While in California to promote their Apples And Oranges single, Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett began to show signs of the behaviour ...
On an overcast day late in the summer of 1966, Syd first tripped on mushrooms while film student/friend Nigel Gordon captured the event on 8mm film. This marked a major turning in Syd's life ...
The life of Syd Barrett was not an easy one, but the legacy he left behind is one of the most respected in psychedelic rock.
A founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett was best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter during the band's heavily psychedelic early years. He composed the majority of ...
In early 1967, Pink Floyd landed on the West Coast for their U.S. debut that Roger Waters would later call "an amazing disaster." ...
I suppose I’d like to have back the red leather jacket that Syd [Barrett] gave me in ’66 or ’67. Also, my pink velvet trousers that I bought from Granny Takes a Trip on Kings Road.
A childhood friend of Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett is developing a hospital garden in his honour. Syd's Garden will be "laced with little clues" about the singer, according to Stephen Pyle.
“We were all taking a lot of LSD,” explains Lesmoir-Gordon, who later recommended David Gilmour to replace his friend Syd Barrett in Pink ... We had gone on a trip and become – you just ...
Throughout its duration from the mid-1960s and into the 2000s, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright influenced countless artists across genres such as ...
Unsupervised use of hallucinogens like LSD is high, posing significant risks. However, LSD is being clinically tested for treating anxiety and so far seems effective.
Syd Barrett's guitar was put up for sale by his nephew Mark Barrett (above) A guitar once owned by Pink Floyd's founder Syd Barrett has sold at auction for almost £20,000. The 12-string Yamaha ...
It is the ultimate twelve-minute trip. “I’D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE ... members of Pink Floyd as a tribute to founding member ...