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Syd Barrett At 80, Nick Mason Reflects On Pink Floyd's Lost Genius
As the music world marks what would have been Syd Barrett’s 80th birthday, Pink Floyd’s founding drummer Nick Mason has reflected on the brief, brilliant and ultimately tragic creative arc of the band’s original frontman, a figure whose influence still reverberates through rock music nearly six decades after his departure from the group. The Noise11 Nick Mason interview Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett, born in Cambridge on 6 January 1946, was Pink Flo…
Today, as every 6th January, the birth of Syd Barrett is remembered, one of the most enigmatic, influential and tragic figures in the history of rock. Founder, creative leader and first composer of Pink Floyd, Roger Keith Barrett was born in Cambridge in 1946, and his impact was powerful in such a short record career [...] See more news on Indie Hoy.
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