<P> Noble and Metcalfe left the Tea Set in late 1963 , and Klose introduced the band to singer Chris Dennis , a technician with the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) . In December 1964 , they secured their first recording time , at a studio in West Hampstead , through one of Wright 's friends , who let them use some down time free . Wright , who was taking a break from his studies , did not participate in the session . When the RAF assigned Dennis a post in Bahrain in early 1965 , Barrett became the band 's frontman . Later that year , they became the resident band at the Countdown Club near Kensington High Street in London , where from late night until early morning they played three sets of 90 minutes each . During this period , spurred by the group 's need to extend their sets to minimise song repetition , the band realised that songs could be extended with lengthy solos ' , wrote Mason . After pressure from his parents and advice from his college tutors , Klose quit the band in mid-1965 and Barrett took over lead guitar . The group first referred to themselves as the Pink Floyd Sound in late 1965 . Barrett created the name on the spur of the moment when he discovered that another band , also called the Tea Set , were to perform at one of their gigs . The name is derived from the given names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection , Pink Anderson and Floyd Council . </P>
<P> Noble and Metcalfe left the Tea Set in late 1963 , and Klose introduced the band to singer Chris Dennis , a technician with the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) . In December 1964 , they secured their first recording time , at a studio in West Hampstead , through one of Wright 's friends , who let them use some down time free . Wright , who was taking a break from his studies , did not participate in the session . When the RAF assigned Dennis a post in Bahrain in early 1965 , Barrett became the band 's frontman . Later that year , they became the resident band at the Countdown Club near Kensington High Street in London , where from late night until early morning they played three sets of 90 minutes each . During this period , spurred by the group 's need to extend their sets to minimise song repetition , the band realised that songs could be extended with lengthy solos ' , wrote Mason . After pressure from his parents and advice from his college tutors , Klose quit the band in mid-1965 and Barrett took over lead guitar . The group first referred to themselves as the Pink Floyd Sound in late 1965 . Barrett created the name on the spur of the moment when he discovered that another band , also called the Tea Set , were to perform at one of their gigs . The name is derived from the given names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection , Pink Anderson and Floyd Council . </P>
where did pink floyd get their name from
where did pink floyd get their name from
names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection , Pink Anderson and Floyd Council
names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection , Pink Anderson and Floyd Council