| Miles Hunt | |
| Background: | non_performing_personnel |
| Birth Date: | 1966 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Years Active: | 1985–present |
| Label: | Polydor Records, Fake Chapter Records |
| Associated Acts: | The Wonder Stuff, Vent 414 |
| Website: | Official website |
Miles Stephen Hunt (born 29 July 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He fronts the alternative rock band The Wonder Stuff.
His father was a union official for the TGWU. In the 1970s, his father was based at Derby, and they lived in Etwall, Derbyshire, for four years, with Hunt attending the Etwall Junior School and his brother attending the John Port School.[1]
Hunt's first band (in which he played drums) was called From Eden, and featured future members of another successful Stourbridge group, Pop Will Eat Itself. After leaving this band he formed The Wonder Stuff and was their lead singer and principal songwriter until their split in 1994. He briefly presented 120 Minutes on MTV Europe until mid '95, when he formed a new band Vent 414 who failed to match the success of his former band. He toured as a solo performer for a time until he reformed The Wonder Stuff in 2000. The band continue to tour. He also co-wrote and sang the theme tune to the CBeebies television programme Underground Ernie.[2]
Over the last few years he has written a series of printed and online articles for Nottingham-based culture magazine LeftLion . He also performed at the festival Bearded Theory on 15 May 2011 with Erica Nockalls.
A former girlfriend is Helga Phillips who is now the partner of Jonn Penney, the lead singer of Ned's Atomic Dustbin, and who designed the distinctive covers of Ned's albums.[3]
Hunt married radio DJ Mary Anne Hobbs in April 1990, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. She was working for the NME at the time. They were married for five years.[4] He is currently single.[5] His uncle, Bill Hunt, played keyboards and horns in an early incarnation of Electric Light Orchestra and later in Wizzard.[6] [7]