The Jimi Hendrix Experience was an English-American
rock band that formed in Westminster,
London, in September 1966. Composed of singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist
Noel Redding, and drummer
Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until June 1969. During this time they released three successful studio albums. After Redding left the band in mid-1969, Hendrix and Mitchell continued to work together on other projects. The Experience reformed in 1970, with
Billy Cox on bass, until Hendrix's death in September. Redding died in 2003, and Mitchell died in November 2008.