In 2007, the members of Pink Floyd reunited for a tribute concert in London in honor of the band's co-founder Syd Barrett, ...

Syd Barrett’s legend looms large over the story of Pink Floyd. The band couldn’t have reached the heights they did without the inspiration they gained from their original leading light.

Certainly, Barrett appears to have lost the ability ... would go on to design most of Pink Floyd’s album covers in the 70s, Syd was “always experimenting” and had “a very open sort of ...

Since David Gilmour assumed the role of Pink Floyd mastermind in 1985, it comes as no surprise that two of his favourite ...

The talented but troubled Pink Floyd co-founder is certainly celebrated by Nick Mason’s group, now on their seventh tour in ...

The best ‘70s albums reflect how the decade was a kind ... Diamond”, a tribute to the band’s troubled former singer Syd Barrett. The first of Joy Division’s two albums, and the only ...

They began as a vehicle for Syd Barrett, a warped-minded genius whose interest in psychedelia didn’t stop at the music. The band’s 1967 debut album, ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,’ is a ...

The band were older and heavily influenced by psychedelia, from John Perry’s Jimi Hendrix-influenced guitar to Perrett’s ...

Richard Wright didn't have the outsized personality of Pink Floyd bandmates Syd Barrett and Roger Waters ... to a leadership position in the late '70s, however, Wright's role diminished.

played what he later described as ‘pure space music’, developing the ‘space-whisper’ vocals and glissando guitar technique (inspired by Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett) that would become ...

The first album to define its own contents as psychedelic was the debut album by Texas garage rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, in October 1966 (The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators).