He’d always say he was painting, because he was a painter ... on the album Roger specifically wrote for Syd, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Barrett, as we all know, turned up at the studio ...

The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis and Rob Dickinson of the band Catherine Wheel leaned over and said to Storm, “Roddy should do the film about Syd Barrett that hasn’t been done – the ...

One of Barrett's paintings which survived. Picture Cheffins. Ten paintings by Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett have raised more than £55,000 at auction. A stool decorated by Barrett fetched ...

The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd ... Directed by filmmaker Roddy Bogawa and the late album cover artist Storm Thorgerson, the feature-length documentary will detail Barrett’s life ...

Instead, he sabotages the band and then self-sabotages. If promising young artist Roger Barrett hadn't assumed the persona of Syd Barrett, there would be no Pink Floyd – at least not as the ...

The earliest known artwork by rock star, Syd Barrett, the pastel and watercolour ... In his later years, he continued to find peace in creating art, often destroying his work upon completion.

Syd Barrett, a founder of Pink Floyd ... greater degree than any other account I’ve come across, it maintains the artist’s enigma. Not out of romanticizing him; as enigmas go, Barrett was ...

The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd explores the enigmatic ... of Brian Wilson and Kurt Cobain and many others in music and art whose explosive creative drives often rest on fragile exuberant ...

Syd Barrett is to be the subject of a new documentary ... story of Brian Wilson and Kurt Cobain and many others in music and art whose explosive creative drives often rest on fragile exuberant ...

Roger Keith Barrett was an ebullient teenager inspired by jazz, R&B, the Rolling Stones and The Goon Show. While the city’s ...