21 Facts About Noel Redding

Noel Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Noel Redding was born at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Folkestone, Kent, to Bromley-born Margaret and Horace Albert Noel Redding.

Noel Redding grew up on Cliff Road, Seabrook, where his mother ran a guest house, with his Swedish-born grandmother, his brother Anthony, and his sister Vicki.

At 17, Noel Redding became a professional musician and toured clubs in Scotland and Germany with Neil Landon and the Burnettes and the Loving Kind.

Noel Redding wrote and sang lead on two songs, "Little Miss Strange" and "She's So Fine".

Noel Redding's playing style was distinguished by the use of a pick, a mid-range "trebly" sound, and in later years the use of fuzz and distortion effects through overdriven Sunn amps.

Noel Redding responded by quitting the Experience during the American tour on 29 June 1969, and returned to England.

In 1968, Noel Redding formed the group Fat Mattress with another Kent musician, Neil Landon.

Noel Redding played guitar and vocals, and a key part of the Fat Mattress sound was the vocal harmonies between him, Landon and Leverton.

Noel Redding left Fat Mattress after only one album with them, though some of his compositions would appear on their second album.

Noel Redding formed the Noel Redding Band with Eric Bell, Dave Clarke, Les Sampson, and Robbie Walsh.

Noel Redding had signed away his royalties in 1974, and in 1980 sold the bass guitar he used with the Experience to a collector.

Noel Redding had received $100,000 as a one-off payment after he had been told that there would be no more releases of Jimi Hendrix Experience material.

Appleby was left brain dead by the accident, with Noel Redding later stating that "she was in intensive care on life support and after four days I had to make the terrible decision of shutting down the machine".

Noel Redding tracked down the person to whom he had sold the bass some years prior, who agreed to allow Fender to inspect it.

Noel Redding stated that "Fender got the original bass from him, copied it, and sent me a prototype, and it was exactly the same as my original bass; they did a brilliant job".

Noel Redding was found dead in his home in Clonakilty on 11 May 2003, three weeks after the death of his mother.

The report concluded that Noel Redding died from "shock haemorrhage due to oesophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis of the liver".

Noel Redding was 57 years old and survived by a brother, a sister and a son, Nicolas Noel Redding, by his former wife, Danish-born Susanne.

Noel Redding's then partner, the US-born Deborah McNaughton, had returned to America where she died from breast cancer nine months after Redding's death.

Notably the album features the song "Dream", but omits the other Noel Redding-penned song "Dance" which was recorded during the same session on which Hendrix participated on bass.