"There's also a nod to Abbey Road's crossing." The centrepiece will be a circular sculpture, depicting a teenage Barrett on a bicycle, armed with a guitar and a paint palette. "This was the Syd I ...

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.

‘Syd’ Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in ... on which Barrett wrote eight songs and co-wrote another two, was recorded at Abbey Road studios in London’s St John’s Wood, next door ...

The year of psychedelia, 1967, had begun so well for Syd Barrett and the Pink Floyd ... they were picked up by Abbey Road producer Norman Smith, who was determined to be the George Martin to ...

You Reached for the Stars was mastered at Abbey Road and the booklet even has an homage to ... I believe you are working on releasing a collection of material that you recorded with Syd Barrett. The ...

To quote Lee Harris, guitarist with Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets: “You can’t ignore Syd Barrett ... moving between Sound ...

Their 1971 album marked the move from experimental live band to studio-based architects, paving the way for a decade of ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. For much of 2024, The Beatles have been dropping off of and returning to the ...

Pink Floyd were supposed to compose the entire soundtrack for Antonioni's famous film. The director even put a camp bed in the recording studio. In the end he chose only three songs ...

The first album to define its own contents as psychedelic was the debut album by Texas garage rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, in October 1966 (The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators).

trying to escape from the shadow of their brilliant erratic insufferable genius ex-front-man Syd Barrett. They had come a long way from the hallucinogenic whimsy of Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and ...