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Syd Barrett

Also known as Roger Keith Barrett

British musician (1946–2006)

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Syd Barrett was a British guitarist, singer, poet, and singer-songwriter born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge on January 6, 1946. He was a member of the bands Pink Floyd and Stars, with his professional work period beginning in 1964. Barrett played guitar, banjo, ukulele, and mandolin, performing in genres including rock music, psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, and experimental rock. He was associated with record labels such as EMI, Capitol Records, and Harvest, and was the owner of Blackhill Enterprises.

Barrett was educated at Anglia Ruskin University and Camberwell College of Arts. He wrote the work *Opel* and was represented by PRS for Music. He died in Cambridge on July 7, 2006, from natural causes due to pancreatic cancer and diabetes. Barrett spoke English and held United Kingdom citizenship.

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Person · Open Library

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Opel

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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…

Known for

Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd — Self (archive footage)2023
Pink Floyd - On Thin Ice — Self (archive footage)2020
Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock — Self - Musician (archive footage)2017
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 2 - Germin/ation — Self2016
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 1 - Cambridge St/ation — Self2016
Pink Floyd: The Early Years, Vol 7 - Continu/ation — Self2016
Pink Floyd : The Early Years 1965-1972 — Self2016
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 1 — himself2014
Pink Floyd: Video Anthology Vol 2 — himself2014
Pink Floyd: Whatever Happened to Pink Floyd? The Strange Case of Waters and Gilmour — Self2011

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1946
Active to: 2006

britishenglishfolkpsychedelic folkpsychedelic rockrock

Discography

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Pink Floyd1965–1968

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Listeners: 724,906
Total plays: 14,390,007

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Instance of: human
Given name: Keith
Family name: Barrett
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Cambridge
Place of death: Cambridge
Occupation: singer-songwriter
Languages spoken: English language
Genre: proto-punk
Instrument: voice
Record label: Harvest
Official website: www.sydbarrett.com
Image: Pink Floyd 1967 with Syd Barrett (higher quality) (cropped) (b).jpg

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cause of death: diabetes
Commons category: Syd Barrett
date of birth: 1946-01-06
date of death: 2006-07-07
topic's main category: Category:Syd Barrett
member of: Stars
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Roger Keith Barrett
start of work period: 1964-00-00
owner of: Blackhill Enterprises
copyright representative: PRS for Music
topic has template: Template:Syd Barrett
end of work period: 1974-00-00
official shop URL: store.sydbarrett.com
medical condition: schizophrenia
short name: Syd Barrett
nickname: Syd

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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Syd Barrett, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Historia de los reinados de Nerva y Trajano

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Encyclopedic overview

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback.

Barrett was musically active for just over ten years. With Pink Floyd, he recorded the first three singles, their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), part of their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968), and several songs that were not released until later. He and the band parted in April 1968 amid speculation of mental illness and his use of psychedelic drugs, beginning a brief solo career the following year with the single "Octopus", followed by albums The Madcap Laughs (1970) and Barrett (1970), recorded with the help of Pink Floyd and the Soft Machine.

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Syd Barrett