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Born in Cambridge in 1946, Roger Keith 'Syd' Barrett was the primary songwriter, guitarist and original lead vocalist in [the first incarnation of] Pink Floyd. He formed the band in the mid-1960s with drummer Nick Mason, bassist Roger Waters and keyboard-player Richard Wright. With their groundbreaking, semi-improvised sets at the legendary UFO Club in London's Tottenham Court Road, they became the prime movers of British psychedelia.

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Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett Will Be Subject of New Documentary

A new documentary about Pink Floyd founder and late frontman Syd Barrett is due out this summer. Titled Have You Got It?, the film takes its name from a Pink Floyd song that Barrett wrote for the group before his departure in 1968. Director Roddy Bogawa, who took over the project from the late Storm … Continue reading Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett Will Be Subject of New Documentary →