Here are four great Syd Barrett solo songs in honor of what would’ve been the late Pink Floyd co-founder’s 80th birthday.

Pink Floyd would have been nothing without Syd Barrett, even though he was only really involved for just a couple of albums from the early years of the band. He was an incredible songwriter and ...

A love of Syd Barrett's music was actually one of the few things that the always-fractious Reid brothers agreed upon during their teenage years. And, in a roundabout fashion, it was this shared ...

Long considered a footnote to casual fans in the story of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett is finally having his tale told some 55 years after he was unceremoniously pushed out of the band he co-founded with a ...

"He launched them into space." Mercury Studios has launched their official trailer for a music history doc film titled in full: Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd. This look ...

The original Pink Floyd in 1967: Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason and Syd Barrett Credit: Photo © Syd Barrett Music Ltd. Though he identified primarily as a ...

Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin remain classic rock juggernauts decades after their apex. Page’s best guitar solos remain iconic, and the band’s songs are still all-time greats. Even though he was focused ...

During the early portion of his career, the late Syd Barrett, who named and led Pink Floyd, generally maintained his equilibrium while treading the fine line between genius and madness — but he couldn ...