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This Page is dedicated to the original member of Pink Floyd, and without him, They would have never made it big. Roger "Syd" Barret was a cambridge buddy of Roger Waters, and they formed a couple garage bands, in a way, smaller versions of Pink Floyd. The names include, "Screaming Abdabs", "Architecture Abdabs", and "Megadeaths" Roger was schizophrenic and he wasnt treated. His mother treated him like a genius and never really paid attention to him. When he joined The 60's Pop club scene, he was introduced the mind-boggling drugs. There is a DVD release called "Syd Barrett's First Trip" Which is home video of Syd Barrett first being introduced to acid. where he does very strange things due to the effect of the drug. The combination of the drugs and being schizophrenic, Syd startred to deteriorate. There is a famous video in the Syd Barrett community when Pink Floyd in the early years were featured on American Bandstand they played "Apples and Oranges" an early single. It was played by tape and they lipsynched. Syd could barely even do it, he was so mentally deteriorated, he couldnt evern perform actions like that. Around that time, It was after their first album "Piper at he Gates of Dawn" A masterpiece in many respects. Around that time they were beginning really time demanding recording schedules. Syd then introdcued Roger Waters to David Gilmour, another friend fom Cambridge and he was also a musician. soon ,Dave started to attend recording sessions more and more, after a while, Syd wasnt geting brought to the sessions, and Dave was practically replacing him. There is a story, true or not, i dont care, that there were days that Syd would sit outside of the recording studio and just wait for them to invite him in, and they never did. It was really a sad time and a tough descision just the same. Mostly a good one, because if he continued his schedule that he had, he would have probably had a mental breakdown. After he left the band, he moved in with his mother for a theraputic time. He absorbed himself in writing and painting, the latter alot more. later on, around the early eighties, his mother died and he lived in the house alone. Nephew of Syd was quoted as saying he was really quiet and never took charge in social situations. He never talked about his past and never wanted to. Nowadays Syd lives in tranquility in England and was spotted last in 1990, which this picture shows him walking down the street. The home page of this site has a picture of him near the end of him musical career, at his flat. 
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