The galvanising force behind Pink Floyd's early successes, Syd Barrett's gifts for quirky lyricism, imaginative songcraft and audacious guitar playing were central to the band's kaleidoscopic sound.

Pink Floyd created a nearly 26-minute tribute to Syd Barrett that became one of the band's most enduring songs.

Of the members of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett is arguably the most misunderstood. Though he helped found the band and came up with their name, Barrett’s legacy is a complicated one. Heleft Pink Floyd in ...

In the book Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Story, Roger Waters is quoted as saying about his former bandmate Syd Barrett, “It couldn’t have happened without him, but on the other hand it ...

“I was passionately in love with the writing of Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd,” revealed David Bowie in the 2007 BBC documentary Seven Ages of Rock. “There was something slightly not-quite-with-us about ...

The Pink Floyd founder member is to be remembered with a concert, art exhibition and album.

Syd Barrett, who walked Pink Floyd through the gates of dawn before mental illness forced his departure from the then-rising group, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary featuring new ...

Mercury Studios has completed work on a documentary about Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. Titled Have You Got It Yet? after an unreleased Barrett song, the film was started by longtime Floyd ...

Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin remain classic rock juggernauts decades after their apex. Page’s best guitar solos remain iconic, and the band’s songs are still all-time greats. Even though he was focused ...

The celebrity world is full of tragic tales, and the music industry seems to have more than its fair share of them. Many fans are left mourning the lives of artists who were gone too soon or whose ...

A rare, fully authorized book about the late Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett will finally get a wide (and affordable) release this fall. Barrett: The Definitive Visual Companion, which came out as a ...