Reg Strikes Back For', which Elton would perform at an AIDS benefit show in Los Angeles during the summer of 1988, but has yet to see official release on any format. Reg Strikes Back Reg Strikes Back, released in 1988, is the twenty-first studio album release for Elton John. It was his self-proclaimed comeback album, and his own way of fighting back against bad press. The "Reg" in "Reg Strikes Back" refers to John's birth name, Reginald Kenneth Dwight. In the US the album was certified gold in August 1988 by the RIAA. This was the last album that bassist Dee Murray (albeit
Reginald (given name) the Old Norse "Rögnvaldr". This name was later reinforced by the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century, in the Norman forms "Reinald" and "Reynaud". The Latin "Reginaldus" was used as a Latin form of cognate names, such as the Old Norse "Rögnvaldr", and the Gaelic "Ragnall" and "Raghnall". Another French form, "Renouard", was introduced by the Visigoths. By the 18th and 19th centuries, the alternate spelling "Renoir" also came into use. Today "Reginald" is regarded as a very formal name, and bearers generally shorten their name to "Reg" in ordinary usage. "Reggie" is a pet form of "Reg".