The Parachute Regiment was formed on 1 August 1942, but it did not have any musical support until 1947, when the First and Second Battalion Bands were formed in Aldershot.  A Third Battalion Band was formed a year later.

At the Defence Review of 1985, the Battalion Bands were reformed to produce two larger Regimental Bands - The Falklands and Pegasus Bands.  Further reductions in 1994 culminated in the formation of The Corps of Army Music (CAMUS) and the amalgamation of both Bands to form The Band of the Parachute Regiment.

In 2001, the Band was posted from Aldershot to the historic Roman town of Colchester, and in 2006, the Band moved into a brand new rehearsal facility, located in the heart of the newly regenerated Colchester Garrison.  This new facility will enable the Band to further enhance its reputation for musical excellence.

The Band maintains a heavy schedule of both military and civilian engagements throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.  The Band has visited such diverse locations as the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Qatar, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands and closer to home, Norway, France and Holland to name but a few. 

For the past three months the Band has been carrying out a tour in Germany fulfilling musical engagements for British Forces Germany. Everywhere they played, from Bonn to Berlin, they received a rapturous reception by British, NATO and German audiences alike - good ambassadors of the British Army.