45 years ago in 1980, Slade played their historic set at Reading Festival!
What are your memories of this gig?
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📸 Slade photographed for Pink&Tina Magazine, 1974
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📸 Slade at a press call in Newcastle to publicise their film Slade In Flame with fan Elaine Embleton. Photo by Mirrorpix
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📸 The original VHS artwork for Slade In Flame, has anybody got a copy?
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This week in 1987, Slade released ‘You Boyz Make Big Noize’ as a single. Pictured here is the artwork as well as the band with Betty the cleaner at Wessex studios from the CD booklet of the album.
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On this day in 1974, 'The Bangin' Man' was released into the world!
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📸 Noddy at the Iconic Images gallery in Piccadilly in celebration of Record Store Day, alongside Slade photographer Gered Mankowitz. Photos from Iconic Images Gallery.
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Who's your favourite Slade member?
📸 ITV
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📸 Slade live at Earl's Court, 1973. Photo by Andrew Heagen
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Slade graced the cover of many a magazine over the years - do you have a favourite?
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Formed in Wolverhampton in 1966, Slade's chart career spanned 3 decades. Slade were unstoppable throughout the seventies becoming one of Europe's biggest bands, releasing 6 smash hit albums, including three No-1’s, and their hit singles are synonymous with the era. The sensational songwriting partnership of Noddy Holder and Jim Lea provided a soundtrack to the Glam Generation and with a run of 17 consecutive Top 20 singles between 1971 and 1976, no other act of the period experienced such success.
In the eighties Slade enjoyed a renaissance, buoyed by a spectacular appearance at the Reading Festival in 1980, their hits included “My oh My”, which reached number 2 in 1983 and a year later with “Run Runaway”, cementing their legacy as one of the UK’s greatest bands.