The great guitarist Alan Holdsworth was briefly a member on Bundles (their ... Having never seen any incarnation of the band I was excited to see that Soft Machine had announced their 50th ...

Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of the English rock band Soft Machine, has died at the age of 81. The musician’s death was confirmed by former bandmate and current Soft Machine ...

In addition to being the longest remaining original member of Soft Machine—sticking around from their 1966 self-titled debut to 1976’s Softs—Ratledge was also arguably the band’s most ...

And so, with Etheridge, Babbington and Marshall not just band alum but actually players who worked together in Soft Machine for roughly sixteen months, from 1975 through '76, the current lineup not ...

Mike Ratledge, keyboardist and founding member of Soft Machine, has died ... friends he discovered jazz music and played piano in a band called the Daevid Allen Trio. He attended University ...

ALBANY — Soft Machine delivered an intricate set of British ... all such paperwork was resolved and the latest incarnation of this legendary band, formed in 1966, is now on tour in the U.S ...

Ratledge was with Soft Machine when it started in 1966, and was the last founding member to leave the band in 1976. Louder called Soft Machine “pioneers of both progressive rock and jazz fusion.” ...

He was 81. The news came via current Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge, who joined the band in 1975, near the end of Ratledge’s time in it. “Incredibly sad news that my great friend and ...