Richard Mazda

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Richard Mazda is a record producer, writer and musician.

Mazda was one of the co-founders of punk/mod band Tours. They signed to Virgin Records in 1979 after selling large quantities of their self produced and distributed Language School/Foreign Girls double A side 7" single. BBC Radio 1 DJs John Peel and Mike Reid championed the band which led to a bidding war between Virgin, Polydor, Sire and EMI records. Eventually the band signed to Virgin but the association was shortlived after an argument between the band and the label led the other founder/leader Ronnie Mayor to quit.

Mazda went on to become the in house producer of IRS Records working with seminal punk/new wave acts such as The Fall, The Birthday Party, Wall of Voodoo, The Fleshtones, Tom Robinson, Alternative TV, Yello, Suburban Lawns, Brian James, The Scientists and The Folk Devils. Later, Mazda turned his attention back to his first musical love and began working with R&B musicians such as Average White Band, The JBs, Neneh Cherry, Bootsy Collins and Ultra Nate.