The life of Syd Barrett was not an easy one, but the legacy he left behind is one of the most respected in psychedelic rock.

David Gilmour explains why he fought so hard for the Pink Floyd name after the departure of Roger Waters and following legal battle.

A founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett was best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter during the band's heavily psychedelic early years. He composed the majority of ...

David Gilmour had one simple reason for why he wasn't giving up the Pink Floyd name during a heated legal battle in the mid-1980s.

I polished it yesterday." Shortly after that interview, Barrett became a recluse and his mental deterioration was blamed on drugs. Syd Barrett was photographed backstage at Top of the Pops in 1967 ...

Their 1971 album marked the move from experimental live band to studio-based architects, paving the way for a decade of ...

After a brush with death, the painter has finally given up smoking – but she’s discovered a new passion Maggi Hambling ...

In an interview from 2009, Chris Cornell discussed the impact that one 1967 British rock album had on his teenage years. Read ...

A childhood friend of Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett is developing a hospital garden in his honour. Syd's Garden will be "laced with little clues" about the singer, according to Stephen Pyle.

Gilmour joined the legendary rock band in 1967, two years after it was formed, playing alongside Roger Waters, Syd Barrett ..

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a 1981 Reagan appointee who retired in 2006 and died last December, exemplified the phenomenon.

trying to escape from the shadow of their brilliant erratic insufferable genius ex-front-man Syd Barrett. They had come a long way from the hallucinogenic whimsy of Piper At The Gates Of Dawn and ...