Top 8 Tragic Facts About Pink Floyd You Need To Know!
Top 8 Tragic Facts About Pink Floyd You Need To Know!
Pink Floyd evolved into one of the most adventurous and introspective bands of all time, but the band’s history is shrouded in both mystery and tragedy. This is the tragic real-life story of Pink Floyd.
Syd Barrett was the original creative mind behind Pink Floyd, singing, playing guitar, and writing most of the songs on the band’s 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. His life was also marked by tragedy very early on.
Barrett’s father died when he was just a boy, leaving his mother to raise five children on her own. Barrett poured himself into visual art and playing the classical piano, but by his teen years, he was all about rock music and the strange new places he could take it.
In 1968, the band hired singer and guitarist David Gilmour to supplement Barrett, whose onstage behavior had grown increasingly unpredictable. His mental health began to decline, thanks in part to prolific use of LSD.
He was out of the band by 1968, no longer able to cope with the pressures of fame and creating music while also managing a purported diagnosis of schizophrenia.
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