 The city gave its name to a musical genre known as the Canterbury Sound or Canterbury Scene , a group of progressive rock , avant @-@ garde and jazz musicians established within the city during the late 1960s and early 1970s . Some very notable Canterbury bands were Soft Machine , Caravan , Matching Mole , Egg , Hatfield and the North , National Health , Gilgamesh , Soft Heap , Khan , Camel and In Cahoots . Over the years , with band membership changes and new bands evolving , the term has been used to describe a musical style or subgenre , rather than a regional group of musicians . During the 1970 @-@ 80 's the Canterbury ' Odeon ' now the site of the ' New Marlow ' played host to many of the Punk and new wave bands of the era including , The Clash , The Ramones , Blondie , <unk> , Magazine , XTC , Dr Feelgood , Elvis Costello and The Attractions , and The Stranglers . 
