Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett

A community portal about Syd Barrett with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. He is best remembered as one of the founding members of... [more]

A community portal about Syd Barrett with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. He is best remembered as one of the founding members of the group Pink Floyd. Barrett was active as a rock musician for only about seven years before he went into seclusion. His creative legacy and quintessentially English vocal delivery have since proven remarkably influential.

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The Pink Floyd And Syd Barrett Story - Psychedelic Classic Rock Music Documentary

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"The sudden departure of Pink Floyd's founding member Syd Barrett in 1968 marked the closure of the first prolific chapter in the Pink Floyd story. A maverick artist and true individual, Syd Barrett helped forge the British psychedelic scene when he formed Pink Floyd with Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason in 1965. This special charts the band's rise to fame under the guidance of Barrett's influence to his premature departure under a cloud of drug abuse and psychological problems. Richly illustrated with rare early footage of the band performing, alongside new interviews with the members of the band - David Gilmour, Rick ... Read Full Story

Blaming Holland is like blaming Pink Floyd for Syd Barrett’s death

Written by TonyAttwood on
It was a very subdued Billy the Dog McGraw at the Toppled Bollard public house today as we gathered just beyond our old spiritual home, deliberately drinking in the street, just to annoy the police. The news had come through about Rob VP, another martyr to the insane stupidity of the international friendly. I debated who was [...] Read Full Story

Pink Floyd : Timeless Psychedelia !

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Anything said about Pink Floyd falls short for words to express what their music does to you ! Journeying the sub-conscious self through space and time, creating images in the mind never seen before. Leading you slowly into a state of trance with mind expanding guitar playing laced with some hypnotic tunes on the keyboard by Richard Wright, Roger Waters ( Originally George Roger Waters ) & David Gilmour cast a magical spell on you with their intriguing voice and intense words from a different world ! Nick Mason does a stellar job on the drums maintaining the cohesion in sound Pink Floyd so ... Read Full Story

Richard Wright, Member of Pink Floyd, Dies at 65

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Richard Wright, the keyboardist whose somber, monumental sounds were at the core of Pink Floyd’s art-rock that has sold millions and millions of albums, died Monday in London, where he had lived. He was 65. The cause was cancer, said his publicist, Claire Singers. Mr. Wright was a founding member of Pink Floyd, and his spacious, somber, enveloping keyboards, backing vocals and eerie effects were an essential part of its musical identity. Though Syd Barrett and then Roger Waters wrote most of Pink Floyd’s songs, Mr. Wright shares credit on the improvisatory psychedelic studio works the band composed collectively, and he sang a few ... Read Full Story

Richard Wright goes to the great gig in the sky. God Bless dude!

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Richards indomitable playing on keyboard starts the clip. What song would be more fitting than the great gig in the sky. If you listen close someones not scared of dying.     Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright, flanked by David Gilmour, left, and Nick Mason (Getty Images photo) LONDON — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd’s spokesman Doug Wright, who is not a relative, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member’s family did not want to give more details about his death. ... Read Full Story
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Can a Conservative Listen to Pink Floyd? -- By: Jay Nordlinger
At the end of my column today, I have an item on our friend John Virtes, NR’s longtime research director, who is retiring shortly. I mention that he is encyclopedic about music, especially rock, and that, at his farewell party last night, he quoted a Pink Floyd lyric. Anyway, this item triggered a letter from a liberal reader, and, after I share it with you, I’ll have a lil’ comment: Mr. Nordlinger,   What in the world is going on with...  
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In The Flesh? - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Author: asthecryflows Keywords: In The Flesh Pink Floyd Tribute Shine On Syd Barrett Added: December 13, 2009  
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Late Pink Floyd Rocker Syd Barrett Photos To Go Under The Hammer
Snapshots of late Pink Floyd rocker Syd Barrett are to be sold at auction to raise money for charity. Mick Rock captured the singer/songwriter at his London home in the 1970s, supposedly at the height of his battle with drugs and mental illness. The ...  
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Bloggy Goodness: See Syd Play
After lying in a private collection for over 40 years, some extremely rare footage of Syd Barrett performing with Pink Floyd has been unearthed and restored and will be screened as part of the British Film Institute’s annual Missing Believed Wiped event next month in London. The found footage is from the seminal psychedelic band’s July 1967 appearance on Top Of The Pops where they played See Emily Play and hasn’t been seen since the show’s...  
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Syd Barrett: No mans land
Author: InTheFlesh2010 Keywords: Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs No Mans Land Pink Floyd Darkside Of Moon Added: November 22, 2009  
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