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Ambrose Slade

Slade
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Slade in 1973. Left to right: Jim Lea, Don Powell, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill
Background information
Also known as The 'N Betweens (1966–1969)
Ambrose Slade (1969)
Slade II (1992–present)
Origin Wolverhampton, England
Genres Hard rock, Glam rock
Years active 1966–present
Labels Fontana, Polydor, Cotillion, RCA, CBS, Cheapskate, Barn
Website www.slade.uk.com
Members Dave Hill
Don Powell
John Berry
Mal McNulty
Past members Noddy Holder
Jim Lea
Steve Whalley
Steve Makin
Craig Fenney
Trevor Holliday
Dave Glover

Slade are an English glam rock band from Wolverhampton. They rose to prominence during the early 1970s with 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles. They were the first act to have three singles enter the charts at number one; all six of the band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. As of 2006, total UK sales stand at 6,520,171, and their best-selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", has sold in excess of one million copies.

Following an unsuccessful move to the United States in 1975, Slade's popularity waned but was unexpectedly revived in 1980 when they were last-minute replacements for Ozzy Osbourne at the Reading Rock Festival. The band later acknowledged this to have been one of the highlights of their career. The original line up split in 1992 but the band reformed later in the year as Slade II. The band have continued, with a number of lineup changes, to the present day. They have shortened the group name back to Slade.

A number of diverse artists have cited Slade as an influence, including alternative rock icons Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins, punk pioneers The Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Undertones, The Runaways and The Clash, glam metal bands Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Def Leppard, heavy metal bands Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot and pop-rock stalwarts The Replacements, Cheap Trick and Oasis.


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