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Slade in their skinhead phase in 1969 from left: Powell, Lea, Holder, Hill. All the members of Slade grew up in the Black Country.Drummer Don Powell and bassist Jim Lea were born and brought up in Wolverhampton, lead vocalist Noddy Holder was born and brought up in nearby Caldmore in Walsall, and lead guitarist Dave Hill moved to Wolverhampton from Holbeton, Devon as a child.
Slade are particularly remembered for "Merry Xmas Everybody", [9] written by Holder and Lea. Holder recorded the single with Slade in 1973, and the song became the band's sixth number one and the third Slade single to go straight in at number one in the UK Singles Chart. [10] "Merry Xmas Everybody" has seen 1.32 million copies being sold in the ...
James Whild Lea (born 14 June 1949) is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, piano, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade from their inception until 1992, and for co-writing most of their songs.
When the classic lineup of Slade went professional, Hill wrote one only one song, for their 1981 album Till Deaf Do Us Part, "M'Hat M'Coat". Slade finally split up in 1992, but Hill decided to carry the group on as Slade II. Don Powell joined him and the band has continued to this day with various line-ups. In 1997 the name of Slade II was ...
On August 22, 2022, a music video for Believe was released to YouTube. [20] On September 7, they released a third new single from Blood Money Part Zer0, "Fuck It Up". On December 7, 2022, Dope released the "Best Of Me" EP, featuring 4 songs. On January 25, 2023, Dope released the "Dive" EP, featuring the previously released singles.
The biography, titled Look Wot I Dun – My Life in Slade was released via the publisher Music Sales Ltd in October 2013. It covers in detail Slade's long career and Powell's life, which included booze-ups with Ozzy Osbourne. [8] In 2013, Powell created his own website, and in early 2014 he published his diary entries for 1977 and 1978. [9] [10 ...
Whatever Happened to Slade "Burning in the Heat of Love" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles "My Baby Left Me/ That's All Right"
Pages in category "Slade members" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Dave Hill (guitarist)