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Six things you may not know about Syd Barrett

Of the members of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett is arguably the most misunderstood. Though he helped found the band and came up with their name, Barrett’s legacy is a complicated one. Heleft Pink Floyd in ...
He’s Tim Renwick, who attended the same Cambridge school as Syd Barrett and Roger Waters, has also played live on Waters' ...
Renwick, who has played with Eric Clapton, David Bowie and many others, was there from Floyd's start to Gilmour‘s and Waters' ...
Here are four great Syd Barrett solo songs in honor of what would’ve been the late Pink Floyd co-founder’s 80th birthday.
The U.K.'s Pink Floyd and America's Alice Cooper band were trying to make names for themselves on the rock scene when their world's unexpectedly collided in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. Alice Cooper ...
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 ...
Noel Fielding has unveiled a series of paintings in homage to his idol Syd Barrett. To coincide with the release of Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix), the British ...