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.
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.
Active: 1971-1972, GBR
Site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matching_Mole
See also: Soft Machine
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