Why is Roger Keith Barrett Syd?

Stiggs · Post by **Stiggs** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 9:54 pm

Why is Syd called Syd and not Roger? I mean, yeah there can be two Rogers in the same band...I always figured it was his love of acid. Maybe it was an old nickname that stuck?

bong · Post by **bong** » Tue Mar 04, 2003 9:56 pm

I think there was a guy in London or Cambridge back in the day named Syd Barret whom he particularly admired and so people started calling him Syd and it just stuck.

SydsMadcapGirl · Post by **SydsMadcapGirl** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 12:34 am

Bong is right. People had actually started calling him Sid Barrett, and he changed the spelling to differentiate himself, to Syd. Nowadays, though, he's just Roger.

madcap69 · Post by **madcap69** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 2:41 pm

because......

grateful pink · Post by **grateful pink** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 3:38 pm

madcap69 wrote:because......

Always a good reason (and a good Beatles song).

Feeling Very Pink · Post by **Feeling Very Pink** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 5:38 pm

Great a cappella version on Anthology 3!