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Syd Barrett
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(1946 – 2006)
Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett (1946- 2006) was a genius.
Barrett was born on 6th January 1946 in Cambridge. He is best remembered as one of the founding members of the group Pink Floyd, and was active as a rock musician for only a few years, before mental problems forced him into obscurity, but he has been remarkably influential. Pink Floyd (originally called both “Tea Set” and “The Pink Floyd Sound”, then later “The Pink Floyd”) was formed in 1965. Barrett acquired the nickname “Syd” at the age of fifteen, a reference to an old local Cambridge drummer, Sid Barrett. Syd changed the spelling in order to differentiate himself from his namesake. He named the band after two obscure bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. While the band began by playing cover versions of American R&B songs (much in the same vein as contemporaries The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, and The Kinks), they carved out their own style of improvised rock and roll by 1966, which drew as much from improvised jazz as it did from British pop-rock, such as that championed by The Beatles. In that year, a new rock concert venue, the UFO, opened in London and quickly became a haven for British psychedelic music. Pink Floyd became their most popular attraction, and, after making appearances at the rival Roundhouse, became the most popular musical group of the so-called London Underground psychedelic music scene.
By the end of 1966, Pink Floyd had gained a reliable management team in Andrew King and Peter Jenner. The duo soon befriended American expatriate Joe Boyd, who was actively making a name for himself as one of the more important entrepreneurs on the British music scene.
Barrett was born on 6th January 1946 in Cambridge. He is best remembered as one of the founding members of the group Pink Floyd, and was active as a rock musician for only a few years, before mental problems forced him into obscurity, but he has been remarkably influential. Pink Floyd (originally called both “Tea Set” and “The Pink Floyd Sound”, then later “The Pink Floyd”) was formed in 1965. Barrett acquired the nickname “Syd” at the age of fifteen, a reference to an old local Cambridge drummer, Sid Barrett. Syd changed the spelling in order to differentiate himself from his namesake. He named the band after two obscure bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. While the band began by playing cover versions of American R&B songs (much in the same vein as contemporaries The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, and The Kinks), they carved out their own style of improvised rock and roll by 1966, which drew as much from improvised jazz as it did from British pop-rock, such as that championed by The Beatles. In that year, a new rock concert venue, the UFO, opened in London and quickly became a haven for British psychedelic music. Pink Floyd became their most popular attraction, and, after making appearances at the rival Roundhouse, became the most popular musical group of the so-called London Underground psychedelic music scene.
By the end of 1966, Pink Floyd had gained a reliable management team in Andrew King and Peter Jenner. The duo soon befriended American expatriate Joe Boyd, who was actively making a name for himself as one of the more important entrepreneurs on the British music scene.
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SoftMachine3rd wrote:
one influential individual
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Paranoid_Roger wrote:
Just adored him... :X
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the_davidtron wrote:
@paranoideyes1, because they do drugs and grow old.
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Da_Trv3_Pwn4g3 wrote:
mr. schizoid
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johntaylor611 wrote:
my hero...
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HUSKE wrote:
Or maybe not
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HUSKE wrote:
God rest his soul a genius gone mad. It is a hard line to walk for long and your going to fall one way or another. The choice is yours
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juechoes wrote:
And What exactly is a Dream? Syd life's!
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haneater wrote:
Life Is Psychedelic Syd Barrett Group
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costellburn wrote:
How in the FUCK is Dark Globe only number 7 in listens? What is wrong with you people?
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ParanoidEyes1 wrote:
why the gratest artists always die ?
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arianne_m wrote:
He was one of a kind... I guess you could say he was "behind" DSOTM as the man who inspired some of the songs on the album.
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hui4si wrote:
Who can really understand who / touch to his heart has gone, the share of the profound solitude of their own.
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the_davidtron wrote:
mebecarlz828, he was definitely NOT the guy behind DSOTM. stiil a genius, though.
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freckkles wrote:
He looked and sounded so trendy, like he was from this time...
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Cloudy-Now wrote:
I Love u syd :/
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tonlima wrote:
Oh, Syd, what happened to you? :-( Such a genious, he was great. [2]
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I-heartBJ wrote:
shine on you crazy diamond :)
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Gnaritasundique wrote:
Oh, Syd, what happened to you? :-( Such a genious, he was great.
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Anitannita wrote:
Syd is God! [3] ♥
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