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Syd Barrett dead...
Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett dies at home
By Adam Fresco
Syd Barrett, the founding member of Pink Floyd, has died aged 60 at his Cambridgeshire home where he became a recluse 30 years ago.
The guitarist, singer and lyricist founded the band in 1965 and was one of its biggest songwriting talents in its early days.
But his behaviour became erratic during the psychedelic drug haze of the 1960s and he split with the band in 1968. He has since lived reclusively in
Cambridge.
A spokeswoman for Pink Floyd said: "He died very peacefully a couple of days ago." It has been reported that he died last Friday from complications
related to diabetes.
The band said today that they were "very upset" to learn of his death and that he was the "guiding light" of the early days.
A spokesman said: "The band are naturally very upset and sad to learn of Syd Barrett's death. Syd was the guiding light of the early band line-up and
leaves a legacy which continues to inspire."
His brother Alan confirmed his death, saying only: "He died peacefully at home. There will be a private family funeral in the next few days."
Pink Floyd formed in the 1960s and became one of the most successful groups ever, with worldwide album sales of more than 200 million.
Known as an album band they had only one No 1 in this country, their iconic hit Another Brick in the Wall.
Barrett is said to have come up with the name for the band by fusing the names of bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council in 1965.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, performed during the bands 1974 tour is a tribute to Barrett. Recorded for the 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here, the
song is an appreciation for the contributions Barrett made to the band, with lyrics such as: "Remember when you were young?/You shone like the sun"
The musicians use of drugs, particularly LSD, in the 1960s, was well-documented and Barrett was often described as the original acid casualty.
Dave Gilmour, the Pink Floyd guitarist drafted in to the band during a period in which Barrett was behaving erratically, said in an interview earlier
this year that he thought that Barrett's breakdown would have happened anyway.
He said: "It was a deep-rooted thing. But I'll say the psychedelic experience might well have acted as a catalyst. Still, I just don't think he could
deal with the vision of success and all the things that went with it."
After a period of hibernation, Barrett re-emerged in 1970 with a pair of albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, which featured considerable support
from his former bandmates.
With increasing psychological problems, Barrett withdrew into near-total reclusion after these albums and never released any more material and rarely
appeared in public.
Born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge in 1946, he acquired the nickname Syd aged 15.
He left Pink Floyd in 1968, just as the band was about to achieve worldwide recognition, and lived in the basement of his mother Winfreds
semi-detached house where he boarded up the windows to keep out the eyes of both the press and fans.
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sad news. He did pen some awsome songs. Some people were already fucked up before the drugs. they just push them over the edge.
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kinda ironic that the new pink floyd dvd "pulse" is out today
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ya that is. I thought PULSE was released in 1996? O you said DVD? The cd was back then. Its a good cd They do DARKSIDE in its entirety on the second
cd.
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i guess it was out on vhs but finally on dvd now. it was cool back then when they first released the cd cuz it had a blinking light along the spine of
the cd case. i'll probably get the dvd just to have a visual to go with the tunes. great chill music
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Now, if only this meant they would lay the terrible music of this horrible fucking band to rest.
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thats hilarious calling them horrible...while were at it, the beatles wrote really uncatchy songs and jimi hendrix was a shitty guitar player
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Think what you want, Pink Floyd is one of my most hated bands. On that note, so are The Beatles. Hendrix was talented, but I can't stand listening to
him. Just because you CAN do all that shit with a guitar doesn't mean you should.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
Think what you want, Pink Floyd is one of my most hated bands. On that note, so are The Beatles. Hendrix was talented, but I can't stand listening to
him. Just because you CAN do all that shit with a guitar doesn't mean you should. |
^^^^^ HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA. Thats all I have to say. It made my day. That Hendrix quote is great stuff.
Floyd Hendrix and the Beatles?? They were and still are great.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by clevohardcore
| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
Think what you want, Pink Floyd is one of my most hated bands. On that note, so are The Beatles. Hendrix was talented, but I can't stand listening to
him. Just because you CAN do all that shit with a guitar doesn't mean you should. |
^^^^^ HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA. Thats all I have to say. It made my day. That Hendrix quote is great stuff.
Floyd Hendrix and the Beatles?? They were and still are great. |
Hey man, we all got opinions it just so
happens that mine is right and yours isn't. Nothing to get weird about.
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sad to see him die although i'm not a big fan. pink floyd never did much for me. neither did the beatles for that matter, i can see where
tireironsaint is coming from. i'm grateful for their contribution to music but that's it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
| Quote: | Originally posted by clevohardcore
| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
Think what you want, Pink Floyd is one of my most hated bands. On that note, so are The Beatles. Hendrix was talented, but I can't stand listening to
him. Just because you CAN do all that shit with a guitar doesn't mean you should. |
^^^^^ HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAA. Thats all I have to say. It made my day. That Hendrix quote is great stuff.
Floyd Hendrix and the Beatles?? They were and still are great. |
Hey man, we all got opinions it just so
happens that mine is right and yours isn't. Nothing to get weird about. |
thats why i had to bust your chops a little cuz you're obviously very opinionated and that has to be respected but they are one of the biggest bands
in history so i had to defend them a little. not everyone likes the same stuff but to me they have to be given at least a little credit...
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