Stars was a short-lived British band in 1972. Its members were Syd Barrett on guitar, Twink on drums, and Jack Monck on bass. They played three live concerts in Cambridge before Barrett left the group, thus (essentially) ending it. Recordings of their performances remain lost. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett (born January 6, 1946 in Cambridge, England) was one of the founding members of the group Pink Floyd. ... John Charles Alder (born 29 November 1944), better known as Twink, is a British musician (drummer), singer and song writer) who was a central figure in the British psychedelic movement, and an actor. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ...