[kagakuninja]

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

[hinkley]

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

[tremon]

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

[WolfCop]

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

[hinkley]

Okay. Not named after a band member named Pink.

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

[cf100clunk]

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