The Soft Machine was extremely popular during the 60th; it was the year when the band was on the peak of their career. The band is known to be specialized in such music style as progressive rock and jazz-rock. The band issued a lot of albums which contained plenty of real hits which topped the charts, and made a lot of tours.
The Soft Machine comprised such popular musicians as bassist/singe Ayers, keyboardist Mike Ratledge, guitarist Daevid Allen. The band became extremely popular in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom and in France after issuing their debut recording which was pop-oriented. The band was mush valued both home and abroad.
The Soft Machine issued their debut full-length album in 1968 which was followed by a concert tour. The same year the band lost one of its members, namely Ayers, who disbanded and was replaced by his old friend Hugh Hopper. After that the band issued their second album called Volume Two 9it was in 1969).
The Soft Machine’s stuff was not permanent and after Ayers the band was left by one more musician Wyatt who disbanded in the end of 1971 to start a solo career of his own. He really issued some solo albums and was popular enough. But it was a hardship for the band to go on with creating without their talented friend, his departure made a great impact on the band.
