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DISGRACELAND

Pink Floyd: Acid Overload, a Psychotic Breakdown, and a Crazy Diamond

DISGRACELAND

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture, Music

4.6 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Pink Floyd’s original frontman, Syd Barrett, did so much LSD that he experienced a mental breakdown just as the band began to achieve mainstream success. His drug use began as mind-altering inspiration for his art, but quickly became a coping mechanism for the demands of commercial success. He became paralyzed in front of television cameras. He detuned his guitar until it was literally unplayable and refused to perform alongside his band. Then he stopped showing up at all. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at ⁠www.disgracelandpod.com⁠. This episode was originally published on August 9, 2022. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at ⁠disgracelandpod.com/membership⁠. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - ⁠GET THE NEWSLETTER⁠ Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠X⁠ (formerly Twitter)  ⁠Facebook Fan Group⁠ ⁠TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.8

The stories about Pink Floyd are insane. Their original frontman, Sid Barrett, did so much

0:58.4

LSD that experienced a mental breakdown just as the group began to achieve mainstream

1:03.9

appeal. Sid's drug use began as a mind altering inspiration for his art, but quickly became a coping

1:11.2

mechanism for the demands of commercial success. Sid became paralyzed in front of television

1:16.6

cameras. He detuned his guitar until it was literally unplayable and refused to perform

1:21.7

alongside his band. And then he stopped showing up at all.

1:27.0

And even though Pink Floyd's legacy largely focuses on the years after Sid Barrett left,

1:32.6

Sid Barrett made great music with Pink Floyd. Some of the trippiest, most expansive mind altering

1:39.8

music of all time. Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show. That wasn't

1:45.8

great music. That was a preset loop from my Melotron called clandestine procession MK1.

1:54.4

I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to light my fire by the doors.

1:59.9

And why would I play you that specific slice of funeral pyre cheese could I afford it? Because

2:06.3

that was the number one song in America on August 5th 1967. And that was the day that Pink Floyd

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