After he left Pink Floyd, nobody was quite sure what to make of where Syd Barrett would go next. The resulting album tells us ...

Pink Floyd decidedly left Syd Barrett behind in 1968 en route to a show at Southampton University after joking about not picking him up.

The story of Pink Floyd is a whirlwind of death, madness, bad blood, herculean guitar solos and towering egos. But one of the ...

Syd Barrett in 1967, his face lit by psychedelic lights. In summer 1975, Pink Floyd were struggling with ninth album Wish You Were Here.

Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946. As a teenager, Barrett gained the nickname "Syd"—and also a taste for collecting instruments.

Wish You Were Here features Pink Floyd at their finest. Did you know some of what went on behind the scenes of making the record?

"Syd Barrett was absolutely unbelievable in terms of what he was doing. He took a step sideways and channelled all this amazing stuff. Their version of psychedelia was very, very cool.

Syd Barrett once reviewed “A Little Piece Of Leather” by Gene Latter back in 1967, and it’s clear that it was one of his favorites. He noted that it was a great piece of work to come out of ...

Specifically, these are from Barrett’s bedroom at the time in London’s Wetherby Mansions, and he painted the boards himself with help from Evelyn Rose, who appeared nude on the back cover.