Formed By Robert Wyatt, after he had turned his back on the illustrious band Soft Machine and gone solo.
The story goes that during a French tour the band Soft Machine was announced in French as Machine Molle.
For those who may have doubts about this translation of Soft Machine: Google Translate agrees with the French maître de cérémonie.
Machine Molle was gratefully anglicized to Matching Mole by Wyatt.

For those who may have doubts about this translation of Soft Machine: Google Translate agrees with the French maître de cérémonie.
Machine Molle was gratefully anglicized to Matching Mole by Wyatt.
Active: 1971-1972, GBR
Site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matching_Mole
See also: Soft Machine
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