First Name
Syd
Last Name
Barrett
Birthday
1946-01-06
Height
71
Build
Slim
Eye Color
Green
Hair Color
Brown - Dark
Birthplace
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Died
2006-07-07
Place of Death
Cambridge, England
Cause of Death
Pancreatic Cancer
Claim to Fame
Pink Floyd
Gender
Male
Nationality
English
Music Genre
Pop/Rock
Music Style
Psychedelic, Psychedelic Pop, British Psychedelia, Art Rock, Folk-Rock
Music Mood
Eerie, Quirky, Eccentric, Fractured, Meandering, Sprawling, Insular, Whimsical, Trippy, Bittersweet, Precious, Wistful, Wry, Druggy, Ominous
Instrument
Guitar, Vocals
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Wikipedia Text
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and painter, best remembered as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter during the band's psychedelic years, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work: he is credited with creating their name. Barrett left the group in April 1968 amid speculations of mental illness exacerbated by drug use, and was briefly hospitalised.
Role ID
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Profile Bio Text
Syd Barrett(born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946-July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter,guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic 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. He was active as a rock musician for about seven years, recording two albums with Pink Floyd and two solo albums before going into self-imposed seclusion lasting more than thirty years. His post-rock band life was as an artist and keen gardener, ending with his death in 2006, and a number of biographies have been written about him since the 1980`s. During his withdrawal from public life there were numerous works about him, most notably his former band Pink Floyd`s 1975 album Wish You Were Here.
High School
Cambridge High School For Boys
University
Cambridge Tech, Camberwell Art School (1964)
Full Name at Birth
Roger Keith Barrett
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Biography (Print)
Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond: The Dawn Of Pink Floyd [2007] (Mike Watkinson), Madcap: The Half-Life of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's Lost Genius [2003] (Tim Willis), Psychedelic Renegades: With Photographs of Syd Barrett by Mick Rock [2007] (Mick Rock), Lost in the Woods - Syd Barrett & the Pink Floyd [2001] (Julian Palacios)
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Age
60
Occupation Text
Musician
Ethnicity
White
Father
Arthur Max Barrett (father) (pathologist)
Mother
Winifred Barrett (mother)
Current Partner
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