Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame says he's "angry" at the state of the music industry, which has suffered since the introduction of digital downloading and file sharing.

He called those responsible for the technology a "gallery of rogues and thieves who interject themselves between the people who aspire to be creative and their potential audience and steal every f—ing cent anybody ever made and put it in their pockets to buy f—ing huge mega-yachts and Gulfstream Fives with. These . . . thieves!"

"It's just stealing! And that they're allowed to get away with it is just incredible."

He said the situation has made it untenable for young artists making music.