Dale Griffin

Dale Griffin
Dale 'Buffin' Griffin
Birth name Terence Dale Griffin
Born 24 October 1948 (1948-10-24) (age 63)
Origin Ross-on-Wye, England
Genres Rock
Hard rock
Glam rock
Occupations Drummer
Vocalist
Record producer
Instruments Drums
Years active 1969–present
Labels Chrysalis
Island
Vertigo
Associated acts Mott the Hoople
British Lions

Dale "Buffin" Griffin (born Terence Dale Griffin, 24 October 1948 in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire) is an English drummer and founding member of 1970s rock band, Mott the Hoople.

He continued with Pete Overend Watts and Morgan Fisher in the Mott successor British Lions until their demise around 1978. During the 1980s, Griffin produced albums for Hanoi Rocks and The Cult, and the Department S hit, 'Is Vic There?', among others (such as New Model Army), as well as a being the producer of numerous BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions from 1983 to 1994. During this time he produced a session by the Smashing Pumpkins that included the track, "Girl Called Sandoz", which was featured on Pisces Iscariot (in the liner notes, Billy Corgan referred to Griffin as 'Mott The Nipple').

Buffin also produced some early tracks for Nirvana that appeared on their Incesticide collection. He also produced a John Peel Session for Carcass in 1989.

In January 2009 it was confirmed that Griffin and the other original members of Mott the Hoople would reform for three 40th anniversary reunion concerts in October 2009.[1]

The reunion was eventually extended to five shows. However, after reportedly being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease,[2] Buffin only performed during the encores.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mott the Hoople 40th anniversary reunion shows
  2. ^ Mott the Hoople: Hammersmith Apollo, review - Daily Telegraph newspaper
v · Mott the Hoople
Ian Hunter • Mick Ralphs  • Verden Allen  • Pete "Overend" Watts  • Dale "Buffin" Griffin
Ariel Bender • Morgan Fisher • Mick Ronson  • Mick Bolton  • Guy Stevens •
Studio albums
Mott the Hoople (1969)  • Mad Shadows (1970)  • Wildlife (1971)  • Brain Capers (1971)  • All the Young Dudes (1972)  • Mott (1973)  • The Hoople (1974)
Drive On (1975)  • Shouting and Pointing (1976)
British Lions (1977)  • Trouble with Women (1982)
Live albums
Live (1974)  • Original Mixed Up Kids - The BBC Recordings (1996)  • Rock 'n' Roll Circus Live (2000)  • Two Miles from Live Heaven (2001)  • Mott the Hoople Live - 30th Anniversary Edition (2004)  • Live Fillmore West (2006)  • Fairfields Halls, Live 1970 (2007)
Compilation albums
Rock and Roll Queen (1972/1974)  • Greatest Hits (1976)  • Shades of Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople (1980)  • Two Miles from Heaven (1980)  • All the Way From Memphis (1981)  • The Collection: Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople (1988)  • Walkin' With a Mountain (1990)  • Ballad of Mott the Hoople - A Retrospective (1993)  • All the Young Dudes: The Anthology (1998)  • A Tale of Two Cities (2001)  • Family Anthology (2005)
Singles
"Rock and Roll Queen"  • "Thunderbuck Ram"  • "Midnight Lady"  • "Downtown"  • "All the Young Dudes"  • "One of the Boys"  • "Sweet Jane"  • "Lay Down"  • "Honaloochie Boogie"  • "All the Way from Memphis"  • "Roll Away the Stone"  • "The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll"  • "Foxy, Foxy"  • "Saturday Gigs"
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