Floyd since The Wall was released in 1979, when I was 14 years old, The description of this new species of pistol shrimp was the perfect opportunity to finally give a nod to my favourite band. We are all Pink Floyd fans, and we always said if we would find a pink one, a new species of pink shrimp, we would name it after Pink Floyd.”