Depending on age, I think there were plenty of Slade fans for a number of years in the USA...similar in popularity to The Sweet or Mott the Hoople, I think.
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cum on feel the noize by... slade?
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At one point, Dave shaved his head because he was going bald. They were a great rock band who did the Glam thing ...I think basically as a joke and to help boost record sales.
Noddy wrote au autobiography that is light but entertaining reading. Great song, Bro, and great to see you as always!
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Slade were originally part of the rather unpleasant 60s / 70s British skinhead football subculture but changed their image.
Hi pcake 
Very funny thread!
Quiet who?
Slade was a real thing in Europe when I was a kid!!!!
Quiet Riot not so much!
Yep!
They even dressed like Joan 
, when they played their own stuff. (daaang hippies )
Of course it' s not a Hendrix song! Hendrix was dead long before! the song was written by U2! 
greeeetinzz
Wise(b)ass
Very funny thread!
Quiet who?
Slade was a real thing in Europe when I was a kid!!!!Quiet Riot not so much!
Yep!
They even dressed like Joan , when they played their own stuff. (daaang hippies )Of course it' s not a Hendrix song!
Hendrix was dead long before! the song was written by U2! greeeetinzz
Wise(b)ass
I'm outing myself as a massive Oasis fan - no reply comments necessary unless they are confirmations of their genius. They did a cover of 'cum on feel the noise' which was released on their single for 'don't look back in anger'. Now I'm not British but always somehow felt this version captured the Englishness of the song better than Quiet Riot. If lad rock is your thing well worth a listen.
Skinhead begat Suedehead begat Glam. Isn't that roughly the development?
Even a young Sid Vicious was confused where to land. He is seen here to be still
clearly enchanted with the image of Marc Bolan.
Absolutely agree with you concerning the quality of the music, however, the context of my remarks was era specific, ie. early amateurish video attempts by great sounding, but less than photogenic musicians.
Greenslade was an all keyboard progressive rock act. Great players, but a video of 4 immobile guys staring intently at knobs with no change in facial expression?
Cure for insomnia.........and cringeworthy.
Renaissance, loved 'em........same story. Cringy.
Steely Dan's first video releases, oh lord. WONDERFUL songs, but close-ups of Palmers dental work? What were they thinking? Denny Diaz (GREAT player) in his farmer overalls? Skunk sitting down looking like a muppet? In a video?
Black Oak......nuff said.
Again, the context is the era of '72/'73, the birth of band videos, often filmed and directed by people with no prior music experience, perhaps NO experience at all, producing images of talented musicians uncomfortably crossing the threshold into a new era.
Unfamiliar with lip-syncing, lacking the energy and cohesiveness of a real live performance, some of these works are a snooze fest.
Directed to hop around like electrocuted hamsters, they are hilarious. When juxtaposed to what we expect of music videos nowadays, they are cringeworthy.
And wonderful!
To be fair, it would be impossible to take Slade too seriously. BTW I have to play the Merry Xmas song next month, but I ain't wearing no tank top and that's final!Ahh, Slade. A bunch of lads that surely didn't take themselves too seriously.
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Not sure, but if so it's amusing if the ultra-macho football thug culture morphed into Ziggy Stardust
OK major thread divert coming up, who else has to play Merry Xmas by Slade next month????Hi Robscott
Business as usual!
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Ahh... TB, where making a friend or an enemy combatant is only one post away. I guess information comes at a price. 
There seems to be a difference of opinion on whether Slade was well known in the USA.
If you were a regular watcher of ABC's "In Concert", Don Kirshner's " Rock Concert", or "Midnight Special", as most teens were in the '72~'77 era, and later "Night Flight", then you were very much aware of not only Slade, but a plethora of international acts from many genre's.
Does this mean they were well known?
Well, they were certainly exposed.
They certainly had sales.
Maybe we should say they were known by those who wanted to know.
If you were a regular watcher of ABC's "In Concert", Don Kirshner's " Rock Concert", or "Midnight Special", as most teens were in the '72~'77 era, and later "Night Flight", then you were very much aware of not only Slade, but a plethora of international acts from many genre's.
Does this mean they were well known?
Well, they were certainly exposed.
They certainly had sales.
Maybe we should say they were known by those who wanted to know.
While learning to play Cheap Tricks " California Man" for one of my bands, I was surprised to learn it is originally a Move song featuring Jeff Lynne and the "California" in the song is actually in England.....
