Syd Barrett

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Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (January 6, 1946July 7, 2006) was a famous English musician. Barrett is most famous for starting the rock band Pink Floyd. He started the band in 1965 under a lot of different names. He also wrote the bands first album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn. After this record came out, he used a lot of drugs. He was taken out of the band in 1968. He had 2 more records after he left the band, but they were not popular with most people. He later went into a brain illness due to drugs.

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