Using the broadest brush strokes, Pink Floyd became the UK’s first major psychedelic band thanks to their visionary leader Syd Barrett, then the world’s biggest prog rock band after they cut ...
By 1964 when guitarist Syd Barrett came aboard it was called the Tea Set. Late in 1965 this foursome renamed itself Pink Floyd. Having to fill up three-set gigs led them to incorporating long jams ...
“After he [Barrett] left the band, they all thought those songs were too intense,” said Peter Jenner, former Pink Floyd manager in ... but they’re some of Syd’s finest work – though ...
In the late 1980s, rock giants David Gilmour and Roger Waters engaged in a contentious and lengthy legal battle over their fracturing band, Pink Floyd ... started with Syd Barrett, Nick Mason ...