Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Pink Floyd are insane.

Their original frontman, Sid Barrett, did so much LSD that he experienced a mental

breakdown just as the group began to achieve mainstream appeal. Sid's drug use began as a mind-altering

inspiration for his art, but quickly became a coping mechanism for the demands of commercial success.

Sid became paralyzed in front of television cameras.

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

his band.

And then he stopped showing up at all.

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

Sid Barrett made great music with Pink Floyd,

some of the trippiest, most expansive mind-altering music of all time.

Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show,

that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called

clandestine Procession, MK1. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to light

my fire by the doors. And why would I play you that specific slice of funeral pie or cheese

could I afford it? Because that was the number

one song in America on August 5, 1967. And that was the day that Pink Floyd released their debut album,

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, a moment that would have an immediate impact on its frontman, Sid Barrett, and changed the

trajectory of the band forever.

On this episode, LSD, Mental Breakdowns, Funeral Pire Cheese, Sid Barrett, and Pink Floyd.

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