Colin Roy Pattenden (born November 1947,[1] Farnborough, Kent, England)[2] is an English bass guitarist, chiefly known for his membership of Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
Pattenden was taught guitar but learned to play bass from tuition books, chiefly those of Carol Kaye, the American bassist guru.
Pattenden featured on seven Earth Band albums from their debut in 1972 to The Roaring Silence in 1976.
In 1978, he teamed up with former Manfred Mann's Earth Banddrummer Chris Slade and vocalist Peter Cox, in the short lived Terra Nova.
[3][4][6] He is currently working as a PR consultant and manages CP Sound Limited an audio system and lighting design and installation company.