As Glenn Povey wrote in Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd, the now-defunct British music magazine Melody Maker ...

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason shares memories of 'Wish You Were Here,' including Syd Barrett's reappearance, as a 50th ...

Using the broadest brush strokes, Pink Floyd became the UK’s first major psychedelic band thanks to their visionary leader Syd Barrett, then the world’s biggest prog rock band after they cut him loose ...

The band's ninth album, Wish You Were Here, turns 50 this month - and it was born of a crucial and tumultuous time in their ...

IN one of my encounters with Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, he cast his mind back to his first dealings with the “crazy diamond”.

A new film about Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, titled Have You Got It Yet?, is set to arrive this year. The film will make its debut in U.K. theaters on May 15, followed by the U.S. and Canada in late ...

Barrett enjoyed the benefits of Pink Floyd’s success for roughly a year before the band moved on without him. The Mapcap received royalty checks for his early contributions but had nothing to do with ...

In January 1968, the members of Pink Floyd were on their way to a show in Southampton, England. One of them asked if they should divert to collect Syd Barrett. Another replied, “No, let’s not.” With ...

Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin remain classic rock juggernauts decades after their apex. Page’s best guitar solos remain iconic, and the band’s songs are still all-time greats. Even though he was focused ...