Slade

Slade was a British rock band. The group formed in the late 1960s, initially as the R&B act The N'Betweens, and later as the folk-rock act Ambrose Slade, but found great success in the early 1970s, releasing a series of popular singles in a glam rock style. The band remain one of the most recognisable acts of the glam rock movement, and were, at their peak, commercially the most popular band in the UK. Slade's success faded by the mid-1970s, although the group continued to release singles. They enjoyed a comeback in the early 1980s, even managing to enter the charts in the United States, and returned to the UK singles chart in 1991 with a song entitled "Radio Wall of Sound". Slade split up in 1992, although two of the group's original members formed Slade II in 1996.

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Slade is most associated with the Black Country in Britain's West Midlands, although the group's members came from Devon, Staffordshire, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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During the height of their success, Slade rivalled Wizzard, The Sweet, T. Rex, Suzi Quatro, Gary Glitter and even David Bowie. In the UK they achieved 11 top five hits in a three-year span from 1971 to 1974, six of which topped the charts. Respected NME journalist and music critic Eddie Shum, and Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher have both been quoted as saying the band were "Fundamentaly more important to the development of music than Radiohead".

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Slade related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Susan Slade 1961

Life Class at the Slade