After he left Pink Floyd, nobody was quite sure what to make of where Syd Barrett would go next. The resulting album tells us ...

Pink Floyd decidedly left Syd Barrett behind in 1968 en route to a show at Southampton University after joking about not picking him up.

Syd Barrett was the guiding light of the original Pink Floyd — the band’s singer, primary songwriter and guitarist from their first day until their psychedelia-defining 1967 debut album ...

Syd Barrett in 1967, his face lit by psychedelic lights. In summer 1975, Pink Floyd were struggling with ninth album Wish You Were Here.

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.

Syd Barrett crashed Pink Floyd’s sessions for ‘Atom Heart Mother’ Barrett enjoyed the benefits of Pink Floyd’s success for roughly a year before the band moved on without him.

Specifically, these are from Barrett’s bedroom at the time in London’s Wetherby Mansions, and he painted the boards himself with help from Evelyn Rose, who appeared nude on the back cover.

Syd Barrett was the guiding light of the original Pink Floyd — the band’s singer, primary songwriter and guitarist from their first day until their psychedelia-defining 1967 debut album ...

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.

Director Roddy Bogawa talks with Rick Damigella about the documentary on singer Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. 01:33 - Source: CNN Stories worth watching 33 videos 01:33 ...