Active: 60's, 70's Born: January 6, 1946 in Cambridge, England
The Beatles, Derek & Clive, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Pink Anderson, Mose Allison, Link Wray, The Shadows, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Dick Dale, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Peter Sellers Nick Drake, David Bowie, Kevin Ayers, Skip Spence, Love, Scott Walker, Donovan, The Bonzo Dog Band, Jimi Hendrix, Meic Stevens, Soft Machine, Pere Ubu, King Crimson, John Cale, Nick Garrie-Hamilton, The Deviants, Roky Erickson, Arthur Brown, Moby Grape Faine Jade, The Flaming Lips, Robyn Hitchcock, Jennifer Gentle, The Soft Boys, The Bevis Frond, Blur, Welcome, Mercury Rev, The Fall, The Dukes of Stratosphear, Camper Van Beethoven, Television Personalities, Can, Eugene Chadbourne, David Bowie, The Church, Julian Cope, Kelley Stoltz |  |
Like a supernova, Roger "Syd" Barrett burned briefly and brightly, leaving an indelible mark upon psychedelic and progressive rock as the founder and original singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist of Pink Floyd. Barrett was responsible for most of their brilliant first album, 1967's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, but left and/or was fired from the band in early 1968 after his erratic behavior had made him too difficult to deal with (he appears on a couple tracks on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets). Such was his stature within the original lineup that few observers thought the band could survive his departure; in fact, the original group's management decided to keep Syd on and leave the rest of the band to their own devices. Pink Floyd never recaptured the playful humor and mad energy of their work with Barrett.
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