A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett

by Chapman, Rob

• ISBN13: 9780306819148
• ISBN10: 0306819147
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-26
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (1946-2006) was the very definition of a golden boy. Along with three school chums he formed what would soon become Pink Floyd, and rock and roll was never the same.But there was a dark side. Barrett, who fell in with a hardcore group of communal-living, squatter hippies, soon began ingesting vast quantities of a new drug--LSD--and his already-tenuous mental state began to unravel. Syd Barrett became perhaps rock and roll's first "acid casualty."InA Very Irregular Head, journalist Rob Chapman lifts the veil of secrecy that has surrounded the legend of Syd Barrett for decades, drawing on exclusive access to family, friends, archives, journals, letters, and artwork to create the definitive portrait of this brilliant and tragic artist.

Author Biography

Rob Chapman writes for Mojo magazine, where his obituary of Syd Barrett was published. He has also written for Uncut, The Times, Guardian, and the Independent on Sunday. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Oh Mother, Tell Me More	p. 3
Watching Buttercups Cup the Light	p. 47
Flicker Flicker Flicker Blam Pow!	p. 84
Distorted View - See Through Baby Blue	p. 123
His Head Did No Thinking: His Arms Didn't Move	p. 166
We'll Stray Our Pieces	p. 210
We Awful, Awful Crawl	p. 249
Proverbs and Sobs	p. 294
Make Your Name Like a Ghost	p. 328
Long Gone	p. 361
Select Bibliography	p. 413
Permissions for Lyrics	p. 416
Index	p. 417
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