Dale Griffin

Dale 'Buffin' Griffin
Birth name	Terence Dale Griffin
Born	24 October 1948 (1948-10-24)
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).

Griffin also produced numerous BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions from 1981 to 1994. These included;

• The first ever professional recording session for Pulp in 1981.

• 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').

• An early session for Nirvana, which appeared on their Incesticide collection.

• A session for Carcass in 1989.

• A session for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1983.

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.

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

See also

• Peel Sessions 1979–1983
• The Peel Sessions 1988-90