Soft Machine

English rock & jazz band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966, named after the novel The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs.

Years active:
1966–1968
1969–1978
1978–1983 (offshot band Soft Head), followed by Soft Heap
1980–1984
1999–2002 (pre-reformation band Soft Ware)
2002–2004 (pre-reformation band Soft Works)
2004–2015 (as Soft Machine Legacy)
2015–present

Other offshot bands featuring core members Hugh Hopper and Elton Dean were briefly created during the 2000s: Soft Bounds & Soft Mountain.

Current members:
● John Etheridge – guitar (1975–1978, 2015–present)
● Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, piano (2015–present)
● Fred T.