321. Soft Machine

History has proven the Soft Machine to be an influential group, but at their apex they were not selling a lot of records.As one of the first British Psychedelic bands the experimental band helped push the boundaries of Progressive Rock and Jazz Rock.As much as they were beloved by critical magazines they may have been a little ahead of their time as radios of their day would not be found with the music of the Soft Machine.Their best hope for induction may lay in their first real leader, Robert Wyatt whose eccentric nature and status as a musical legend could help propel the Soft Machine into the Hall.Of course….much of that reverence is in England which actually renders this influential act a very distant long shot.