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Unknown facts about the famous band Pink Floyd

Let’s unleash some geeky facts about Pink Floyd to them a little better.

The most successful band in the history of music-PINK FLOYD formed in London 1965 and grabbed worldwide admiration with their psychedelic and progressive music mostly combined with philosophical lyrics.

Previous names before jumping into Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd was not always Pink Floyd before as the band underwent many names until 1965 and it kept changing till then. At very first they were known as Sigma 6 and was a  sextet composed of Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright along with other three musicians who left the band later on. There were other names like Meggadeaths, the Screaming Abdabs, the Spectrum Five, Leonard’s Lodgers, and finally the Tea Set. It was decided to finalize Tea Set as the band name but they had to cancel after Barret came up with Pink Floyd after learning about other bands.

The fourth best-selling album was The Dark Side of the Moon

It is not only the band’s best-selling but also the fourth best-selling album of all time in the history of music because as of November 2018, the album has sold more than 45 million copies across the world.

Origin of Pink Floyd

Syd Barret came up with this name by getting inspired by two famous American blues musicians called Pink Anderson and Floyd Council and honored them by finalizing the name of the band as Pink Floyd. Thankfully, Brett chose their last name instead of first because it does not sound as cool as Pink Floyd.

The forgotten lead guitarist of Pink Floyd-Bob Klose

He was a part of the original lineup of Sigma 6 and remained the lead guitarist of the band until the birth of Pink Floyd happened. Bob Klose did not like the new type of music that Pink Floyd started to make as he was more into jazz and blues. Apparently, he wanted to focus on his studies and despite having a love for music, Bob Klose became a successful print-maker and photographer.

The first band who use live surround sound

Yes, you heard it right. Pink Floyd used live surround sound and they were the first who used Azimuth coordinator quadraphonic sound system which is probably the main reason for their unique sound and music.