The best and loudest live gig I ever saw back in 82 at UEA Norwich only the Who and Quo have come close. My ears are still ringing and I just can't get Nods voice out of me head. That's how loud and good they were, my all time band who I still play today. How they are overlooked and underplayed is beyond ignorance as they were the biggest UK selling band of the 70s by record sales alone and acknowledged by so many big bands as there biggest influence it's rock n roll discrimination.
Wasn't planning to watch youtube today but saw Slade at Lochem and thought i'll just watch Gudbye T' Jane......... damn, been here an hour already and am going to cancel plans for the rest of the day. My fave band since Look Wot U Dun. The Mighty, Mighty Slade, will love em forever.
In Russia the group SLADE has probably the most loyal fans ! In the early 90s after the collapse of the USSR I knew a fan of the group, which was a real gangster, but quite adequate a vinyl collector, so one day he managed to buy a rare EP , but saw someone had to do it before ! First, he suggested that this person 500$ great then money, then another 100$, when he heard a refusal , it is said to this man that it would be better if he will sell vinyl, because in case of failure it is not responsible for themselves and can kill.....Here were such fans of the group, and in the USSR is not something that the band was not in the best years in the 70's , but the official release was not only brought from abroad vinyls and record them on cassette!!!
"Ahäm", ... to BE honest: Fugg the stones, Fukk the zeps, bull over the beatles, ... to hell with heep, purple and bowie! Of course, partly(!) funny-ing, ... ... but if it comes to the live-ESSENCE, ... well, i guess YOU KNOW IT BEST! ! ! ! !
Proper Rock and Roll band , did their apprenticeships , hard graft , and what a fantastic set! Dont make em like that anymore , (thanks to Mr B***** Cowell and the rest of the music business).
Pure rockin roll class at its best. Live n loud at its rawness with so much power and energy. That was Slade live 120 decibells and 120 percent performance. Always gave there best and that's why they were the best live. Second to none in my life time.
It's a custom bass built by the late john Birch, who also built guitars for Brian May, Roy Orbison, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler. Dave Hill and the Glitter Band.
Really? I heard it was about Terry Reid - another breath taking brilliant indie singer/guitarist from UK. Check out "Rich kid Blues" or "Mayfly" and get totally blown away!!! Terry Reid was stuck in contract deals he couldn't get out of, so he recomended Page to get in touch with Robert Plant and the drummer of the same band, that appeared to be John Bonham - The Great! Rest is high octane hard rock history! Cheers!
To "DanielDumile" I guess your last name says it all........SLADE is one of the top 10 rock bands in the HISTORY of rock!!! Noddy Holder started the gritty, bombastic rock vocal so many today take for granted. Long live Slade!!
Why in the name of all things rock are this band so overlooked? I cannot understand whay this kinda live footage has never been made available to the masses. I have only recently come on line and to discover such amazing footage I have never seen before Is at once fantastic but Its very sad that as a fanatic of this band since 1972 I had never seen it before. Watching this took me back to the fields of Reading when it was a true rock festival. Wot would they have dun to todays bill? HEH. HEH.
@jackHNv I would say looking at the body shape and the indent in the headstock it's a Gibson sg bass. I could be wrong but it's the best I can do from the images. Hope this helps.
I thought the same thing when I heard Reading version for the first time but they sang that song since about 66' so you got to let it go they didn't write it but they owned it! Fact is nobody owned more covers than Slade
