Trivia / Syd Barrett

• All-Star Cast: On his solo albums, Barrett was backed by his former Pink Floyd bandmates, as well as by members of Soft Machine and Humble Pie.
• Creator Breakdown: One of the most famous examples of it, alongside Brian Wilson. A mixture of heavy drug use and previously unknown (and still not fully understood) mental issues resulted in an increase of bizarre behaviour and songwriting, clashes with the rest of Pink Floyd, and finally an exile from music that lasted until his death.
• Reclusive Artist: After his mental collapse at the end of the '60s and especially after his brief solo career in the '70s came to an unceremonious close, Barrett increasingly withdrew from public life and was only seen again whenever the occasional tabloid reporter ran into him. Roger Waters recounts that the last time he ever saw Barrett was at a Harrods, where Barrett simply ran off and left behind bags of candy he was carrying. It was also the last time any of Barrett's Pink Floyd bandmates encountered him before his death in 2006.
• Referenced by...: R.E.M. recorded a cover version of "Dark Globe" from The Madcap Laughs as one of the B-sides to "Orange Crush".

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