By 1982, Syd Barrett was a recluse, but he was tracked down and reluctantly agreed to give one final ever tragic interview.

Legendary '60s Rock Band Released a Song 50 Years Ago That Predicted Their Split originally appeared on Parade. It’s been 50 years since Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here, an album that paid ...

The legacy of Syd Barrett is sadly steeped in what happened at the end of his time with Pink Floyd. But his contribution was ...

Why Jimmy Page Regrets Never Seeing This 'Genius' Musician Play Live first appeared on Parade on Jul 29, 2025 This story was ...

'Barrett,' the second – and last – solo effort from former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett, arrived on Nov. 14, 1970.

The chief songwriter and original frontman for Pink Floyd, the late Syd Barrett had a career as memorable as it was brief. After writing the majority of the band’s lyrically psychedelic 1967 ...

Syd Barrett was the guiding light of the original Pink Floyd — the band’s singer, primary songwriter and guitarist from their first day until their psychedelia-defining 1967 debut album ...

Barrett: The Definitive Visual Companion is the only official book about the late Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett and features over 350 images, including rare photographs, artwork, letters and more.

Syd Barrett co-founded and named Pink Floyd, wrote most of its early songs, anticipated the psychedelic era of the ’60s–and then all but disappeared from the British rock scene he helped ...

July 7, 2011 / 10:10 AM EDT / CBS News Roger Waters, co-founder of the group Pink Floyd, sings in Hong Kong, Feb. 15, 2007, as an image of the late Syd Barrett is projected on the back screen. Getty ...

The story of Syd Barrett that has been told and retold is that he founded Pink Floyd, lost his mind to LSD-induced psychosis, and disappeared into a deliberate and determined obscurity.