Syd Barrett



First NameSyd
Last NameBarrett
Full Name at BirthRoger Keith Barrett
Other NamesThe Crazy Diamond
Age60 (age at death)
Date of BirthJanuary 6, 1946
BirthplaceCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Date of DeathJuly 7, 2006
Location of DeathCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cause of DeathPancreatic Cancer
Height5' 11" (180 cm)
BuildSlim
Eye ColorGreen
Hair ColorBrown - Dark
Star SignCapricorn
NationalityEnglish
High SchoolCambridge High School For Boys
UniversityCambridge Tech
Camberwell Art School (1964)
Occupation CategoryMusician
Claim to FamePink Floyd
Music GenrePop/Rock
Music StylePsychedelic, Psychedelic Pop, British Psychedelia, Art Rock, Folk-Rock
Music MoodEerie, Quirky, Eccentric, Fractured, Meandering, Sprawling, Insular, Whimsical, Trippy, Bittersweet, Precious, Wistful, Wry, Druggy, Ominous
InstrumentGuitar, Vocals
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Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006), born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter. He is most remembered as a founding member of the psychedelic/progressive rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use.


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Filmography

Selected Syd Barrett film and TV show credits:


Composer Credits

1967
Pink Floyd London '66-'67
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Soundtrack Credits

2006
Off the Black
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2006
Zeldman
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2005
The Eight
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2004
Mysterious Skin
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2000
Top Ten
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1993
The X Files
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Pink Floyd
A Great Day for Freedom (1994)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
A New Machine
A pillow of winds (1971)
A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
A Spanish Piece (1969)
Absolutely Curtains (1972)
Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast (1988)
Animals (1977)
Another Brick in The Wall (1991)
Any Colour You Like (1973)
Apples & Oranges (1967)
Arnold Layne (1967)
Astronomy Domine (1967)
Atom heart mother (1970)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Biding My Time (1971)
Bike (2010)
Bob Klose
Brain Damage (1973)
Breathe (1972)
Bring the boys back home (1979)
Burning bridges (1972)
Candy And A Currant Bun (1967)
Careful With That Axe, Eugene (1968)
Chapter 24 (1967)
Childhood's End (1972)
Cirrus Minor (1969)
Cluster One (1994)
Comfortably Numb
Coming Back to Life (1994)
Corporal Clegg (1968)
Crumbling land (1988)
Crying Song (1969)
Cymbaline (1969)
David Gilmour
Dogs (1977)
Don't Leave Me Now (1979)
Dramatic Theme (1969)
Echoes (1971)
Eclipse (1972)
Embryo (1971)
Empty spaces (1979)
Fat old sun (1970)
Fearless (1971)
Flaming (1967)
Free Four (1972)
Goodbye blue sky (1979)
Goodbye cruel world (1979)
Syd Barrett
An Introduction To Syd Barrett (2010)
Barrett (1970)
Crazy Diamond (1993)
Dark Globe (1970)
Octopus (1969)
Opel (1988)
Stars (British band)
Syd Barrett
Terrapin (1970)
The Best Of Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me? (2001)
The Madcap Laughs (1970)
The Radio One Sessions (2004)