Based in Wales, TREDEGAR was initiated in 1982 by the ex-BUDGIE duo of drummer Ray Phillips and guitarist Tony Bourge in collaboration with erstwhile ZORRO, DUMPYS RUSTY NUTS and GROUNDHOGS bass player Alan Fish. TREDEGAR made a name for themselves by self financing their album and single release. The band found themselves minus a vocalist prior to recording the first 1986 album so PERSIAN RISK and TOKYO BLADE frontman Carl Sentence performed vocal duties on the record. The first 500 copies of the album were coated in genuine gold leaf, making them much sought after collectors items. Sentence's career journey took him on through the GEEZER BUTLER BAND, PAUL CHAPMAN's GHOST and KROKUS.

TREDEGAR finally found a permanent vocalist in 18 year old Russ North just before the album's release and the band would prove club regulars and included many old BUDGIE numbers in their set. Fish departed to join the GROUNDHOGS and then form AUTOLAND COMMAND. Guitarist Andy Wood bailed out in the Summer of 1987 but did cut a new demo utilising TREDEGAR frontman Russ North as session vocalist. By 1988 Fish was a member of EGYPT.

The bassist's position was taken by Tom Prince, but he too quit to join ex-ANGEL WITCH drummer Dave Dufort's act PHANTASM and was replaced by Mike Taylor. North and Wood also quit as they joined Midlands act CLOVEN HOOF for the 'Dominator' album. Taylor also departed leaving TREDEGAR as a duo of Bourge and Phillips before the addition of guitarist Lee Jones in late 1987.

The band recorded a second album in 1991 with vocalist Trixie Thorne but this never saw the light of day until the 'Remix And Rebirth' CD in 1995. Jones jumped ship joining HAMMERFIST for a brief period before TREDEGAR were resurrected by Phillips in 1993 titled SIX TON BUDGIE, the pre-recording name of BUDGIE, with Prince back in tow. A former TREDEGAR vocalist, Paul Parry, would join REKUIEM in 2003.