Shane speaks

about Slade

Slade were one of the biggest bands of the seventies, selling over six million records in the UK alone. They were major proponents of the glam-rock sound, which was integral to the development of popular music, its trademark excess helped to provoke the punk scene whilst simultaneously informing the new romantic movement that would come to define the eighties.

You could argue that Slade are best remembered for the ever present christmas anthem "Merry Christmas Everybody", but in 1972 "Slayed" captured the band at their peak, their third and most successful album showed they were more than just Noddy Holder's distinctive voice; their heavy rock sound acted as a precursor for a lot of the rock music that followed.