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 played ...
Despite the emotional complexity, David Gilmour always believed in the talent of Syd Barrett, seeing only one other artist as ...
The two young groups were hungry for success, and their peculiar living arrangement produced some equally peculiar stories ...
Why Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett's favourite musician of all time is Jimi Hendrix and what made him the 'perfect guitarist' in the eyes of Barrett.
Pink Floyd looked to the past to find a way forward after the massive success of Dark Side Of The Moon in 1973. The result was Wish You Were Here, released 50 years ago this week.
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, is ...
A new film about Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, titled Have You Got It Yet?, is set to arrive this year. The film will make its debut in U.K. theaters on May 15, followed by the U.S. and Canada in late ...
Mercury Studios has completed work on a documentary about Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. Titled Have You Got It Yet? after an unreleased Barrett song, the film was started by longtime Floyd ...
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 ...
The story of Syd Barrett that has been told and retold is that he founded Pink Floyd, lost his mind to LSD-induced psychosis, and disappeared into a deliberate and determined obscurity. Of course, no ...