Slade
British rock band
Slade is an English Hard rock/punk rock band. The band started in 1966 and were popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The band released fifteen studio albums and four live albums.
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 Slade in 1973. Left to right: Jim Lea, Don Powell, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Walsall and Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK |
| Genres | Glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock |
| Years active | 1966 – present |
| Labels | Polydor Records RCA |
| Members | Dave Hill Don Powell John Berry Mal McNulty |
| Past member(s) | Noddy Holder Jim Lea Steve Whalley Steve Makin Craig Fenney Dave Glover Trevor Holliday |
| Website | Current and Classic line-up |
With worldwide success, particularly in the UK and Europe, the band scored seven number one singles on the UK chart, and a total of 24 top forty singles in the country. The original line-up split in 1992 which led guitarist Dave Hill and drummer Don Powell to form Slade II, with new members. The new line-up continues to tour today.
In 1975, the band made a film titled Slade in Flame.
Members
change- Noddy Holder - Vocals / guitars / bass guitar
- Dave Hill - Guitars / vocals / bass guitar
- Jim Lea - Bass guitar / vocals / keyboards / violin / guitars
- Don Powell - Drums / percussion
Albums
change- Beginnings (as Ambrose Slade, 1969)
- Play It Loud (1970)
- Slade Alive! (1972)
- Slayed? (1972)
- Sladest (1973)
- Old New Borrowed and Blue (1974)
- Slade in Flame (1974)
- Nobody's Fools (1976)
- Whatever Happened to Slade (1977)
- Slade Alive Vol. 2 (1978)
- Return to Base (1979)
- We'll Bring the House Down (1981)
- Till Deaf Do Us Part (1981)
- Slade on Stage (1982)
- The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (1983)
- Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (1984)
- Rogues Gallery (1985)
- Crackers – The Christmas Party Album (1985)
- You Boyz Make Big Noize (1987)
- Wall of Hits (1991)
- Keep on Rockin' (1994) (as Slade II)
- Cum On Let's Party (2000) (as Slade II)
