Syd Barrett, the rock icon, died long before pancreatic cancer claimed his physical body on July 7th, 2006. Ten years after his death, here are some little-known facts about one of music’s most ...

Exploring the true inspiration behind 'Lucifer Sam', the Syd Barrett psychedelic masterpiece which appeared on the iconic ...

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2. He Became Syd. Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946. As a teenager, Barrett gained the nickname "Syd"—and also a taste for collecting instruments.

Barrett was losing his grip on what was happening both musically and socially. On April 6th, 1968, it was officially announced that Syd had formally departed Pink Floyd.

Syd Barrett, who died several days ago (no one is sure exactly when) at age 60, was, to say the least, a mess. The wire services are remembering the co-founder and first lead singer of Pink ...

Syd Barrett co-founded and named Pink Floyd, wrote most of its early songs, anticipated the psychedelic era of the ’60s–and then all but disappeared from the British rock scene he helped ...

Syd Barrett’s time with Pink Floyd lasted a scant three years, from 1965 to 1968. His impact on the group he co-founded, however, not to mention countless other artists over the last 60+ years ...

The Syd Barrett documentary 'Have You Got It Yet?,' about the Pink Floyd founder-turned-cult icon, has shared its first trailer ahead of its release.

Syd Barrett proceeded to give every indication of having been launched into a permanent LSD orbit. Back at Earlham Street, says a close friend, Barrett “would take acid in very protected ...

'Barrett,' the second – and last – solo effort from former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett, arrived on Nov. 14, 1970.