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From the UFO club and the Pipers at the gates of dawn to living in seclu- sion as a recluse...... The face of progressive Rock, and like Walters one of the creative corner stones of the floyd, just what could have Syd have acheived, is the speculation of myth, & legend, fondly missed. LikePeter Green Rocks Question mark hangs over these ‘acid casualties’

steady with the acid syd! laments ken sinyard

The original founder member of Pink HROUGH Overdrive”, Barrett slowly his face under the heat UK, David Gilmour (a University, the band cal. LATE detuned his guitar. The of the stage lighting, school friend of Bar- elected not to pick There are many stories Floyd, who Syd Barrett (6 January 1967 audience seemed to enjoy making him look like “a rett’s) was asked to join Barrett up: one person about Barrett’s bizarre 1946 – 7 July 2006), born Roger Keith and early such antics, unaware of the guttered candle”.Nick the band as a second in the car said, “Shall and intermittently 1968, Bar- Barrett, was an English singer- rest of the band’s conster- Mason later disputed the guitarist to cover for we pick Syd up?” and psychotic behaviour, Trett’s behaviour became nation. Interviewed on the Mandrax portion of this Barrett, whose erratic another said, “Let’s not some known to be true. songwriter, guitarist, and painter. increasingly erratic and Pat Boone show during this story, stating that “Syd behaviour prevented bother” (Gilmour inter- According to Roger He is most remembered as a founding unpredictable, partly as a tour, Syd’s reply to Boone’s would never waste good him from performing. view in Guitar World, Waters, Barrett came consequence of his reported questions was a ‘blank and mandies”. For a handful of shows January 1995). The into what was to be member of the psychedelic/progres- heavy use of psychedelic totally mute stare’; accord- During their disastrous David played and sang band’s initial plan was their last practice ses- sive rock band Pink Floyd, providing drugs, notably LSD. Many ing to Nick Mason, ‘Syd abridged tour of the while Barrett wandered to keep him in the group sion with a new song he report having seen him wasn’t into moving his lips United States, guitarist around on stage, occa- as a non-touring mem- had dubbed “Have You major musical and stylistic direc- on stage with the group, that day’. Before a perform- David O’List from The sionally deciding to join ber— as Brian Wilson Got It, Yet?”. The song tion in their early work, although he strumming on one chord ance in late 1967, Barrett Nice was called in to in playing. The other did for The Beach Boys, seemed simple enough through the entire concert, reportedly crushed Man- substitute for Barrett on band members soon Barrett had, up until when he first presented left the group in 1968 amidst specu- or not playing at all. At a drax tranquilliser tablets several occasions when grew tired of Barrett’s then, written the over- it to his bandmates, but lations of mental illness exacer- show at The Fillmore in and an entire tube of Bryl- he was unable to per- antics and, in January whelming bulk of their it soon became impos- bated by heavy drug use. From wicki San Francisco, during a creem into his hair, which form or failed to appear. 1968, on the way to a material, but this soon sibly difficult to learn performance of “Interstellar subsequently melted down On their return to the show at Southampton proved to be impracti- and they eventually