Amoeba Music

By Scott Feemster

Soft Machine started as a psychedelic band involved in the late 60's London psychedelic scene, and quickly went on to be one of the bands that laid the foundation for what would be come to be called progressive rock, veering also in to what would soon become jazz fusion. The band became very influential upon subsequent progressive rock bands and the bands revolving membership helped to spawn other bands and musical projects for many years to come.

            Soft Machine was formed in 1966 from players who had previously played together in different incarnations in the Wilde Flowers and the Daevid Allen Trio. The first line-up of the band... Read More

Genre:

Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Progressive, Canterbury

City Of Origin:

Canterbury, England

Formed Date:

1966