Slade were just four lads from the West Midlands who fancied being in a band, but when they formed that band the course of music history was changed forever. With their stackheel boots, outrageous dress sense and speaker-blowing rock, they set the trend for the fashion-conscious glam bands of the Seventies to follow. Noddy, Jim, Dave and Don recount the highs and lows of success from their early days as Ambrose Slade to their meeting with legendary manager Chas Chandler and their first hit single. Then the hits started piling up, they were regulars on Top of the Pops and Slade became chart-topping superstars in the UK. That didn’t happen by accident: the lads explain how they put together their distinctive image, their sound and their inimitable live act and they reveal the inspiration behind their early hits.
The songs include: Banging Man, Dirty Joker, See Us Here, Coz I Luv You, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Gudbye T'Jane and Cum On Feel The Noize.

Podcast 02 (30 mins)

The name Slade will forever conjure up the opening bars of their most enduring hit Merry Xmas Everybody, a festive evergreen that’s already clocked up three decades and is almost part of Christmas nowadays. Noddy, Jim, Dave and Don remember how they wrote that song and how they went from being stars in the UK to stars around the world. Not many bands can do all this, but Slade conquered America, released an iconic rock film, took hard rock festival Reading by storm and staged amazing chart comebacks in the early 1980s and 1990s before finally succumbing to a punishing and relentless touring schedule. In their wake Slade have left behind some of the best-loved songs of the Seventies, a reputation as one of the greatest live acts ever and a truly astonishing record of chart success.
The songs include: Merry Xmas Everybody, We'll Bring The House Down, Everyday, How Does It Feel, My Oh My, Run Run Away, Radio Wall Of Sound.

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