Syd Barrett
January 6, 1946 (79 years old) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (January 6, 1946 – July 7, 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and painter. Best known as a founder of the band Pink Floyd, Barrett was the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter in its early years and is credited with naming the band. Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist, and was briefly hospitalized amid speculation of mental illness.
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- 2024 ·Astronomical Echoesas Self
- 2023 ·Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floydas Self (archive footage)
- 2020 ·Pink Floyd - On Thin Iceas Self (archive footage)
- 2017 ·Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rockas Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2016 ·Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 1: 1965-1967: Cambridge St/ationas Self
- 2016 ·Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 7: 1967–1972: Continu/ationas Self
- 2016 ·Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972as Self
- 2016 ·Pink Floyd - The Early Years Vol 2: 1968: Germin/ationas Self
- 2014 ·Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2as himself
- 2014 ·Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1as himself
- 2011 ·Pink Floyd – 1982-2012 : Les 30 ans de The Wallas Self
- 2011 ·Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmouras Self
- 2010 ·Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapses - The True Story of Pink Floydas Self
- 2008 ·A Technicolor Dreamas Himself
- 2008 ·Pink Floyd's The Wall: The Ultimate Critical Reviewas Syd Barrett
- 2007 ·The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 ·Pink Floyd - Video Anthology 1966-1983as Self
- 2006 ·Pink Floyd - Reflections And Echoesas Self
- 2005 ·Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numbas Self
- 2005 ·Pink Floyd London '66-'67as Self - Guitar
- 2005 ·Pink Floyd: Live Anthologyas Self - Guitar, Vocals
- 2004 ·Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol. 1as Self
- 2003 ·The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Storyas Self (archive footage)
- 1994 ·Pink Floyd: The Storyas Self (archive footage)
- 1969 ·Psychedeliaas Self
- 1967 ·Tonite Let's All Make Love in Londonas Self
- 1967 ·It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down!as
- 1966 ·Syd Barrett's First Tripas Himself
- Future ·Pink Floyd: Belgian TV 1968as