A Jet-Propelled Soft Machine

In this timeline, the Canterbury based-band Soft Machine manages to release their debut album in 1967 and also rise to stardom as other contemporary bands (such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Queen, among others).

The band signed a contract as your sibling-band, Pink Floyd, with the EMI Records, but they've also signed the ABC Records in the United States. After the release of their debut album and a tour in Europe, the guitarist Daevid Allen left the group by being refused to enter the United Kingdom, eventually founding his band, Gong, in France. Kevin Ayers turned into Soft Machine's lead guitarist.

Points of Divergence

 * 1) The band manages to release their debut studio album in 1967, Jet-Propelled Photographs, a point of a new era of the developing Canterbury scene (which comprehends Soft Machine, Caravan, among other bands).
 * 2) After being the backing band of Jimi Hendrix, Kevin Ayers was considering to retire of the music career, although, Jimi Hendrix convinced Ayers to proceed with his career, and drummer Robert Wyatt persuaded Ayers to stay in Soft Machine.

List of articles

 * Soft Machine
 * Discography of Soft Machine
 * Kevin Ayers
 * Robert Wyatt
 * Jet-Propelled Photographs
 * Songs for Insane Times
 * Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories
 * Red Tour
 * Ollie Halsall