Where did Pink Floyd get....?

Question

their name from?

First person to get it right,gets the best answer!:)

Answer 1

pink anderson and floyd council (georgian bluesmen)

Answer 2

Pink Floyd evolved from an earlier rock band, formed in 1965, which was at various times called Sigma 6, the Meggadeaths, and the Abdabs. When the 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,[14] guitarist and vocalist Syd Barrett joined the band, with Waters moving to bass.[15]

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.[16][17] 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 regularly until 1968. The group's UK releases during the Syd Barrett era credited them as The Pink Floyd as did their first two U.S. singles. David Gilmour is known to have referred to the group as The Pink Floyd as late as 1984.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd

Answer 3

Syd Barrett supposedly came up with the name by combining the first names of two lesser-known blues artists - Pink Anderson and Floyd Council

Answer 4

Floyd got theirs when original member Syd Barrett combined the names of two Georgia bluesmen, 'Pink' Anderson and Floyd Council.

Answer 5

pink something, and floyd someone, i dont remember, but great band
or was it two different bands, yeah it was something like that

Answer 6

Sorry I don't know but I would love to know the answer

Answer 7

SJCFISH gets this one from my perspective Haroula!

Best to you!

Answer 8

they were mostly likely smoking pot and came up with it.

Answer 9

no clue