The Bleeding Heart Band

The Bleeding Hearts Band, originally consisted of John 'Willie' Wilson, Andy Bown, Snowy White and Peter Wood, and although it has appeared as, and been credited as a band, it has never been a band in the regular sense (like Metallica, The Band or U2), but rather a group of musicians, put together for a specific concert or show.

The Bleeding Hearts Band first appeared mostly as a support for Pink Floyd's The Wall in 1980. The first show opened with Wilson, Bown, White and Wood wearing special rubber masks designed to look like the faces of the members of Pink Floyd, so that the audience would get surprised when all of a sudden (after In the Flesh had finished playing), the real Pink Floyd came on stage, while the other four removed their masks. Then they went on to helping out with additional instruments for the rest of the show.

When this album was released in 1984, as Roger Waters' first solo album, The Bleeding Hearts Band more or less became 'his' band, although with a compleatly new lineup, now consisting of

• Roger Waters - Rhythm and Bass Guitar, Vocals
• Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
• Michael Kamen - Piano, Orchestra Conductor and Orchestral Arrangements
• Andy Newmark - Drums
• David Sanborn - Saxophones
• Andy Bown - Hammond Organ and Twelve String Guitar
• Ray Cooper - Percussion
• Madeline Bell - Backing Vocals
• Doreen Chanter - Backing Vocals
• Katie Kissoon - Backing Vocals
• Raphael Ravenscroft - Horns
• Kevin Flanigan - Horns
• Vic Sullivan - Horns

as well as The National Philharmonic Orchestra. Waters also went on a tour in 1984 and 1985 with the band, and a natural change of musicians also occurred compared to the studio recording. The Orchestra diseappeared, while the brass section and backing vocals were removed and reduced respectivly, and the band also shrinked between the 1984 and '85 tour.

1984 Tour

• Roger Waters - Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Vocals
• Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
• Michael Kamen - Keyboards
• Andy Newmark - Drums
• Mel Collins - Saxophones
• Chris Stainton - Keyboards and Bass Guitar
• Tim Renwick - Guitar and Bass Guitar
• Doreen Chanter - Backing Vocals
• Katie Kissoon - Backing Vocals

1985 Tour

• Roger Waters - Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Vocals
• Jay Stapley - Lead Guitar
• Michael Kamen - Keyboards
• Andy Newmark - Drums
• Mel Collins - Saxophones
• Andy FairWeather Low - Guitars and Bass Guitar
• Doreen Chanter - Backing Vocals
• Katie Kissoon - Backing Vocals

When The Wall was set up in Berlin in 1990 to raize money for the charity Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, the show featured an enourmous number of international artists, as well as Roger Waters and The Bleeding Hearts Band.