Soft Machine: Out-Bloody-Rageous

The definitive biography of this ground-breaking band who played a pivotal role in shaping psychedelic rock, progressive rock and jazz-rock fusion. Based on lengthy interviews with the band and their associates, it recounts the lives of Soft Machine’s members, pieces together the band’s formation and colourful career, and unravels the truth behind the enigma that was Soft Machine. This revised and updated edition includes over a hundred illustrations and a complete concert file, discography and sessionography. The first edition won an Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.