Biography
During the existence, the Slade group has repeatedly experienced ups and downs, but participants managed to find their loyal listeners and leave a trace in the history of music.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of the team takes the beginning since 1966 in the British city of Wolvergempton. Attokov stood vocalist Noddi Holder, Basist Jim Lee, guitarist Dave Hill and Drummer Don Powell, who began joint speeches called N'Betweens. At the beginning of a career, the musicians wrote tracks in the R & B genre and were popular at the regional level.
It lasted until the participants noticed Jack Bauthers, who offered them a contract with Fontana Records label. Among the terms of the transaction were the change of the name and replacement of the manager. So the participants began to cooperate with John Gannell, and the team was renamed Ambrose Slade. Soon they released BEGINNINGS debut album, but the release was not commercially successful, and the musicians again thought about change.
Artists hired a new manager, who became Cendler, who had previously worked with Jimmy Hendrix. He suggested the artists to reduce the name to Slade and change the image, giving preference to the style of skincants. But the next album Play IT Loud also turned out to be failed, despite performances on the radio and contract with a fashionable label Polydor Records.
Music
Success came to the musicians after they recorded a Caver on the GET DOWN AND GET WITH IT song, previously performed by Little Richard. The track was warmly accepted by fans and took the 4th line in the Chart of the Netherlands, and the clip was broadcast on his television. After that, the artists again changed the style and joined the fashionable movement of the GLEM-Rock.Composition COZ I LUV YOU, written in order to consolidate success, brought the Slade to the tops of the charts of England and Ireland and became a real hit. The following albums of the British rock band Slayed?, Old New Borrowed and Blue and Slade in Flame were excited by fans and received gold certification. Then the popularity of the team went to the decline.
During this period, the participants went on tour in the United States, hoping to conquer the recognition of the Americans with alive performances. They were accompanied at Aerosmith and Black Sabbath concerts, but remained in the shadows. The new album Nobody's Fools was inspired by the journey and focused on the local audience, the music includes edge elements, cooled and funk.
However, Slade was waiting for disappointment, because it was not enough that they could not conquer the hearts of students in America, their plates began to be less sold in the UK. In subsequent years, the artists were limited to performances in clubs and tried to return to the top of Glory again, working on recording new albums. Whatever Happy to Slade and Return to Base were failed, despite trying to join the fashionable party of punk rock.
A new breath for the group was a performance at the Reading Festival festival, where they replaced Ozzy Osborne. The video from the concert was broadcast on television, and the songs began to appear on the radio. The team again became discussed in the press and found new devotees. WE WILL BRING THE HOUSE DOWN was warmly accepted by Hard Rock and became a hit. Soon the same album appeared, and Till Deaf Do US PART was followed, which were noted in British charts.
Plate The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome has replenished discography in 1983 and reached the top lines of the chart in the Netherlands. Her American version of Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply received gold certification and became the most successful release in the United States. The album Rogues Gallery was not less abandoned, but after him the group began to lose popularity again. After the release of YOU BOYZ MAKE BIG Noize, the team was waiting for a breakdown associated with the departure of vocalist and leader Noddi Khader.
In 1992, the team was revived under the new name Slade II, as part of Dave Hill and Don Powell, who began to cooperate with invited musicians. They released the album Keep on Rockin 'and later returned to the usual name. Soon the releases of Wild Nites and Superyob appeared.
Slade now
In 2020, the Group participants continue to perform in an updated composition. They have no "instagram", but now see photos and learn the news about their creativity on fan pages on social networks.
Discography
- 1969 - Beginnings.
- 1970 - Play IT Loud
- 1972 - SLAYED?
- 1974 - Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
- 1974 - Slade in Flame
- 1976 - Nobody's Fools
- 1977 - WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SLADE
- 1979 - Return to Base
- 1981 - WE'LL BRING THE HOUSE DOWN
- 1983 - The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome
- 1985 - Rogues Gallery
- 1987 - YOU BOYZ MAKE BIG NOIZE
- 1994 - Keep on Rockin '
- 1999 - Wild Nites
- 2001 - Superyob.