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

Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here is a heartfelt song reflecting loss, alienation, and nostalgia, inspired by former member Syd ...

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 ...

A polaroid picture of Barrett from the day in 1975 appeared in Nick Mason’s book Inside Out, and captured a haunted-looking Barrett, appearing like a completely different human being to the Syd ...

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

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 ...

The book 'Barrett: The Definitive Visual Companion,' about Pink Floyd cofounder Syd Barrett, to get wide release this fall. Here, Barrett is performing with Pink Floyd in London, circa 1966.

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 ...

Syd Barrett: Too Real for His Own Good. September 4, 2001. By Eli Attie. In the hallucinogenic haze of mid-'60s London, psychedelic rock exploded onto the charts, precisely because it simulated ...

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 ...

But as this newly unearthed Syd Barrett song — to be included on a new compilation, Wouldn’t You Miss Me (EMI), which is due for release in the U.K. on April 16th — suggests, Pink Floyd‘s ...