Pink Floyd - Wikipedia
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments, philosophical lyrics, and elaborate live shows.
Pink Floyd | Members, Albums, Songs, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 9, 2024 · A bleak treatise on death and emotional breakdown underlined by Waters’s dark songwriting, it sent Pink Floyd soaring into the megastar bracket and remained in the American pop charts for more than a decade.
Syd Barrett - Wikipedia
In 1972, Barrett left the music industry, retired from public life and guarded his privacy until his death. He continued painting and dedicated himself to gardening. Pink Floyd recorded several tributes and homages to him, including the 1975 song suite "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and parts of the 1979 rock opera The Wall.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Pink Floyd's Barrett dies aged 60
Jul 11, 2006 · Syd Barrett, one of the original members of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 60 from complications arising from diabetes. The guitarist was the band's first creative...
Syd Barrett, a Founder of Pink Floyd, Dies at 60
Jul 12, 2006 · Syd Barrett, the erratically brilliant songwriter and singer who created the psychedelic rock of Pink Floyd only to leave the band in 1968 with mental problems, died on July 7 at his home in...
Pink Floyd: The Inside Story - Rolling Stone
Nov 19, 1987 · Reclining on a hotel-room sofa one morning after one of the Montreal gigs, Gilmour talks about the Floyd feud with a combination of resignation and stubbornness. Rumors of the group’s demise ...
Pink Floyd Co-Founder Syd Barrett Dies - NPR
Jul 11, 2006 · Syd Barrett, co-founder of the influential British rock 'n' roll group Pink Floyd, has died. Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was of the group Was (Not Was) offers a remembrance of...
Syd Barrett, 60; Seminal Rocker Fell Far - Los Angeles Times
Jul 12, 2006 · Syd Barrett, an enigmatic figure in rock history as the founding frontman of Pink Floyd and a young drug casualty who was exiled from the band on the brink of its staggering stardom, died...
Syd Barrett - The Economist
Jul 20, 2006 · Roger “Syd” Barrett, leader of Pink Floyd, died on July 7th, aged 60 | Obituary.
Syd Barrett (1946-2006) - Rolling Stone
Jul 11, 2006 · Syd Barrett, the original frontman of Pink Floyd who wrote much of their early material, died July 7th in Cambridge, England, from complications related to diabetes. He was sixty.