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Jakarta Globe

Golden Age Rock Takes A Seat on the Couch
Jakarta Globe
Owing more than a small debt to rock elders like Led Zeppelin and Blue Oyster Cult, the band&#39;s instrumental histrionics harken back to the days when music “gods” such as Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and Syd Barrett ruled the music universe.


Birmingham Mail Top Ten: The best Birmingham gigs
Birmingham Mail
Pink Floyd in the late sixties. ounder member Syd Barrett (top right) will shortly leave the band, forcing a rethink in musical direction, leading ultimately to the recording of the Birmingham show at Mothers in Erdington The Beatles had been regular ...

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The Pink Floyd Experience comes to Rochester
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Quinn muses that if he weren&#39;t in music, perhaps he&#39;d be using his college degree to land a job in pharmaceutical sales, an occupation that would square him well with Floyd&#39;s original guitarist, Syd Barrett. Barrett is one of the classic rock tragedies ...

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WBEZ (blog)

Neutral Milk Hotel&#39;s Jeff Mangum at the Athaneum
WBEZ (blog)
In another era, Brian Wilson, Roky Erickson and Syd Barrett all accumulated a lot more cache in their absence than they would have if they&#39;d stayed in the spotlight. And the same was true—minus, we think, the mental problems—after the Clinton years ...

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THE PINK FLOYD EXPERIENCE Returns to the Van Wezel, 3/2
Broadway World
As the follow up to DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, WISH YOU WERE HERE explores the idea of absence, takes a cynical view of the music business and waxes poetically on the personal state of former band mate Syd Barrett. The album was produced by Alan Parsons ...


SoundSpike

Album: Air, Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Astralwerks)
SoundSpike
But it could have used a little, maybe: &quot;Lava&quot; is the closest thing to &quot;existential dread&quot; here, and not least because the duo asks for and receives the keys to the sonic space-rock chariot from David Gilmour and Syd Barrett. Will we fall into the lava ...

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As Pink Floyd prepares reissue of The Wall, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and ...
Something Else! Reviews
Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four later formed Pink Floyd in 1965. David Gilmour completed an initial, short-lived quintet, which quickly became known for jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia “happenings.” Barrett and Wright were the ...

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Gibson

Wish You Were Here, Again: Pink Floyd&#39;s Masterpiece Returns
Gibson
The deluxe set – part of the Why Pink Floyd? reissue series – provides an opportunity to revisit that era in the band&#39;s history and to once again pay tribute to the group&#39;s late founder Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown provided the genesis for this ...

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Pink Floyd tribute concert
Red Bluff Daily News
From the hypnotic psychedelia of Syd Barrett to the first heartbeats of Dark Side of the Moon to the dramatic fall of the Wall, Pink Floyd has continued to mesmerize audiences for more than four decades. House of Floyd, a reverent tribute to Pink Floyd ...
Think Floyd performing in Bourne on February 3Bourne Local

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NME.com

Sonic Youth&#39;s Kim Gordon to play tiny London club show – ticket details
NME.com
Body/Head is an improv based duo, inspired by Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and filmmaker Catherine Breillat. Last year Sonic Youth&#39;s Lee Ranaldo revealed that Sonic Youth have played their &quot;last shows for a while&quot; and admitted he didn&#39;t know what the ...

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Syd Barrett Photo by: pinkfloydhyldest.dk



      

 
   
 
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