Tredegar were a British

British people

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 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band formed in 1982.It was named after the town in Wales.

History

Tredegar were formed by former Budgie

Budgie (band)

Budgie is a Welsh Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band from Cardiff. They are widely considered as one of the first heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock being played as early as 1971. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day"...

 members Tony Bourge

Tony Bourge

Tony Bourge was the original guitarist for the Welsh rock band Budgie. He left the band in 1978. In 1982 he rejoined original Budgie drummer Ray Phillips and formed Tredegar with future members of Cloven Hoof singer Russ North and guitarist Andy Wood.Tony has since retired from the music business...

 and Ray Phillips

Ray Phillips (musician)

Ray Phillips Ray Phillips Ray Phillips ( (b. Raymond Anthony Phillips, 1 March 1949, Ely, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, South Wales), was the original drummer for the Influential Welsh rock band Budgie...

. Their debut album was recorded in 1986 with the help of Persian Risk

Persian Risk

Persian Risk were a heavy metal band from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal era formed in 1979 and hailing from Cardiff, Wales. The brainchild of ex-Stoned Soul Party guitarist Phil Campbell, he recruited vocalist Jon Deverill, second guitarist Dave Bell, bass player Nick Hughes, and drummer Razz...

's Carl Sentance as a guest vocalist as the band did not have a permanent singer at the time. Russ North

Russ North

Russ North, born 22 July 1965 in England, is a singer, best known for his role in the heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. North had two stints with Cloven Hoof, from 1987 to 1990, and again from 2006 to 2009...

 joined the band in time to record vocals for one song, and stayed with the band for around one year before leaving with guitarist Andy Wood to join Cloven Hoof

Cloven Hoof (band)

Cloven Hoof are a heavy metal band from Wolverhampton that was active from 1979 to 1990, and again from around 2000 onwards. The band were associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, alongside bands such as Iron Maiden and Diamond Head...

.

The band went through many line-up changes, eventually leading to Ray Phillips being the only original member left. Phillips took over vocal duties for an album that was recorded in 1991, but not released after the record company that agreed to distribute it had a change of heart at the last minute.

After the break-up of Tredegar, Phillips, his guitarist son Justin and Tom Prince went on to form Six Ton Budgie. A remixed version of the debut album that had previously only been released in Germany was re-issued along with the entire unreleased second album on a single disc by Axel Records in 1994 under the title "Re-mix and Re-birth."

Final line-up

• Ray Phillips
  Ray Phillips (musician)
  Ray Phillips Ray Phillips Ray Phillips ( (b. Raymond Anthony Phillips, 1 March 1949, Ely, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, South Wales), was the original drummer for the Influential Welsh rock band Budgie...
  
   - Drums & Vocals
• Sam Lees - Guitar
• Jason Marsh - Bass

Vocals

• Carl Sentance (guest in 1986)
• Russ North
  Russ North
  Russ North, born 22 July 1965 in England, is a singer, best known for his role in the heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. North had two stints with Cloven Hoof, from 1987 to 1990, and again from 2006 to 2009...
  
   (1986–1987)
• Paul Parry (1985–1986)
• Trixie Thorne (Session in 1991)
• Ian Hornsby (1983–1985)

External links

• Tredegar band profile on Metal-Archives.com.