January 6, 2026, marks what would’ve been Syd Barrett’s 80th birthday. The founding Pink Floyd frontman, who only appeared on the band’s first two albums, died on July 7, 2006, of pancreatic cancer.

Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett was a legend, and he was pretty forthright about the songs and artists that influenced him as a musician. Let’s take a quick look at just four of Syd Barrett’s favorite songs, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images You will no doubt have read the obituaries for Syd Barrett, who died of cancer on July ...

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 ...

Mercury Studios has completed work on a documentary about Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. Titled Have You Got It Yet? after an unreleased Barrett song, the film was started by longtime Floyd ...

"He launched them into space." Mercury Studios has launched their official trailer for a music history doc film titled in full: Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd. This look ...

The 80th anniversary of Syd Barrett's birth will be marked by a series of special events. The Pink Floyd co-founder passed away in July 2006, aged 60, but his legacy in the music business will be ...

Revered British songwriter Robyn Hitchcock performs the songs of avowed cornerstone influence and Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett at two special events held to mark the iconic psychedelic rocker's ...

Syd Barrett, who walked Pink Floyd through the gates of dawn before mental illness forced his departure from the then-rising group, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary featuring new ...