Frontman Descended into Madness When Creating This 70s Sonic Masterpiece | Professor Of Rock

Coming up, it is one of the most tragic tales of the rock era. Band leader Syd Barrett fronted Pink Floyd for a time and then cracked under the pressure. Whether it was due to excessive drug abuse, a preexisting mental illness, or psychological strain its not entirely clear. However the band was forced to go without him. But his memory would haunt the band members Rogers Waters and David Gilmour ever after, and cast a shadow over some of their greatest work including The 70s opus the Dark Side of the Moon. with would spend almost 20 years on the charts and become one of the biggest albums ever. Today, we are taking a deep dive into the classic rock standard Brain Damage and Eclipse the phenomenal album’s ending that was inspired by these events.

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Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. It you remember vegging out on the couch watching MTV for hour on end back in the day, this channel is for you…Make sure to subscribe below right now to get the latest interviews and videos. Also take a gander at our Patreon. We have full interviews and extra content their you won’t find anywhere else. So today we’re getting into the story behind Pink Floyd’s original frontman Syd Barrett and a classic rock staple that was inspired by his story… Brain Damage, from The Dark Side of the Moon.

The character of Syd Barret, and the subject of madness, loom large over Pink Floyd’s work. And for good reason. Syd was one of the band’s founding members, their original frontman, and the primary songwriter for their early work. His time at the helm of Pink Floyd has often been described as a tragic descent into madness. But how did it get to that point?

Pink Floyd started off on a roll with their first two singles. In March 1967, they released Arnold Layne. That reached #20 on the UK charts. A few months later in June, they released 'See Emily Play’, which climbed to #6. Pink Floyd then followed up ‘See Emily Play' with their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn on August 4, 1967. Largely written by Barrett, the record combined childlike fantasy with psychedelic experimentation.
But between Piper and the release of their second album A Saucerful of Secrets in June 1968, the band’s narrative would take a turn into bizarre and heartbreaking… Permanently altering the band’s trajectory. All thanks to one Syd Barrett.

While Pink Floyd’s early chart victories led to more prestigious tours and greater exposure, this wasn’t entirely a good thing. The pressures of success weighed heavily on Barrett’s already fragile mind. And routine indulgence in hallucinogenic drugs only complicated matters. As a result of the ever-increasing pressure and hard-hitting drug abuse, Barrett often appeared near comatose on-stage and incoherent with interviewers.

Several important performances had to be cancelled and letters of apology written. And the band was compelled to take a break. Bassist Roger Waters recalled, “It actually happened very fast with Syd, I have to say, right around the time of ‘See Emily Play’. You know, he got very weird, very quickly.” Syd’s behavior then became even more erratic during a stretch of performances in the US and the Jimi Hendrix UK package tour…

As Nick Mason remembered it, this is when Syd went mad. Most of the time he didn’t know where he was.