In a recent interview guitarist Nels Cline described seeing John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra as "...like having all your body hair singed off in one fell swoop." Similar words could be used to ...

Hulloder; Dada Was Here; Thank You Pierre Lunaire; Have You Ever Been Green?; Pataphysical Introduction Part II; As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still; Fire Engine Passing With Bells Clanging; Hibou, ...

They say you should always leave the audience wanting more. Mike Ratledge, who died yesterday aged 81, did exactly that. In the 49 years since he left Soft Machine, somebody, somewhere would be ...

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 ...

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 Etheridge, ...