The names are side-by-side in print, years before Syd Barrett made them famous in very different circles. Is this the record that was part of Barrett's collection? Was it Paul Oliver who first put the name of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council together? read more
Syd Barrett, under pressure, substituted "The Pink Floyd Sound"; "Pink" after "Pink Anderson" and "Floyd" after "Floyd Council" - two bands' records he had at home. For the rest of the sixties, they went under "The Pink Floyd" and in the next decade, shortened the name again to "Pink Floyd". read more
This last name did not survive either: ultimately it became Pink Floyd, not because the two words are English slang for the male private parts, nor because the overuse of drugs leads to pink colored trips, but because the name allowed the band members to pay tribute to two greatly admired American blues musicians: Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. read more
When 'Tea Set' found themselves on the same bill as another band with the same name, Barrett came up with the alternative name The Pink Floyd Sound, after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.[5][6] For a time after this they oscillated between 'Tea Set' and 'The Pink Floyd Sound', with the latter name eventually winning out. read more