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I've always wondered how certain bands started. My favorite band is Pink Floyd. How did they meet? Where did they come up with Pink Floyd? Why "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn?" I think I found the answers to these questions.
Syd Barrett was born Roger Keith Barrett on January 6, 1946 in Cambridge, England and Roger Waters was born George Roger Waters on September 9, 1944 in Great Brookham, England; both grew up in the same neighborhood. While Barrett and Waters were young they became close friends. Barrett went to the Camberwell School of Arts in 1964. While attending school, Barrett met David Gilmore was born David Jon Gilmore on March 6, 1944 in Cambridge, England and later a member of Pink Floyd. During this time Waters was attending school at Cambridge's Regent ST. Polytechnic Academy and studied architecture. While attending school Waters formed a band named Sigma 6 with fellow students and friends; Nick Mason was born Nicholas Berkeley Mason on January 27, 1944 in......

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