Riff Regan

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Riff Regan

Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock
Label(s)	MCA Records CBS/Epic Records

Riff Regan (real name Miles Tredinnick, born 18 February 1955) was the lead singer with the 1970s punk band London.

After London split up in late 1977, he continued to record for MCA Records releasing four solo records. He made his last record, Hard Hearts Don't Cry for CBS Epic in the early 80s, after which he quit the music business and became a TV comedy writer. Musicians who featured on these recordings included Brinsley Schwarz, Lu Edmunds, Gavin Povey, Glyn Havard (The Edge/Jade Warrior), Kirsty MacColl, Don Powell, Phil Spalding, Ian Ritchie, Chris Musto, Chas & Dave, Tot Taylor, Joe McGann, Cheryl Baker, Bernie Tormé and The Look. Many of his solo recordings also had his London drummer Jon Moss playing on them (Moss later went on to drum in Culture Club) as well as his London bass player and former songwriting partner, Steve Voice.

The records were produced by Simon Napier-Bell, Andy Miller and Liam Sternberg who went on to write Walk like an Egyptian for The Bangles.

Riff Regan is presently the lead singer in the London based rock band Magic Bus performing under his real name of Miles Tredinnick.

1 Trivia
2 Records
3 TV Shows
4 External links

[edit] Trivia

Miles Tredinnick created his stage name from 'Riff' (the character in West Side Story) and 'Regan' (John Thaw's character in the British TV crime series The Sweeney).

In 1978 a planned video to be directed by ex-Monkee Micky Dolenz to promote Regan's first solo single All The Nice Boys And Girls In The World was cancelled at the last minute by MCA Records after the record failed to chart.