Slade

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Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, renamed in 1969 from Ambrose Slade. The original lineup consisted of Noddy Holder (vocals, guitar), Dave Hill (4) (guitar), Jim Lea (bass), Don Powell (drums).

Ambrose Slade January 1969 - December 1969
Don Powell - Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Jim Lea - Bass Guitar / Violin
Noddy Holder - Lead Vocals / Guitar

Slade December 1969 - 1992
Don Powell - Drums
Dave Hill - Lead Guitar / Vocals
Jim Lea - Bass Guitar / Violin / Keyboards / Flute / Vocals
Noddy Holder - Lead Vocals / Guitar

Slade II (Version 1) December 1992 - Mid 1994
Don Powell – Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead vocals
Craig Fenney - Bass Guitar / Vocals
Steve Makin - Guitar / Vocals (Died: March 2021) was a English guitarist.

Slade II (Version 2) Mid 1994 - December 1996
Don Powell – Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Trevor Holliday - Bass Guitar / Vocals
Steve Makin - Guitar / Vocals (Died: March 2021) was a English guitarist.

Slade II (Version 3) December 1996 - September 2000
Don Powell – Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Trevor Holliday - Bass Guitar / Vocals

Slade II (Version 4) and renamed Slade (Version 2) Oct 2000 - Early 2003
Don Powell – Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Dave Glover - Bass Guitar

Slade (Version 3) February 2003 - 30 June 2005
Don Powell – Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
John Berry - Bass Guitar / Vocals

Slade (Version 4) 2005–2019
Don Powell – Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Mal McNulty - Guitar and Lead Vocals
John Berry - Bass Guitar

Slade (Version 5) 2019–2020
Don Powell - Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar, Vocals
Russell Keefe - Vocals, Keyboards
John Berry - Vocals, Bass, Violin

Slade (Version 6) 2020–
Dave Hill - Guitar, Vocals
Russell Keefe - Vocals, Keyboards
John Berry - Vocals, Bass, Violin
Alex Bines - Drums

Slade rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With seventeen consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s. They were the first act to have three singles enter at #1, and all six of the Wolverhampton band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. Total UK sales stand at 6,520,171, and their best selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", has sold in excess of one million copies.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music has also made mention of Holder's powerful vocals and guitarist Dave Hill's equally arresting dress sense along with the deliberate misspelling of their song titles for which they became well known.

The group started off as The N' Betweens, as which they recorded two singles and built up a reputation on the nationwide touring circuit. They were reluctantly renamed Ambrose Slade to satisfy the terms of their new record deal with Fontana Records. They released one commercially unsuccessful LP under the Ambrose Slade name, before coming under the management of Chas Chandler who shortened the name to Slade.

While Slade's attempts at cracking the United States market were largely unsuccessful, they left their mark on several US bands who cite Slade as an influence. Kiss bassist Gene Simmons admitted that his band's early songwriting ethos and stage performance style was influenced by Slade. In his book, Kiss and Make-Up, Simmons wrote on page 85, "the one we kept returning to was Slade," and "we liked the way they connected with the crowd, and the way they wrote anthems... we wanted that same energy, that same irresistible simplicity. but we wanted it American-style". Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick said on their From Tokyo to You DVD that his band went to see Slade perform, and that they used "every cheap trick in the book", thus inadvertently coining his group's name. Cheap Trick covered the song "When the Lights are Out" (the original appeared on Old New Borrowed and Blue) on their 2009 release, The Latest. Quiet Riot had US hits with their covers of "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now". The origins of Slade's influence on Quiet Riot dated back to the early 1970s, when Kevin Dubrow photographed Slade during their first Los Angeles appearances at the Whisky a Go Go.

