Of the members of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett is arguably the most misunderstood. Though he helped found the band and came up ...

Syd Barrett’s myth is as powerful as ever. Here, Nick Mason remembers the mercurial brilliance of his former Pink Floyd ...

Here are four great Syd Barrett solo songs in honor of what would’ve been the late Pink Floyd co-founder’s 80th birthday.

Using the broadest brush strokes, Pink Floyd became the UK’s first major psychedelic band thanks to their visionary leader Syd Barrett, then the world’s biggest prog rock band after they cut him loose ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The English rock band Pink Floyd was founded 60 years ago in Cambridge. Reading two new books about them, it struck me how ...

Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd in 1968, but it would be another two whole years until his debut solo album, The Madcap Laughs, would be released in the U.K. Two years may not sound like all that much ...

Fans Re-Discover Pink Floyd’s ‘Iconic’ Debut Album 58 Years Later originally appeared on Parade. It’s been 58 years since Pink Floyd released their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and ...

There isn't really a psychedelic rock band who has more deeply defined the genre, connected with their fans, and inspired other psychedelic rock artists than Pink Floyd. Not only did their music ...

Continuous version of 1975 song labelled ‘Pts 1 to 9’ appears on 50th anniversary box set of ‘Wish You Were Here’ ...