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

Barrett was behind Floyd’s first three singles (“Arnold Layne”, “See Emily Play”, “Apples And Oranges”) and at the same time ...

“In retrospect, I don’t think [Syd] was equipped to deal with the experience because he was unstable to begin with.” Unstable or not, Barrett was profoundly moved by his first LSD experience ...

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

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 ...

But, for a moment, I asked her to hear me out. Microdosing involves taking small, sub-perceptible amounts of a psychedelic drug like LSD or psilocybin (the psychedelic agent in ‘magic mushrooms ...

Sadly, as the below clip below from BBC Radio 4 documentary The Twilight World of Syd Barrett outlines ... exacerbated by large quantities of LSD. Roger Waters and David Gilmour took control ...

Above: Syd Barrett. And then of course there's probably ... a nervous breakdown apparently brought on by a prodigious diet of LSD. Of course, British psych inspired its fair share of dross and ...

On May 10, 2007, the members of Pink Floyd united for The Madcap’s Last Laugh, a tribute concert at the Barbican in London, honoring the band’s co-founder Syd Barrett, who died in 2006 at ...

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.

The band, first led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Syd Barrett ... the BBC film explained. Barrett drifted out of the band, after experimenting with LSD. He had helped put Pink Floyd on ...