How did Pink Floyd get their name?
– Original front man and band founder, Syd Barrett, thought up the name when he discovered that there was another Tea Set due to play at the same venue as his Tea Set. So he merged the names of two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, and settled on The Pink Floyd Sound, which was later shortened to Pink Floyd. The rest, as they say, is history. Other early names include The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, Sigma 6 and The Meggadeaths.
