Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett was born in Cambridge, England on january 6th 1946. He has twp older brothers and a sister called Rosemary. he went to Cambridge High School for boys where he was two years under Roger Waters. He led a comfortable middle class English family life. His father died when he was 12, and soon after he started secondary school.  
His first instrument was a ukelele. When he turned 11 he got a banjo. A year later he got a cheap guitar and learned to play from some friends and some tutor books. At 15 he got his first electric and a small amplifier that he made himself.   

He went to Regent Street School for Arcitecture, where he formed Pink Floyd. He was lead guitar and wrote most of their songs. He was replaced by David Gilmour after he had been doing excessive drug experimentation.  
   

 

 

Nicholas Berkely Mason was born on the 27th of January ,1944, in Downshire Birmingham. He attended Freshman Heights and later Regent Street Polytechnic School, where he met Roger waters and Rick Wright. After Waters left the roup he wanted to revitalize Pink Floyd and he did so with David Gilmour and Rick Wright.  

One of Nicks hobbies was cars. He owned a Ferrari 250 GTO,F40, and 246 GTS Dino, Bugatti 350B, Alfa 2300, and Maserati 250F. 

 

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