Pink and Floyd were inspired by two of Syd Barrett's favorite Carolina bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, whom he combined. ¹⁾

People, particularly in the record industry, frequently assumed Pink Floyd was the name of a member of the band. In 1975, the band sent this up with the lyric “which one's Pink?” on the 'Wish You Were Here' song 'Have A Cigar'. ²⁾

'Arnold Layne', their first single and a minor hit at the time (it has since become a classic), was inspired by a real-life individual Roger Waters knew who stole women's clothes and panties from laundry lines.³⁾

The psychedelic b-side to ‘Arnold Lane,' ‘Candy and a Currant Bun,' was faithfully performed by Mars Volta and given away free with the album ‘The Bedlam in Goliath'. ⁴⁾

During the second half of the 1960s, The Pink Floyd (as they were then known) became regulars at Camden's Roundhouse and the famed UFO Club. ⁵⁾