Comprised of singer/guitarist Noddy Holder (born Neville Holder, Jin Walsall, West Midlands, England), guitarist Dave Hill (born April 4, 1946, in Fleet Castle, Devon, England), bassist Jimmy Lea (born June 14, 1949, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England), and drummer Don Powell (born September 10, 1946, Bilston, West Midlands, 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. 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). “Gudbuy T’Jane” reveals that the band could sing some pretty stellar three-part harmonies, while the simple catchiness of the hard rocking “Take Me Back ‘Ome” plays like a portal showing everyone where the influence for those early KISS songs came from. The instantly danceable “Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me” sounds like a young Bon Scott fronting Scotland’s Middle of the Road before “Bangin’ Man” makes better use of a cowbell than all the recycled Blue Oyster Cult jokes in the world (dig the slide-guitar on this one). The piano-pounding glam-rocker “Get Down and Get With It” opens Greatest Hits with frontman Noddy Holder’s signature rasp wailing and testifying alongside handclaps and foot-stomps - like he was a glitter-rock preacher pounding the pulpit of rock ‘n’ roll. 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. This new direction paid off in 1971 with the number 16 U.K. 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. Martin boots, shaved heads) as a gimmick. 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. Feel The Noize: Greatest.īy the end of '60s, the group had changed their name to Ambrose Slade and signed on with the Fontana label. SLADE - Feel The Noize: Greatest Hits (UK) - Music. 19 in the UK charts, remaining in the charts for six weeks. It was released in January 1997 and reached No. #SLADE FEEL THE NOIZE GREATEST HITS RAR RAR#Slade Feel The Noize Greatest Hits Rar 6,8/10 6543 votesįeel The Noize – Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock band Slade.
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