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  (Credit: Pink Floyd) Syd Barrett was the definition of a tortured genius, one who sadly succumbed to a drug addiction that made him increasingly more erratic during the late 1960s. The result, of course, left his bandmates with no choice but to remove him from Pink Floyd in 1968. His last ever show with the band would be in Hastings on January, 20th, 1968, one which they didn’t know at the time would be his final performance but the situation soon worsened just as the bandmates had foreseen. The year prior to this moment the band had already drafted in old school friend  Dave Gilmour  to provide a helping hand on guitar, a necessity as Barrett’s mental health worsened and he could no longer fulfil the basic demands of playing live. After this performance in Hastings, the band thought that Barrett had become more of a hindrance than anything else and, at that point, they all knew that they couldn’t carry on in this state any longer or Floyd would be no more. On their way...

  Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor vaults 9-1 on  Billboard 's Hard Rock Songwriters chart (dated Aug. 15), ruling for the first time thanks to two solo singles on the latest Hot Hard Rock Songs survey. "CMFT Must Be Stopped," featuring Tech N9ne and Kid Bookie, debuts at No. 11 on Hot Hard Rock Songs with 645,000 U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads sold in the tracking week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Taylor, Tech N9ne and Kid Bookie co-wrote the song. Plus, Taylor's "Black Eyes Blue" ranks at No. 13 on Hot Hard Rock Songs. The track, which he solely wrote and co-produced with Jay Ruston, jumps from No. 21 in its second week. Taylor also debuts at No. 7 on Hard Rock Producers. He ties with Ruston, as the pair co-produced both songs. Having first reached  Billboard 's charts in 1999, Slipknot has earned three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and seven top 10 hits on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Stone Sour, whose chart history dat...