A love of Syd Barrett's music was actually one of the few things that the always-fractious Reid brothers agreed upon during their teenage years. And, in a roundabout fashion, it was this shared ...

I was passionately in love with the writing of Syd Barrett from Pink Floyd,” said David Bowie. "There was a Peter Pan quality about him.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syd Barrett in 1967, his face lit by psychedelic lights. Into this turmoil, a strange-looking overweight man with shaved head and ...

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.

A new film about Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, titled Have You Got It Yet?, is set to arrive this year. The film will make its debut in U.K. theaters on May 15, followed by the U.S. and Canada in late ...

The first trailer has been unveiled for the upcoming Syd Barrett documentary Have You Got It Yet?: The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd. The documentary was made with the cooperation of the Barrett ...

Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin remain classic rock juggernauts decades after their apex. Page’s best guitar solos remain iconic, and the band’s songs are still all-time greats. Even though he was focused ...

In January 1968, the members of Pink Floyd were on their way to a show in Southampton, England. One of them asked if they should divert to collect Syd Barrett. Another replied, “No, let’s not.” With ...

Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett (1946-2006) would have been 75 years old on January 6. To commemorate his birthday, we’re republishing the following except from Nicholas Schaffner’s book Saucerful ...

Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett was a legend, and he was pretty forthright about the songs and artists that influenced him as a musician. Let’s take a quick look at just four of Syd Barrett’s favorite songs, ...

The celebrity world is full of tragic tales, and the music industry seems to have more than its fair share of them. Many fans are left mourning the lives of artists who were gone too soon or whose ...