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The band originally was The Pink Floyd (after changing their name from The Tea Set)

But never The Floyd. Just as the band isn’t named after a man called Pink.

Curveball, the band is named after a man called Pink!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Council

It was named after a man called Pink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Anderson

Okay. Not named after a band member named Pink.

Unlike Pink, which is the stage name of the artist.

s/never/commonly\, in the parlance of the time\,/

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