LONDON—If you tend to believe what you hear, rather than what is,Syd Barrettis either dead, behind bars, or a vegetable. He is in fact alive and as confusing as ever, in the town where he was born, Cambridge. In 1966–67, Barrett was playing lead guitar withPink Floyd. He’d nam...
"I tattooed my brain all the way"——Syd BarrettThe Who将要开始数十年来的首次世界巡演。没有Keith Moon,也永远失去了John Eniwistie。Die 12曾在上海音乐厅登场,结束曲是The Beatles的Yesterday。隶属于柏林爱乐乐团的他们眼中,音乐和人一样没有等级之分。早些时候,The Rolling Stones成员直言不讳,没钱的...
14. Syd Barrett Image from Shutterstock. Pink Floyd founder, Syd Barrett was said to be one of the most famous acid casualties in the British rock scene. His overreliance on LSD ultimately barred his popularity and forced his bandmates to cut their ties with him. The rockstar was also sai...
Syd Barrett, born Roger Keith Barrett on January 6, 1946, was an influential English singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as a founding member of the band Pink Floyd, which he formed with his college friends in London during the mid-1960s. An innovative and eccentric artist...
Quinn was replaced by O'Riordan and the Cranberries released their 5x platinum debut albumEvery Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?in 1993. Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Rick Wright Keystone Features/Getty Images Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd ...
Pink Floyd musician Syd Barrett became a recluse after he split from the band. Also ranks #3 on The Best Outsider Artists Dig Deeper Famous People with Schizophrenia Also ranks #13 on The Best Lo-fi Bands/Artists Cormac McCarthy Photo: Metaweb CC-BY The Road author Cormac McCarthy was ...
Syd Barrett, the frontman and original creative mastermind behind Pink Floyd, seemed ill-equipped to deal with their sudden fame. Saddled with addiction, Barrettleft the groupin 1968 and went on to live most of his life in relative seclusion. Barrett died of cancer at 60, leaving behind a ...
Written just prior to Townshend’s first LSD experience, this uncharacteristic slice of paisley power pop echoes the Beatles’ advice for trippers –“Turn off your mind, relax and flow downstream” – from “Tomorrow Never Knows.”“Relax” is reminiscent of the material Syd Barrett was recordin...
Quinn was replaced by O'Riordan and the Cranberries released their 5x platinum debut albumEvery Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?in 1993. Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Rick Wright Keystone Features/Getty Images Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd ...
Townshend felt he never got due credit for the rough-and-ready classic, probably because every hipster on the planet was busy fawning overJimi Hendrix. The Who were old news in 1967, but not for long. The influence of Townshend’s local heroes of the moment — Hendrix and Syd Barrett —...