A founder member of the group Sid Barrett came made up the name 'The Pink Floyd Sound' after two blues musicians called Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, this was later shortened to 'The Pink Floyd' then to 'Pink Floyd'
Pink Floyd IS their real name! They've never had another name in their entire career.If you are referring to the character in their 1979 album The Wall, he was known simply as Pink- you never got to find out what his real name was.
In the name Pink Floyd, the name Pink Is in the name Pink Floyd. So there you go.OR... The correct answer; From WikipediaThere is no "Pink" per se, the name Pink Floyd was created by Syd Barrett, after two Piedmont blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.During the album Wish You Were Here there is no 'Pink' it is just a statement which underlines the lack of understanding/knowledge held by record company staff in relation to the musicians. However 'Pink' returns in the Wall as the central character (played by Bob Geldolf), in this case (in my opinion) pink is a mix of Syd's madness and instabilities combined with the pain, hate, and loathing so well documented by Roger Waters in most of his discriptions of growing up, life, people, and power...
The main character in Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is named "Pink". He, however, is not a real person. If you meant the personnel who played on the album, the main people were: Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason. If you meant the actor that portrayed Pink in the movie version, that was Bob Geldof.
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn(1967).
A founder member of the group Sid Barrett came made up the name 'The Pink Floyd Sound' after two blues musicians called Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, this was later shortened to 'The Pink Floyd' then to 'Pink Floyd'
Pink Floyd IS their real name! They've never had another name in their entire career.If you are referring to the character in their 1979 album The Wall, he was known simply as Pink- you never got to find out what his real name was.
In the name Pink Floyd, the name Pink Is in the name Pink Floyd. So there you go.OR... The correct answer; From WikipediaThere is no "Pink" per se, the name Pink Floyd was created by Syd Barrett, after two Piedmont blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.During the album Wish You Were Here there is no 'Pink' it is just a statement which underlines the lack of understanding/knowledge held by record company staff in relation to the musicians. However 'Pink' returns in the Wall as the central character (played by Bob Geldolf), in this case (in my opinion) pink is a mix of Syd's madness and instabilities combined with the pain, hate, and loathing so well documented by Roger Waters in most of his discriptions of growing up, life, people, and power...
In The Flesh
The main character in Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is named "Pink". He, however, is not a real person. If you meant the personnel who played on the album, the main people were: Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason. If you meant the actor that portrayed Pink in the movie version, that was Bob Geldof.
Pink Floyd.
Believe it or not, they were originally known as The Screaming Abdabs.
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn(1967).
Roger Waters and David Gilmour both sing
He didn't name any of them, but did do the album design for "Dark Side of the Moon"
The name 'Pink Floyd' was thought up of on the spot by founding member and original frontman Syd Barrett. They had been calling themselves 'The Tea Set' in their early gigs, but as it happened another band with the same name went on stage before the Floyd using the same name. Pink Anderson and Floyd Council were two unrelated African-American Blues musicians from the Depression Era.
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