Watch live and behind the scenes footage of Roger Waters' The Wall

Roger Waters is a man with a reputation. His zealous fans, a stronghold of mainly middle-class men, view him as a harnesser of zeitgeists, a genius creator of complex prog rock. Others, namely the remaining members of his former band, Pink Floyd, see him as a ruthless, egocentric control freak who sparked one of the greatest feuds in music history. Angry young and older men seem drawn to him. What women think of him remains more of a mystery.

In the sterile surroundings of a private suite in a London hotel, Waters is aware he is capable of controlling the atmosphere of a room more effectively than any temperature dial. Unusually tall for