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

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

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 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 ...

Pigs will fly, as the old saying goes, before feuding musicians Roger Waters and David Gilmour reunite to make a new Pink ...

"Syd Barrett was absolutely unbelievable in terms of what he was doing. He took a step sideways and channelled all this amazing stuff. Their version of psychedelia was very, very cool.

Robyn Hitchcock: Syd Barrett Birthday Show Saturday, Jan. 6, 8 p.m. $32-$35 (sold out) The Chapel ...

Syd Barrett once reviewed “A Little Piece Of Leather” by Gene Latter back in 1967, and it’s clear that it was one of his favorites. He noted that it was a great piece of work to come out of ...

This legendary 1967 tune comes from Pink Floyd’s debut album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. The album would be the only Pink Floyd release to be led by Syd Barrett, and the whole of the ...

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.