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“Vegetable Man” was considered for the band’s second album A Saucerful of Secrets and was nearly released as a single, the B-side to another unreleased track, “Scream Thy Last Scream.” Yet, both were ...

He’s Tim Renwick, who attended the same Cambridge school as Syd Barrett and Roger Waters, has also played live on Waters' ...

During the early portion of his career, the late Syd Barrett, who named and led Pink Floyd, generally maintained his equilibrium while treading the fine line between genius and madness — but he couldn ...

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. The order went ...

January 6, 2026, marks what would’ve been Syd Barrett’s 80th birthday. The founding Pink Floyd frontman, who only appeared on the band’s first two albums, died on July 7, 2006, of pancreatic cancer.

Noel Fielding has unveiled a series of paintings in homage to his idol Syd Barrett. To coincide with the release of Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix), the British ...

In the swirling chaos of 1960s London, a young art student named Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett converted a blues cover band into something entirely unprecedented. Barrett didn't just play guitar for Pink ...

Pink Floyd fans looking to own a bit of related history may be interested to learn that the orange and blue floorboards found in the room where Syd Barrett was photographed for the cover of his 1968 ...

LONDON — Syd Barrett, the troubled genius who co-founded Pink Floyd but spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, a spokeswoman for the band said Tuesday. He was 60. The spokeswoman — who ...