The heavily jazz-oriented Klose left the band to become a photographer shortly before Pink Floyd started recording, leaving an otherwise stable lineup with Barrett on lead guitar, Waters on bass, Mason on drums and Wright switching to keyboards. In the early days, they gained notoriety for psychedelic interpretations, extended improvised sections, and 'spaced out' solos. The word Sound was dropped quickly, but the definite article was still used occasionally for years afterward, up to about the time of More. For a time after this they oscillated between 'Tea Set' and 'The Pink Floyd Sound', with the latter name winning out. When Tea Set found themselves on the same bill as another band with the same name, Barrett came up with an alternative name on the spur of the moment, choosing The Pink Floyd Sound (after two blues musicians, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). When this band split up, some members - guitarists Bob Klose and Roger Waters, drummer Nick Mason, and wind instrument player Richard Wright - formed a new band called Tea Set, and were joined shortly thereafter by guitarist Syd Barrett, who became the band's primary vocalist as well. Pink Floyd evolved from an earlier band, formed in 1964, which was at various times called Sigma 6, The Meggadeaths, The Screaming Abdabs, and The Abdabs.
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