Syd Barrett
British musician (1946–2006)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Syd Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 and shaped the band's early psychedelic sound before exiting in 1968. His whimsical songwriting and effects-heavy guitar work—dissonance, distortion, feedback—defined an era of experimental rock.
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Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia and stream-of-consciousness writing. As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback.
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