Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair ...

Pink Floyd's original frontman Syd Barrett was a blazing rockstar genius, but his final words are the subject of urban legend. Find out the true story here.

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.

Despite spending years lost after Syd Barrett's departure, Pink Floyd managed to signal their next move before they saw their future through a prism.

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 ...

...Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. Follow the tragic journey of Syd Barrett - the original singer of Pink Floyd - as interviews with those closest to him detail ...

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 ...

They began as a vehicle for Syd Barrett, a warped-minded genius whose interest in psychedelia didn’t stop at the music. The band’s 1967 debut album, ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,’ is a ...