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.

A few days later, STARS was formed with Syd Barrett, Jack Monck and myself. Syd's insanity has definitely been overplayed. I had known Syd since 1967 and when we finally worked together in 1972, I ...

It’s hard to imagine the world of progressive music without David Gilmour’s distinctive and accomplished playing. His soaring ...

A founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett was best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter during the band's heavily psychedelic early years. He composed the majority of ...

These bands shook things up and reaped the benefits. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at bands whose career ...

‘Syd’ Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge ... which coincided with regular consumption of LSD. The star started to behave erratically at gigs, most memorably at a show in San ...

Have You Got It Yet? is part of a modest flurry of Barrett activity, along with the launch of an official Youtube channel and a BBC Radio 4 drama, The Ballad Of Syd & Morgan, about a fictional ...

Few bands have made the transformation from cult icons to world-dominating rock stars like Pink Floyd. They began as a vehicle for Syd Barrett, a warped-minded genius whose interest in psychedelia ...

Throughout its duration from the mid-1960s and into the 2000s, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright influenced countless artists across genres such as ...

Pink Floyd had many phenomenal moments during their prime, but Roger Waters felt these projects were where everything was ...

David Gilmour, pictured talking to journalist Andrew Marr, has published the lyrics to new songs in local newspapers Pink Floyd star David ... and guitarist Syd Barrett, who lived and died in ...

The first album to define its own contents as psychedelic was the debut album by Texas garage rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, in October 1966 (The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators).