Latest about Syd Barrett
“He was definitely there, and it was weird”: Syd Barrett’s 1975 visit to Pink Floyd‘s studio
Five years after they’d felt forced to dump him, the band’s original leader shocked his former colleagues at Abbey Road in 1975
"I was employed to take Jimi Hendrix round Paris for an evening, show him a good time": Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on his adventures in 1960s France, hanging with Jimi Hendrix, partying with Brigitte Bardot and getting arrested with Syd Barrett
For future Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, '60s France offered a sense of freedom that he didn't find at home in Cambridge, until he got arrested busking with Syd Barrett
"They were very avant-garde and I thought I was too, and it was all going to be very beautiful, man": how Pink Floyd learned to fly
In 1965 the musicians who'd become Pink Floyd were searching for a sound: then they ditched their R&B repertoire for much freakier fare
"It was really a magical thing. He fell into a psychedelic crack": a man who accompanied Syd Barrett on his ill-fated acid trips is now a viral sensation on TikTok
Prince Stanislas Klossowski de Rola a.k.a. Prince Stash has gained over 100,000 followers on TikTok with his rock'n'roll stories
"Loath to actually leave Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett made it so they had to chuck him out. And none of them ever got over it": Storm Thorgerson's documentary on the Pink Floyd founder reviewed
Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett And Pink Floyd reviewed
"People were very down on us after Syd left. Everyone thought Syd was all the group had": In the wake of the worldwide success of The Dark Side Of The Moon, David Gilmour remembered when Pink Floyd were written off as yesterday's men
Pink Floyd's management weren't the only ones who thought the group were doomed after Syd Barrett's exit
"Syd Barrett was absolutely unbelievable": Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page on Pink Floyd's "very, very cool" early years and Syd Barrett's "futuristic vision"
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page was hugely impressed by Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd
“We probably did about as much as we could have... but I have a regret or two”: Pink Floyd's David Gilmour reflects on what he might have done differently with Syd Barrett
Pink Floyd's David Gilmour looks back on his relationship with Syd Barrett in new documentary
