Exploring the true inspiration behind 'Lucifer Sam', the Syd Barrett psychedelic masterpiece which appeared on the iconic Pink Floyd debut album back in 1967.

On July 7, 2006, the world lost one of the most eccentric, unrecognizable, and influential founding fathers of psychedelic rock: Syd Barrett.

Roger Waters was always looking to make innovative music with direction, so he hates any Pink Floyd song which doesn't fall into that category.

Being Dead rocks. The Austin band’s chanty, thrummy, spaced out, disaffected, charging antirock owes a lot to the crown jewel of 2010s lo-fi post-punk, a band called Women. And there’s a tinge of ...

The post-Barrett line-up of Pink Floyd, meanwhile, went on to produce some of the greatest records in the canon of popular music. Yet their sadness over their friend’s sudden deterioration ...

Before Pink Floyd's second album arrived, school friend David Gilmour had been invited to join – but the five-member lineup ...

"Dark Side of the Moon" was a make-or-break proposition. Its stunning success came despite the fact it contained no singles, ...

Though Pink Floyd’s 1967 debut, The Piper At the Gates of Dawn, stands as testament to Barrett’s genius, by the time of its follow-up merely a year on (1968’s A Saucerful of Secrets) Barrett had ...

Syd Barrett, one of the original members of legendary rock group Pink Floyd, has died at the age of 60 from complications arising from diabetes. The guitarist was the band's first creative force and ...

The making of Pink Floyd’s 1975 masterpiece was partly a tribute to their former frontman - but when Syd Barrett himself appeared at the studio, his former bandmates took a while to realise it ...