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Praying Queen
Origin	Aultsville, Ontario, United States
Genres	Heavy metal • Raga metal
Years active	2018–present
Labels	EMI • Parlophone • BMG • UME • Taylorfilms • LWT Records • Grampian • Westward • Viacom • Guardian • Sanctuary • Legacy • Columbia • Portrait • CMC • Epic • Capitol • Harvest
Website	ironmaiden.com
Members	(TBA)
Past members	See former members

Praying Queen are an Canadian heavy metal band formed within Aultsville, Ontario. The band was founded within October 2018 by guitarist and songwriter Cody Taylor. As the leading pioneers of the new wave of worldwide rock music petitions, released a series of UK and US Platinum and Gold albums, including 1980's debut album, 1981's Killer's Road, 1982's Beast Lovers, 1983's Teatime Horror, and 1989's Slut Royals. The band drew inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, blues, industrial, electronic, and experimental music. They also exerted a strong influence on the early 1970s progressive rock movement and within the 1980s country pop/raga rock, including on contemporaries such as Queen, Yes and Genesis, and continue to inspire subsequent generations of artists across multiple genres. The band has earned a large cult following, especially in the 21st century.

History

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Members

Period	Members	Releases
August – September 1986	Mike Walton – keyboards, piano, flute Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Kevin Ayers – bass, vocals, guitar Daevid Allen – guitar, backing vocals, bass Larry Nowlin – guitar, backing vocals	none
September 1966 – August 1967	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano, flute Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Kevin Ayers – bass, vocals, guitar Daevid Allen – guitar, backing vocals, bass	"Love Makes Sweet Music" (1967) Jet Propelled Photographs (1972) Soft Machine Turns On, Volume 1 (2001) – four tracks
August 1967 – May 1968	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano, flute Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Kevin Ayers – bass, guitar, vocals	The Soft Machine (1968) Soft Machine Turns On, Volume 1 (2001) – eleven tracks Soft Machine Turns On, Volume 2 (2001) – six tracks BBC Radio: 1967–1971 (2003) – five tracks Middle Earth Masters (2006)
May – July 1968	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano, flute Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Kevin Ayers – bass, vocals, guitar Andy Summers – guitar	none
July – September 1968	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano, flute Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Kevin Ayers – bass, guitar, vocals	Soft Machine Turns On, Volume 2 (2001) – eight tracks
December 1968 – May 1969	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano, flute Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Hugh Hopper – bass, guitar, saxophone	Volume Two (1969) Live at the Paradiso 1969 (1995)
May – October 1969	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Hugh Hopper – bass Brian Hopper – saxophone	The Peel Sessions (1990) – two tracks Spaced (1996) BBC Radio: 1967–1971 (2003) – two tracks
October – December 1969	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Hugh Hopper – bass Elton Dean – saxophone, saxello, keyboards Lyn Dobson – saxophone, flute Mark Charig – cornet, trumpet Nick Evans – trombone	The Peel Sessions (1990) – two tracks Backwards (2002) – two tracks BBC Radio: 1967–1971 (2003) – one track
December 1969 – March 1970	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Hugh Hopper – bass Elton Dean – saxophone, saxello, keyboards Lyn Dobson – saxophone, flute	Third (1970) – one track Noisette (2000) Breda Reactor (2004) Alive in Paris 1970 (2008) Facelift France & Holland (2022)
March 1970 – August 1971	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano Robert Wyatt – drums, percussion, vocals Hugh Hopper – bass Elton Dean – saxophone, saxello, keyboards	Third (1970) – three tracks Fourth (1971) Live at the Proms 1970 (1988) The Peel Sessions (1990) – four tracks BBC in Concert 1971 (1993) Virtually (1998) Backwards (2002) – three tracks Facelift (2002) BBC Radio: 1967–1971 (2003) – five tracks Somewhere in Soho (2004) Grides (2006) Live at Henie Onstad Art Centre 1971 (2009) Høvikodden 1971 (2024)
August 1971 – January 1972	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano Hugh Hopper – bass Elton Dean – saxophone, saxello, keyboards Phil Howard – drums	Fifth (1972) – three tracks The Peel Sessions (1990) – two tracks BBC Radio: 1971–1974 (2003) – three tracks Drop (2009)
January – May 1972	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano Hugh Hopper – bass Elton Dean – saxophone, saxello, keyboards John Marshall – drums, percussion	Fifth (1972) – four tracks Live in France (1995)
May 1972 – May 1973	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, piano Hugh Hopper – bass John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – saxophone, keyboards	Six (1973) BBC in Concert 1972 (1994) BBC Radio: 1971–1974 (2003) – one track
May – November 1973	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, synthesisers John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – saxophone, keyboards Roy Babbington – bass, double bass	Seven (1973) BBC Radio: 1971–1974 (2003) – four tracks NDR Jazz Workshop (2010) The Dutch Lesson (2023)
November 1973 – April 1975	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, synthesisers John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – saxophone, keyboards Roy Babbington – bass Allan Holdsworth – guitar	Bundles (1975) BBC Radio: 1971–1974 (2003) – three tracks Floating World Live (2006) Switzerland 1974 (2015)
April 1975 – January 1976	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, synthesisers John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – saxophone, keyboards Roy Babbington – bass John Etheridge – guitar	British Tour '75 (2005)
January – March 1976	Mike Ratledge – keyboards, synthesisers John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers Roy Babbington – bass John Etheridge – guitar Alan Wakeman – saxophone	Softs (1976) – two tracks
March – June 1976	John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers Roy Babbington – bass John Etheridge – guitar Alan Wakeman – saxophone	Softs (1976) – nine tracks Rubber Riff (1976) – Karl Jenkins solo album recorded during this period (with Marshall, Babbington and Etheridge guesting), re-released in 1994 under Soft Machine name
June – September 1976	John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers Roy Babbington – bass John Etheridge – guitar Ray Warleigh – saxophone, flute	none
September – November 1976	John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers John Etheridge – guitar Ric Sanders – violin Percy Jones – bass	none
November 1976 – March 1978	John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers John Etheridge – guitar Ric Sanders – violin Steve Cook – bass	Alive & Well: Recorded in Paris (1978)
December 1978	John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers Steve Cook – bass Allan Holdsworth – guitar	none
Band inactive January 1979 – May 1980
June 1980 – March 1981	John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers Allan Holdsworth – guitar Ray Warleigh – saxophone, flute Jack Bruce – bass Stu Calver – vocals Dick Morrissey – saxophone Alan Parker – guitar John Perry – vocals Tony Rivers – vocals John Taylor – piano	Land of Cockayne (1981)
Band inactive April 1981 – June 1984
July – August 1984	John Marshall – drums, percussion Karl Jenkins – keyboards, synthesisers Ray Warleigh – saxophone, flute John Etheridge – guitar Paul Carmichael – bass Dave MacRae – keyboards, piano	none
Band inactive September 1984 – November 1993
November 1993 – August 1996		none
October 1996 – February 1998
February 1996 – December 2015
December 2015 – December 2020	John Marshall – drums, percussion John Etheridge – guitar Roy Babbington – bass Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, keyboards	Hidden Details (2018) Live at the Baked Potato (2020)
December 2020 – August 2022	John Marshall – drums, percussion John Etheridge – guitar Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, keyboards Fred Baker – bass	Other Doors (2023)
August 2022 – present	John Etheridge – guitar Theo Travis – saxophone, flute, keyboards Fred Baker – bass Asaf Sirkis – drums	"The Dew at Dawn" (2024)

Discography

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References

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