Slade, photograph kindly supplied by MP Promotions.
Slade – without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 50 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock ‘n’ roll, outrageous and flamboyance, and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No 1 smash hits, Slade have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world.
Slade’s’ chart career has spanned 5 decades and their enduring songs Cum On Feel The Noize and Coz I Luv You are still featured today in television commercials for some of the World’s biggest companies.
Slade first hit the road in 1966, touring throughout Great Britain and Europe and becoming a regular concert attraction. Joining forces with the former Animals bass guitarist and Jimi Hendrix Experience manager, Chas Chandler, Slade achieved their first chart hit in May 1971 with the Bobby Marchan song Get Down And Get With It then, released in October of the same year Coz I Luv You was the band’s first No-1 and a huge hit across Europe.
Throughout the seventies, Slade became one of Europe’s biggest bands,
touring and recording continually and making regular trips to America, Japan and other parts of the world. Slade’s catalogue of hits are synonymous with the era:- Take Me Bak ‘Ome, Mama We’er All Crazee Now, Cum On Feel The Noize, Gudbye T Jane, along with the many others provided a soundtrack to the Glam Generation and are still today heavily featured on any retrospective of the time.
At the beginning of the eighties, Slade were invited to appear at the Reading Rock Festival, a massive annual event which attracted over 100,000 people. They literally stole the show, giving some of the world’s biggest rock bands a serious run for their money whilst kindling new interest from a whole new audience.
As result, the band signed a new record deal and unleashed the anthem We’ll Bring The House Down, which reached the Top 10 in the U.K. in January 1981.
In 1993, due to the continual demand from around the world, founder Slade members Dave Hill and Don Powell decided to return to touring by playing a few select dates in Europe prior to embarking on what turned out to be a very successful two-month tour of Australia.
Slade today is still one of the most exciting bands on the road, and their stage performance is a dynamic, powerful, exhilarating rollercoaster ride of pure unadulterated rock’n’roll.
Tickets for Slade at the o2 Academy in Liverpool on Saturday 8th December are on sale now from the venue’s Box office.