Soft Machine
This article is about the rock band. For the band's debut album, see The Soft Machine (album). For the William Burroughs novel, see The Soft Machine. For other uses, see The Soft Machine (disambiguation).
| Soft Machine | |
|---|---|
 Group photo circa 1970: Elton Dean, Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Hugh Hopper | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Soft Machine |
| Origin | Canterbury, England, United Kingdom |
| Genre(s) | Canterbury scene, jazz fusion, progressive rock, psychedelic rock |
| Years active | 1966 - 1984 |
| Label(s) | ABC Probe, Columbia, Harvest, EMI |
| Associated acts | Caravan, Syd Barrett, Matching Mole, Nucleus, Gong, Soft Works, Isotope, Gary Boyle, Adiemus, Soft Machine Legacy, Soft Heap, Soft Head, Soft Bounds, Karl Jenkins & Mike Ratledge, The Police |
| Former members | |
| Daevid Allen Kevin Ayers Elton Dean Hugh Hopper Mike Ratledge Robert Wyatt Roy Babbington John Etheridge Karl Jenkins John Marshall Steve Cook Marc Charig Lyn Dobson Nick Evans Jimmy Hastings Allan Holdsworth Brian Hopper Ric Sanders Alan Skidmore Rab Spall Andy Summers Alan Wakeman | |
Soft Machine was an English rock band from Canterbury, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the so-called "Canterbury scene," and helped pioneer the progressive rock genre.
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