Editing Matching Mole (section)

{{Short description|English progressive rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Matching Mole
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| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Canterbury]], [[England]]
| years_active        = 1971–1972<br>1973
| genre               = [[Progressive rock]], [[Canterbury scene]]
| label               = [[CBS]]
| associated_acts     = [[Soft Machine]], [[Hatfield and the North]], [[801 (band)|801]]
| spinoffs            = {{hlist|[[801 (band)|801]]|[[Hatfield and the North]]}}
| spinoff_of          = {{hlist|[[Soft Machine]]|[[Caravan (band)|Caravan]]|[[Quiet Sun]]}}
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| current_members     = 
| past_members        = [[Bill MacCormick]]<br>[[Robert Wyatt]]<br>[[Phil Miller]]<br>[[Dave Sinclair]]<br>[[Dave MacRae]]<br>[[Francis Monkman]]<br>[[Gary Windo]]
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'''Matching Mole''' were an English [[progressive rock]] [[musical band|band]] associated with the [[Canterbury scene]].<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=808}}</ref> [[Robert Wyatt]] formed the band in October 1971 after he left [[Soft Machine]] and recorded his first solo album, ''[[The End of an Ear]]'' (4 December 1970). He continued his role on vocals and drums and was joined by [[Dave Sinclair (keyboardist)|David Sinclair]] of [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]] on organ and piano, [[Dave MacRae]] on electric piano, [[Phil Miller]] of [[Delivery (British band)|Delivery]] on guitar and [[Bill MacCormick]] of [[Quiet Sun (band)|Quiet Sun]] on bass.<ref name="Larkin"/> The name is a [[pun]] on ''Machine Molle'', the French translation of the name of Wyatt's previous group Soft Machine.<ref name="Larkin"/>