In 1979, former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt joined the Communist Party of Great Britain and cut a string of idiosyncratic yet impassioned socialist pop.

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With twangy and slightly distorted guitar, and nasally, heavily accented lines, the Drive-By Truckers have charmed listeners with their soft-rock stylings over the past 27 years. The band is set to ...

At the ruined Italian city’s re-excavated amphitheatre from 4 to 7 October 1971, Floyd were filmed playing “Echoes ... so others might stump for the jazz-prog behemoths on Soft Machine’s Third, Yes’s ...

The Captain notes that Pete Barnes, who handled The Damned’s song publishing, also handled the catalogs of both Pink Floyd and its ... solo work of Soft Machine’s Kevin Ayers, another prog ...

Progressive rock's biggest names are known far and wide, even if the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ignored the genre for almost 15 years after Pink Floyd ... ve been bigger: Soft Machine provides ...

The official trailer for the reissue of Pink Floyd's legendary Live at Pompeii concert film has been released. The 1972 movie showcases the British progressive rock titans performing live in an ...

Soft Machine will take to the stage at Huntingdon ... is known for its "spirit of musical adventure" and has toured with Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. They are "considered to be their best ever ...

Similarly to Pink Floyd, Soft Machine cut their teeth as a resident band at London’s UFO Club, and they also served as the backing band on two songs on Syd Barrett’s first solo record, The Madcap ...

That year, Soft Machine opened for the Jimi Hendrix Experience for the legendary group’s North America tour. The band also opened for Pink Floyd. Outside of Soft Machine, Ratledge also ...