After Lea and Holder left the band, the remaining members performed for some time as Slade II before returning to the original name.
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Albums

2383 026 Play It Loud — Slade Slade Play It Loud (Album) Polydor 2383 026 New Zealand 1970 Sell This Version
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3820 066 Slayed? — Slade Slade Slayed? (Album) Polydor 3820 066 UK 1972 Sell This Version
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2383 101 Slade Alive! — Slade Slade Slade Alive! (Album) Polydor 2383 101 Germany 1972 Sell This Version
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CN 1638/S Stereo Pop Special-26 — Slade Slade Stereo Pop Special-26(LP, Transcription) BBC Transcription Services CN 1638/S UK 1972 Sell This Version
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2442 126 Slade In Flame — Slade Slade Slade In Flame (Album) Polydor 2442 126 France 1974 Sell This Version
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3170 157 Old New Borrowed And Blue — Slade Slade Old New Borrowed And Blue (Album, MiniAlbum) Polydor 3170 157 Australia 1974 Sell This Version
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74164 / 74165 Nightbird & Company: Cosmic Connections — Slade Brewer & Shipley* / Yvonne Elliman / Slade / Felix Cavaliere With Alison Steele Brewer & Shipley* / Yvonne Elliman / Slade / Felix Cavaliere With Alison Steele - Nightbird & Company: Cosmic Connections(2xLP, Transcription) Army Reserve 74164 / 74165 US 1975 Sell This Version
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2383 377 Nobody's Fools — Slade Slade Nobody's Fools (Album) Polydor, Polydor 2383 377 South Africa 1976 Sell This Version
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MWF 1031 Whatever Happened To Slade — Slade Slade Whatever Happened To Slade (Album) Barn Records Ltd MWF 1031 Japan 1977 Sell This Version
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3104 106 Slade Alive Vol Two — Slade Slade Slade Alive Vol Two (Album) Barn Records Ltd 3104 106 Australia 1978 Sell This Version
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NARB 003 Return To Base — Slade Slade Return To Base (Album) Barn Records Ltd NARB 003 UK 1979 Sell This Version
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VPL1 7438 Till Deaf Do Us Part — Slade Slade Till Deaf Do Us Part (Album) RCA, RCA, RCA VPL1 7438 New Zealand 1981 Sell This Version
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PL 25441 Slade On Stage — Slade Slade Slade On Stage (Album) RCA, RCA PL 25441 Germany 1982 Sell This Version
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PK 70116 The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome — Slade Slade The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (Album) RCA PK 70116 Germany 1983 Sell This Version
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FZ39336 Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply — Slade Slade Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply (Album) CBS Associated Records FZ39336 US 1984 Sell This Version
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BC 519 A BBC Rock Hour - #519 (Version A) — Slade Quiet Riot / Slade Quiet Riot / Slade - BBC Rock Hour - #519 (Version A)(LP, Transcription, Ver) London Wavelength BC 519 A US 1984 Sell This Version
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FZT 39976, FZT39976 Rogues Gallery — Slade Slade Rogues Gallery (Album) RCA FZT 39976, FZT39976 US 1985 Sell This Version
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ZK 40908 You Boyz Make Big Noize — Slade Slade You Boyz Make Big Noize (Album) RCA ZK 40908 US 1987 Sell This Version
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none King Biscuit Flower Hour  — Slade J. Geils Band* / Slade J. Geils Band* / Slade - King Biscuit Flower Hour (CD, Promo, Transcription) D.I.R. Broadcasting Corp. none US 1988 Sell This Version
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SALVODCD211 Live At The BBC — Slade Slade Live At The BBC (Album, Comp) Salvo SALVODCD211 UK 2009 Sell This Version
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CANTCD16 Rockin' The Box — Slade Slade Rockin' The Box(CD, Album) Cantare (2) CANTCD16 UK 2023 Sell This Version
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50999 235440 2 4 Cum On Let's Party ! — Slade Slade Cum On Let's Party !(CD, Album) Virgin, Gala Records (5) 50999 235440 2 4 Russia Unknown Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

267 967 TF Wild Winds Are Blowing — Slade The Slade* Wild Winds Are Blowing (Single) Fontana, Fontana 267 967 TF Germany 1969 Sell This Version
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TF 1079 Shape Of Things To Come — Slade Slade Shape Of Things To Come (Single) Fontana TF 1079 UK 1970 Sell This Version
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2058-054 Know Who You Are — Slade Slade Know Who You Are (Single) Polydor 2058-054 UK 1970 Sell This Version