Syd Barrett

Floyd (alternatively known as The Tea Set throughout 1965) was still a part-time band, allowing Syd to take off to France in August with David Gilmour, the pair being briefly detained by the St. Tropez police for busking.

Pink Floyd/Tea Set's original style was based on American blues and R'n'B, but the birth of a UK psychedelic music scene allowed them to develop Syd's performance-based ideas into something unique. Throughout 1966 they honed their live performance skills, often developing songs into long jamming sequences, and by the end of the year Pink Floyd had become the pre-eminent 'underground' band.

They picked up management too, and their first recordings were songs by Syd, who had established himself as the band's creative innovator.

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