Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon has now spent 500 weeks on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart, making it one of a very ...

2. He Became Syd Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett in Cambridge, England on January 6, 1946. As a teenager, Barrett gained the nickname "Syd"—and also a taste for collecting instruments.

Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd in 1968 ... When The Madcap Laughs was released in January of 1970, the reception was relatively quiet. Though it did reach No. 40 on the U.K. charts, it didn ...

A founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett was best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter during the band's heavily psychedelic early years. He composed the majority of ...