News about Syd Barrett

Oliver Clegg, a 21-year-old student protester from Manchester, appeared to carry out a disgusting act at Mr Sunak's £2million Grade-II listed Georgian manor house in Richmond, North Yorkshire, on Tuesday afternoon. But this is not the first time Clegg has been under fire for his activism - with the serial protestor gloating about his antics on social media. He was handed a 12-month conditional discharge and £250 in costs in February 2023 after he was arrested for blocking Birmingham's Esso Fuel Terminal in the April of the year before.

A good example is Iron Maiden. For their eponymous 1980 debut and their 1981 album Killers, they were fronted by Paul Di'Anno, who delivered the music with a growling, rough-edged menace. Unfortunately, Di'Anno got caught up in the rockstar lifestyle and was booted out of the band. They replaced him with Samson's operatic frontman Bruce Dickinson, who is blessed with a pitch-perfect four-octave vocal range. He took Iron Maiden to a whole new level in 1982 with the release of The Number Of The Beast, one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time. Pink Floyd started out as a psychedelic outfit fronted by flower child Syd Barrett. Although their debut The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is regarded as a classic, its music is deeply rooted in the 1960s.

There have been some outstanding band names selected by similarly famous artists throughout history of popular music from The Clash to Led Zeppelin. Anybody who has played an instrument and wished to form a band will know how difficult it is to find a band name that keeps every member happy. There have been some downright bizarre choices, including Chumbawamba and Limp Bizkit, as well as famous names. So, what exactly are the reasons behind popular band names?

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL:EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: David Gilmour, who joined Pink Floyd a few months before Syd Barrett's departure, has expressed regret that he did not do more to help the struggling genius. Although Floyd went on to make hits like The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall, which have sold more than 250 million albums, original lead singer Syd died of pancreatic cancer in 2006 at the age of 60.

As the years go by, the two Pink Floyd powerhouses become more vocal about each other, much to the annoyance of millions of fans who still have aspired for a final show or new music by one of Britain's greatest ever bands. Waters has re-recorded the band's seminal album The Dark Side Of The Moon, without the rest of Pink Floyd, claiming that the 1973 album was his creation all along and he wrote it all. Nonetheless, Gilmour's surviving bandmate Nick Mason's continuing shaming of him, experts agree that re-releasing the royalties does not imply he will reveal the royal connections - or face a High Court lawsuit, which is familiar territory for the conflict group. During a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, Waters' pro-Russian stance saw him make a dramatic appearance - notably with his dog - where he 'condemned' the invasion of Ukraine but then attacked the 'pros', who also condemned the Russian invasion. He says the besieged nation isn't really a country at all, and that it should be dismissed as a "patchy sort of vague experiment." Since the latter attacked Waters on social media and accused him of antisemitism, the 79-year-old has traded barbs with former bandmate David Gilmour and even the guitarist's wife, lyricist Polly Samson, who denies it. However, the rivalry goes back decades, right back to when guitarist Gilmour first joined Pink Floyd in 1968, a few weeks after enigmatic lead singer Syd Barrett was booted out due to his poor mental stability and profuse use of psychedelic drugs. The partnership brought even more success to the band and multi-million dollars to its members, but it would also bring an unprecedented rivalry between Waters and Gilmour over who was the driving force.

JOHN NAISH: Prince Harry has admitted to using psychedelics, psilocybin (the active component of magic mushrooms) and ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic. I had already taken the psychedelic drug LSD as a young philosophy student in the 1980s. Dabbling with hallucinogens seemed to be a normal part of university life. My LSD experiences had a variety of aspects, from deeply reflective to enthralling. But the traumatic acid trip I had that night brought me right to my mental health. I calmed my anxiety by sitting in the darkness in front of a heating gas fire at a certain point. However, I was deeply disturbed for the next three months.