Syd Barrett, the former lead singer of Pink Floyd and one of the key figures of the 60s, has died at the Cambridgeshire home to which he retreated as a recluse more than 30 years ago.
In respect to this, how many members of Pink Floyd are still alive?
Syd Barrett died in 2006, and keyboardist Rick Wright died two years later. Drummer Mason, Waters and Gilmour are all still active musicians. Sir Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Grint and a new Downton?
Beside this, what drugs did Pink Floyd do? Barrett’s near-daily use of LSD and a likely underlying mental illness left him all but incapacitated by the time Floyd were recording their second album: His songwriting output slowed; he went through at least one show without actually playing his guitar; he began to drift from reality.
Similarly one may ask, what happened to Sid from Pink Floyd?
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger “Syd” Barrett died Friday (July 7) at the age of 60, reportedly due to complications from diabetes. The artist, who left Pink Floyd in the late 1960s after his mental…
Who replaced David Gilmour?
Why did Gilmour leave Pink Floyd?
In 1985, Waters declared that Pink Floyd were “a spent force creatively” and left the band. Gilmour and Mason responded with a press release stating that they intended to continue without him.