1 day ago · Mike Ratledge, the founding keyboardist of influential prog rock band Soft Machine has died at the age of 81, guitarist John Etheridge confirmed.

1 day ago · Mike Ratledge, one of the founding members of Soft Machine, has died aged 81. Find tributes to the musician here.

Michael Roland Ratledge (6 May 1943 – 5 February 2025) was a British musician. A part of the Canterbury scene, he was a founding member of Soft Machine. He was the last founding member to leave the group, doing so in 1976. [1]

2 days ago · Soft Machine founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge has died aged 81, after a short illness. The news was confirmed by his former bandmate and current Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge.

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 ...

Soft Machine are an English rock band from Canterbury, Kent. The band were formed in 1966 by Mike Ratledge, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Larry Nowlin. Soft Machine were central in the Canterbury scene; they became one of the first British psychedelic acts, and later moved into progressive and jazz rock. In 1971, Soft Machine became a purely instrumental …

1 day ago · Soft Machine founding member Mike Ratledge dead at 81 following a brief illness, who formed the group in 1966 before departing in 1976, it is revealed.

1 day ago · Mike Ratledge, a founding member of Soft Machine, died in February 2025 at the age of 81.

1 day ago · 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 ...

Michael Roland Ratledge (6 May 1943 – 5 February 2025) was a British musician. He was a founding member of Soft Machine. He was the last founding member to leave the group. [1] Ratledge was born in Maidstone, Kent. Ratledge died on 5 February 2025 at the age of 81. [2]