Using the broadest brush strokes, Pink Floyd became the UK’s first major psychedelic band thanks to their visionary leader ...

Syd Barrett might have already had the heart of Pink Floyd in the early days, but his contributions were relegated to these ...

Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, and the band’s undeniable leader in its initial phase ...

The life of Syd Barrett was not an easy one, but the legacy he left behind is one of the most respected in psychedelic rock.

You will no doubt have read the obituaries for Syd Barrett, who died of cancer on July 7 2006. You will have read about how he was the original guiding light of Pink Floyd, who wrote, sang and ...

“After he [Barrett] left the band, they all thought those songs were too intense,” said Peter Jenner, former Pink Floyd manager in ... but they’re some of Syd’s finest work – though ...

There is a deep connection between The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Decades ago, Paul McCartney accurately predicted how the sound ...

While this is a film about Syd ... Barrett and EM Forster. Landing during Dark Side Of The Moon’s 50th anniversary year, these act as a welcome reminder of the fragile visionary who set the ...

While in California to promote their Apples And Oranges single, Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett began to show signs of the behaviour ...

Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett has died at his Cambridgeshire home. The singer, 60, who suffered from an LSD-induced breakdown while at the peak of his career in the Sixties, died last Friday (July 7).

When talking about innovative and creative rock bands, Pink Floyd is usually at the top of the list. Throughout its duration from the mid-1960s and into the 2000s, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters ...

Syd Barrett (vocals and lead guitar ... a sort of pleasant “psychedelic chamber music.” Unfortunately the Pink Floyd’s second album, A Saucerful of Secrets, is not as interesting as their ...