In a recent interview with Linda Advocate, DISTURBED singer David Draiman, who is of Jewish heritage, addressed an alleged “ongoing feud” with British rock musician and anti-Israel activist Roger Waters. Draiman, as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET, expressed strong criticism of Waters, saying, “He’s a piece of work, that deluded old freak. Antisemitic to his rotten core. Just ask [his PINK FLOYD bandmate] David Gilmour and his wife — they’ll testify to it. He’s been that way his entire life and career. It’s nothing new. He’s a coward, a hypocrite, and a supporter of dictators and dictatorial regimes all over the world. He’s an apologist for Putin and anyone on the wrong side of history. He’s a deluded wannabe-socialist as well.”
Draiman continued, “Even a maniac can create great art, and it’s hard to argue with the artistry of a work like [PINK FLOYD’s] ‘The Wall’. But everything he professed to believe in through his art, he’s shown himself to be a hypocrite for. I was already losing my mind with him years ago when he was flying around a pig with the [Jewish] Star of David on it in his stadium shows. The guy is a bully, and he wouldn’t dare engage with me. Because for people like him, it’s not about logic, reasoning, or facts. It’s all about their hate-fueled antisemitic narrative, the demonization of our people and the State of Israel, and their inability to accept that we even exist. He’s a monster.”