Syd Barrett : A Very Irregular Head

By February 1972, it was effectively all over for Syd Barrett, founder member and creative force behind Pink Floyd. After increasingly erratic behaviour, the band left him behind, and he went on to release two solo albums before disappearing altogether from the public gaze. Given extensive access to the Barrett family and their archives, Rob Chapman’s biography finally dismantles the myth of Loony Syd the Acid Casualty and reveals a genius songwriter and artist whose musical influence still resonates today.