What was the original name of the band before they called themselves 'Pink Floyd'?

Question

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It was in 1965 when Syd Barrett, Bob Close, Rick Wright, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters formed the band 'Sigma 6'.

wake up pepole - heres the answer - It was in 1965 when Syd Barrett, Bob Close, Rick Wright, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters formed the band 'Sigma 6'.

Answer 1

There was Tea Set, that was the last name before Pink Floyd was established. Before that there was also the Abdabs and the Screaming Abdabs (what's an Abdab?)

Answer 2

Pink Floyd evolved from an earlier band, formed in 1965, which was at various times called Sigma 6, The Megga Deaths, The Screaming Abdabs, The Architecture Abdabs, and The Abdabs. When this band split up, some members — guitarists Rado "Bob" Klose and Roger Waters, drummer Nick Mason, and wind instrument player Rick Wright — formed a new band called Tea Set. After a brief stint with a lead vocalist named Chris Dennis, guitarist and vocalist Syd Barrett joined the band, with Waters moving to bass.

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, reputedly after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. However, in "The A-Z of Names in Rock," Mark Beech argues that these two musicians were unknown in Britain, citing an item in the London Evening Standard, according to which Roger Waters shared a flat in 1967 with Mick Steadman, whose cats were named Pink and Floyd.

For a time after this they oscillated between 'Tea Set' and 'The Pink Floyd Sound', with the latter name eventually winning out. The Sound was dropped fairly quickly, but the definite article was still used occasionally for several years afterward; David Gilmour is known to have referred to the group as "The Pink Floyd" as late as 1984, though they never released any recordings under that name.

Waters performed with the band for the first time in 24 years, on July 2, 2005 at the London Live 8 concert, playing to Pink Floyd's biggest audience ever.

On February 3, 2006, Gilmour gave an interview to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica which indicated the band would no longer tour or produce any new material, although various members still plan on producing solo or collaborative material. The possibility of an appearance similar to Live 8 has not been ruled out by either Mason or Gilmour.

Answer 3

Tea Set.

Answer 4

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