A love of Syd Barrett's music was actually one of the few things that the always-fractious Reid brothers agreed upon during their teenage years. And, in a roundabout fashion, it was this shared ...
Long considered a footnote to casual fans in the story of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett is finally having his tale told some 55 years after he was unceremoniously pushed out of the band he co-founded with a ...
I was passionately in love with the writing of Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd,” said David Bowie. "There was a Peter Pan quality about him.” ...
"He launched them into space." Mercury Studios has launched their official trailer for a music history doc film titled in full: Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd. This look ...
“Vegetable Man” was considered for the band’s second album A Saucerful of Secrets and was nearly released as a single, the B-side to another unreleased track, “Scream Thy Last Scream.” Yet, both were ...
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The original Pink Floyd in 1967: Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason and Syd Barrett Credit: Photo © Syd Barrett Music Ltd. Though he identified primarily as a ...
Syd Barrett, who walked Pink Floyd through the gates of dawn before mental illness forced his departure from the then-rising group, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary featuring new ...
Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin remain classic rock juggernauts decades after their apex. Page’s best guitar solos remain iconic, and the band’s songs are still all-time greats. Even though he was focused ...
During the early portion of his career, the late Syd Barrett, who named and led Pink Floyd, generally maintained his equilibrium while treading the fine line between genius and madness — but he couldn ...