Jimi Hendrix Experience

English-American psychedelic rock band

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was a British rock band that formed in London, England, in 1966. The band was made up of singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jimi Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell, and bassist Noel Redding. Hendrix was discovered by Animals bass player and soon to be manager of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Chas Chandler.

The Experience performing
The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing on Fenklup, a Dutch television show.

They were highly influential in popularizing hard and psychedelic rock. All of the band's albums, Are You Experienced (1967), Axis: Bold as Love (1967), and Electric Ladyland (1968), were featured in the top 100 of Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.