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Roger Keith " Syd " Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was the band's original frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia, [1] English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. [4] .
Sep 20, 2022 · Using the broadest brush strokes, Pink Floyd became the UK’s first major psychedelic band thanks to their visionary leader Syd Barrett, then the world’s biggest prog rock band after they cut him loose in early 1968.
Apr 12, 2024 · The late Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett, from Cambridge, was a co-founder of the 1960’s music group Pink Floyd and performed on lead guitar and vocals. He also composed many of their songs. He was responsible for inspiring an entire generation of musicians to develop their own indigenous brand of English rock music.
Jul 25, 2023 · Syd Barrett became something of a mythical creature after his split with Pink Floyd, the band he’d led for its first three years. In 2020 Prog reflected on the wide-ranging legacy he’d left since abandoning the music industry in 1972 and his death in 2006 at the age of 60.
Syd was a notable and popular bohemian figure on the Cambridge scene, swapping guitar chords with David Gilmour and avidly enjoying a wide range of musical influences from jazz to obscure blues combos.
Jul 12, 2006 · Syd Barrett, the erratically brilliant songwriter and singer who created the psychedelic rock of Pink Floyd only to leave the band in 1968 with mental problems, died on July 7...
May 19, 1997 · The Syd Barrett story by Syd and those who knew him, Edited and Compiled by Gian Palacios ‘All movement is accomplished in six stages, and the seventh brings return’ The Cast: Syd Barrett (Singer-songwriter-guitarist, crazy diamond, madcap, cracked genius) David Gilmour (guitarist, Pink Floyd, teenage friend of Syd)
Jun 9, 2005 · Here you will find Syd Barrett Articles, pictures, books, news, interviews, lyrics, tabs, an extensive Syd Barrett discography, and much more information on Syd Barrett and early Pink Floyd. So, please come have a look around, and enjoy the original home on the web of everything Syd Barrett related.
Jul 12, 2006 · July 12, 2006. NEW YORK — Syd Barrett, the songwriter and singer who created the psychedelic rock of Pink Floyd but suffered a mental breakdown and left the band in 1968, died...
Jan 6, 2021 · As the co-founder of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett burst onto the 60s music scene, proving himself a highly original songwriter not just playfully adding numerous literary references to Pink Floyd’s songs, but also revolutionising how rock’n’roll could take you on a trip you’ll never forget.
