Syd barrett biography movie

All All. Sign In. Roger Keith Barrett. The Crazy Diamond. Relatives Rosemary Breen Sibling. Singing with an English accent. Whimsical lyrics. Was a member of Pink Floyd from , and wrote most of the songs on the band's debut album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". During his nervous breakdown, he had extremely poor hygiene and cleanliness standards.

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In his later years, he was described as being extremely neat and tidy and bathing very often. During the taping of the band's appearance on The Pat Boone Show in , he was so stoned that he couldn't even lip-sync his own vocals, much less mime his own guitar playing bands playing on television in those days would often mime along to their hit records.

Syd instead stood, staring stone-faced at the camera. Eventually, bassist Roger Waters began lip-syncing his vocals. I wasn't always this introverted. I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently. I think young people should have a lot of fun.