Drummer/vocalist Robert Wyatt was a founding member of the psychedelic UK band Soft Machine, formed in 1966 with Kevin Ayers on bass, guitar and vocals, guitarist Daevid Allen and organist Mike Ratledge. In 1971, Wyatt left the band (or was fired from the band, depending on the source), and he formed the progressive rock group Matching Mole. This band would complete two albums before splitting in 1972, and Wyatt joined Mole bandmates Dave Sinclair and Phil Miller in the group Hatfield and the North. This band was set to record their third album in 1973, but during a June 1 party, Wyatt fell from a third floor apartment window. The accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Wyatt recovered and embarked on a solo career that continues today. The song Gharbzadegi appears on Wyatt's 1985 release Old Rottenhat.
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