Do We Still Do It - Music

Slade May Have Never Truly Caught On With Global Audiences Often Narrow-Mindedly Deemed "too British-Sounding" But The Group Became A Sensation In Their Homeland With Their Anthemic Brand Of Glam Rock In The Early '70s As They Scored A Staggering 11 Top Five Hits In A Four-Year Span From 1971 To 1974 Five Of Which Topped The Charts . Comprised Of Singer/guitarist Noddy Holder Born Neville Holder June 15 1946 In Walsall Staffordshire England Guitarist Dave Hill Born April 4 1946 In Fleet Castle Devon England Bassist Jim Lea Born June 14 1949 Wolverhampton Staffordshire England And Drummer Don Powell Born September 10 1946 Bilston Staffordshire England The Group Originally Formed In The Spring Of 1966 Under The Name The In-Be-Tweens Playing Out Regularly With A Mixture Of Soul And Rock Tracks. But Besides A Lone Obscure Single "You Better Run" Penned By Future Runaways Svengali Kim Fowley The Band Never Issued Any Other Recordings. By The End Of '60s The Group Had Changed Their Name To Ambrose Slade And Signed On With The Fontana Label. They Released Beginnings In 1969. Soon After The Quartet Hooked Up With Animals Bass Player-Turned-Manager Chas Chandler Who Had Discovered Jimi Hendrix A Few Years Prior Who Promptly Suggested The Group Shorten The Name To Just Slade And Assume A "skinhead" Look Dr. Martin Boots Shaved Heads As A Gimmick. After Several Albums Featuring Few Original Compositions From The Quartet Came And Went 1969's Beginnings 1970's Play It Loud The Group Began To Write Their Own Tunes Grew Their Hair Long And Assumed The Look Of The Then-Burgeoning Glam Movement Joining The Same Cause Championed By Such Fellow Brits As David Bowie And T. Rex. This New Direction Paid Off In 1971 With The Number 16 U.K. Single "Get Down And Get With It " Which Soon Touched Off A String Of Classic Singles And Led To Slade Becoming One Of The Most Beloved Party Bands Back Home. They Released Slayed? In 1972. Slade Also Utilized Another Gimmick Humorously Misspelled Song Titles As Evidenced By Such Singles As "Coz I Luv You " "Look Wot You Dun " "Take Me Bak 'Ome " "Mama Weer All Crazee Now " "Gudbuy T'Jane " "Cum On Feel The Noize " "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me " And "Merry Xmas Everybody" The Latter Of Which Re-Entered The Charts Every Holiday Season For Years Afterward . Several Attempts At Cracking The U.S. Market Came Up Empty With Track Listings Between Their U.K. And U.S. Full-Lengths Differing Although Such Albums As Slade Alive! And Slayed? Are Considered To Be Some Of The Finest Albums Of The Glam Era. Slade Continued To Score Further Hit Singles Back Home Including Such Correctly Spelled Tracks As "My Friend Stan " "Everyday " "Bangin' Man " "Far Far Away " "How Does It Feel " And "In For A Penny " But With Glam Rock's Dissolution And Punk's Emergence By The Mid-'70s The Hits Eventually Dried Up For The Quartet. Despite The Change In Musical Climate Slade Stuck To Their Guns And Kept Touring And Releasing Albums As The Title To Their 1977 Album Whatever Happened To Slade Proved That The Group's Humor Remained Intact Despite Their Fall From The Top Of The Charts. A Large Dedicated Following Still Supported The Group As They Offered A Performance At The 1980 Reading Festival That Was Considered One Of The Day's Best Resulting In Sudden Renewed Interest In The Group Back Home And Slade Scored Their First True Hit Singles In Six Years With 1981's "We'll Bring The House Down" And "Lock Up Your Daughters." Slade Received A Boost Stateside Around This Time As Well Courtesy Of The U.S. Pop-Metal Outfit Quiet Riot Who Made A Smash Hit Out Of "Cum On Feel The Noize" In 1983 That Resulted In A Strong Chart Showing For Slade's 1984 Release Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply Issued As The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome In The U.K. A Year Earlier . Slade Then Enjoyed A Pair Of U.S. MTV/radio Hits "Run Runaway" And "My Oh My." Holder And Lea Also Tried Their Hand At Producing Another Artist Around This Time As Well As They Manned The Boards For Girlschool's 1983 Release Play Dirty. Despite Another All-New Studio Release Rogues Gallery And Quiet Riot Covering Another Classic Slade Tune "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" Slade Was Unable To Retain Their Newfound American Audience Or Rekindled British Following And They Eventually Faded From Sight Once More This Time Without A Comeback Waiting Around The Corner. During The '90s A Truncated Version Of The Group Dubbed Slade II Was Formed Without Holder Or Lea In Attendance While Holder Became A Popular U.K. Television Personality As Well As The Host Of His Own '70s Rock Radio Show. A 21-Track Singles Compilation Feel The Noize The Very Best Of Slade Was Issued In 1997 Re-Released Under The Simple Title Of Greatest Hits A Couple Of Years Later Which Proved To Be A Popular Release In England. Discography
Beginnings As Ambrose Slade 1969 Play It Loud 1970 Slayed? 1972 Slade Alive! 1972 Old New Borrowed And Blue 1974 Slade In Flame 1974 Nobody's Fools 1976 Whatever Happened To Slade 1977 Return To Base 1979 We'll Bring The House Down 1981 Till Deaf Do Us Part 1981 The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome 1983 Re-Released In 1984 As - Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply 1984 Rogues Gallery 1985 Crackers - The Christmas Party Album 1985 You Boyz Make Big Noize 1987 Keep On Rockin' 1994 As Slade II Is The Only Studio Album By Slade II. The Album Was Released In 1994 And Has Seen Various Re-Issues And Guises Under Alternative Names Such As Wild Nites 1999 Cum On Let's Party! 2002 And Superyob 2003 . There Are Other Artists With The Same Name 2. Slade Less Commonly Refers To Grady Slade Jr A Rap Artist 3. Slade Also Refers To A Rapper Who Made Music From 2013-2016 Under The Label Chapter 9. He Currently Makes Music Under A New Alias Dante Oasis. read less