Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, renamed in 1969 from . The original lineup consisted of (vocals, guitar), (guitar), (bass), (drums).
Ambrose Slade January 1969 - December 1969
Don Powell - Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Jim Lea - Bass Guitar / Violin
Noddy Holder - Lead Vocals / Guitar
Slade December 1969 - 1992
Don Powell - Drums
Dave Hill - Lead Guitar / Vocals
Jim Lea - Bass Guitar / Violin / Keyboards / Flute / Vocals
Noddy Holder - Lead Vocals / Guitar
Slade II (Version 1) December 1992 - Mid 1994
Don Powell Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead vocals
Craig Fenney - Bass Guitar / Vocals
Steve Makin - Guitar / Vocals (Died: March 2021) was a English guitarist.
Slade II (Version 2) Mid 1994 - December 1996
Don Powell Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Trevor Holliday - Bass Guitar / Vocals
Steve Makin - Guitar / Vocals (Died: March 2021) was a English guitarist.
Slade II (Version 3) December 1996 - September 2000
Don Powell Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Trevor Holliday - Bass Guitar / Vocals
Slade II (Version 4) and renamed Slade (Version 2) Oct 2000 - Early 2003
Don Powell Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
Dave Glover - Bass Guitar
Slade (Version 3) February 2003 - 30 June 2005
Don Powell Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Steve Whalley - Guitar and Lead Vocals
John Berry - Bass Guitar / Vocals
Slade (Version 4) 20052019
Don Powell Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar / Vocals
Mal McNulty - Guitar and Lead Vocals
John Berry - Bass Guitar
Slade (Version 5) 20192020
Don Powell - Drums
Dave Hill - Guitar, Vocals
Russell Keefe - Vocals, Keyboards
John Berry - Vocals, Bass, Violin
Slade (Version 6) 2020
Dave Hill - Guitar, Vocals
Russell Keefe - Vocals, Keyboards
John Berry - Vocals, Bass, Violin
Alex Bines - Drums
Slade rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With seventeen consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s. They were the first act to have three singles enter at #1, and all six of the Wolverhampton band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. Total UK sales stand at 6,520,171, and their best selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody
Aliases
- The N' Betweens
- Ambrose Slade
- Slade II
Members
- Jim Lea
- Don Powell
- Noddy Holder
- Alex Bines
- Dave Hill
- Mal McNulty
- Steve Whalley
- Steve Makin
- Craig Fenney
- Dave Glover
- Keefe Russell