rob was here.

i just came across a brief article where actor johnny depp has stated he wants to do a movie about pink floyd original frontman syd barrett.

This made the hairs on my arm stand up.

For those of you who don't know the basic story of syd, he was the original singer/guitarist/songwriter for the floyd. He was only in the band for the first few years (66-68 or somewhere around there).. He very quickly burned out from excessive LSD usage combined with apparent mental delusions. Since 1970 (when he released his last solo project) he abandoned public life and became very much a recluse. He hasn't been interviewed and has been rarely spotted since.

Essentially he shined for a very brief period in the 60's before slipping into a downward spiral of madness. He did open the doors for psychedelic music and was the vital precurser to the more popular pink floyd era that we know well from the 70's.

I'm very interested to see if this movie will be made, and how depp would play barrett. I wonder if someone tried to contact Syd about the movie - and if they got through to him about it?