Although surrounded by classical music, Ratledge went on to carve his own path in the music industry when he helped form the rock band Soft Machine. Besides his time with Soft Machine, Ratledge ...

Mike Ratledge, the keyboardist and a co-founder of English rock band Soft Machine, has died, the band’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed. He was 81 years old. “Incredibly sad news that my ...

Mike Ratledge, one of the founding members of Soft Machine, has died aged 81. The news of his passing was shared by bandmate John Etheridge – guitarist in the British psych-rock band – in a ...

Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge died on Wednesday, February 5, after a brief illness, according to his former bandmate and guitarist John Etheridge. “Mike was the ...

By 1966, he formed Soft Machine with Allen plus Robert Wyatt and Kevin Ayers. The lineup would change a lot over the years, but Ratledge remained the band’s longest-tenured member until his ...

Mike Ratledge, founding keyboardist for influential English group Soft Machine, died on Wednesday following a brief illness. He was 81. The news came via current Soft Machine guitarist John ...

Mike Ratledge — co-founding keyboardist for the influential, proggy psych-rock band from Canterbury, Soft Machine — has died. He was 81. As Louder reports, the news was confirmed by former ...

Apart from Sting’s stint with jazz fusioneers Last Exit, Summers’ tenure with the likes ... Kevin Ayers and Soft Machine, did they hire you because of a reputation for a certain style?

1978 - Work began on the first album by Sting (Gordon Sumner), Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland ... and Ella Fitzgerald — was born today in 1929. Daevid Allen of Soft Machine was born today in 1938.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Police proved themselves to be a well-oiled hit-making machine ... the soft new wave soundscape. There is no doubting Sting’s talent for writing hits, but there ...

Andy Summers is still best known as the guitarist for one of the best bands of all time. He was, briefly, a member of both The Soft Machine and the Animals before he joined The Police in 1977.