Miles Ratledge


Miles "Rat" Ratledge is a founding member of the band Napalm Death, the band credited with creating the grindcore genre which blended elements of extreme metal and punk rock.

Biography

Miles Ratledge is one of the founding members of Napalm Death, along with Nicholas Bullen. The duo had collaborated on fanzines and played together in a number of 'bedroom' bands from 1979 onwards, before forming the first line-up of Napalm Death in May 1981.
Ratledge left Napalm Death in December 1985 due to musical disagreements. He went on to form the group Aberration in early 1987 and the group Witch Hunt in late 1987.
Miles is currently living in Aarhus, Denmark where he runs an Ashtanga Yoga school