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Chris Slade (born Christopher Rees, 30 October 1946, Pontypridd
Pontypridd

Pontypridd is both a community and a town in Glamorgan, Wales, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff and is situated 12 miles north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff, and comprises the electoral wards of - Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Graig, Hawthorn, Glamorgan , Pontypridd Town, Rhondda , Rhydfelen Central/Lower Ilan, Trallwng and Trefores...
, Glamorgan
Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
, South Wales
South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
) is a Welsh
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
mer who has enjoyed a long and varied career. He has worked with such diverse musicians as Gary Numan
Gary Numan

Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars "....
, Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward Officer of the British Empire , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, particularly noted for his powerful voice and wide vocal range....
, Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an England, Australian singer and actor. She is an avid activist for both environmentalism issues and breast cancer awareness....
 (as co-members of the band Toomorrow
Toomorrow

Toomorrow is the soundtrack from Australian singer Olivia Newton-John's 1970 film Toomorrow , and also her first major release album. The film was a sci-fi musical mix directed by Val Guest and was Newton-John's second movie....
), Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English people rock music band, formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley to join Spice , a band signed to his own Bronze Records label....
 and Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a jazz/rock group formed by Manfred Mann , in 1971 in music....
 from 1972 to 1978. In the early 1980s, Slade played with Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers, is an England rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s....
 and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
 in The Firm and also with Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
's David Gilmour
David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour Order of the British Empire , is an England musician, best known as the guitarist, lead singer, and one of the main songwriters in the band Pink Floyd....
 on many projects over the years. Slade also was the drummer for AC/DC
AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
 from 1989-1994 and Asia
Asia (band)

Asia is a Rock music group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes , King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep , UK , Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles....
 from 1999-2005.

e probably received his highest exposure in 1989 when he was asked to join the Australian
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 group AC/DC after their then-drummer Simon Wright
Simon Wright

Simon Wright is an England drummer best known for his stints with hard rock legends AC/DC and Dio. He first started playing drums in his early teens and cites Cozy Powell, Tommy Aldridge and John Bonham as his greatest influences....
 had departed.






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Chris Slade (born Christopher Rees, 30 October 1946, Pontypridd
Pontypridd

Pontypridd is both a community and a town in Glamorgan, Wales, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff and is situated 12 miles north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff, and comprises the electoral wards of - Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Graig, Hawthorn, Glamorgan , Pontypridd Town, Rhondda , Rhydfelen Central/Lower Ilan, Trallwng and Trefores...
, Glamorgan
Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
, South Wales
South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
) is a Welsh
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
mer who has enjoyed a long and varied career. He has worked with such diverse musicians as Gary Numan
Gary Numan

Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars "....
, Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward Officer of the British Empire , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer-songwriter, particularly noted for his powerful voice and wide vocal range....
, Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire is an England, Australian singer and actor. She is an avid activist for both environmentalism issues and breast cancer awareness....
 (as co-members of the band Toomorrow
Toomorrow

Toomorrow is the soundtrack from Australian singer Olivia Newton-John's 1970 film Toomorrow , and also her first major release album. The film was a sci-fi musical mix directed by Val Guest and was Newton-John's second movie....
), Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English people rock music band, formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley to join Spice , a band signed to his own Bronze Records label....
 and Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a jazz/rock group formed by Manfred Mann , in 1971 in music....
 from 1972 to 1978. In the early 1980s, Slade played with Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers, is an England rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s....
 and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
 in The Firm and also with Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
's David Gilmour
David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour Order of the British Empire , is an England musician, best known as the guitarist, lead singer, and one of the main songwriters in the band Pink Floyd....
 on many projects over the years. Slade also was the drummer for AC/DC
AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
 from 1989-1994 and Asia
Asia (band)

Asia is a Rock music group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes , King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep , UK , Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles....
 from 1999-2005.

Career

Slade probably received his highest exposure in 1989 when he was asked to join the Australian
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 group AC/DC after their then-drummer Simon Wright
Simon Wright

Simon Wright is an England drummer best known for his stints with hard rock legends AC/DC and Dio. He first started playing drums in his early teens and cites Cozy Powell, Tommy Aldridge and John Bonham as his greatest influences....
 had departed. The Young brothers (Angus
Angus Young

Angus McKinnon Young is a Scotland-born Australian musician and the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the hard rock band AC/DC. Known for wild, energetic performances and schoolboy-uniform stage outfits, Young was ranked 96th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"....
 and Malcolm
Malcolm Young

Malcolm Mitchell Young is a Scotland-born Australian guitarist, best known as a founding member, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter for the Australian hard rock band AC/DC....
) initially hired Slade only temporarily, then asked him during the recording of the only feature album he made with them, to join the band. Slade then played on the successful The Razors Edge
The Razors Edge (album)

The Razors Edge is an album by AC/DC, released on September 21, 1990. The album was the only studio album to feature drummer Chris Slade, and includes such songs as "Thunderstruck " and "Moneytalks," which are among AC/DC's most well-known songs....
 album and also on the tour
Razors Edge world tour

The Razors Edge world tour was a rock concert tour played by the hard rock band AC/DC , which had 5 legs around the world lasting 12 months starting on November 2, 1990 in Worcester, MA finishing on November 16, 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand....
. The brothers, however, asked Slade to leave after four years with the group and reinstated former drummer Phil Rudd
Phil Rudd

Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian drum kit, best known for his membership in Australian Rock music band AC/DC. He held the position from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present....
, claiming that Rudd had demonstrated a "groove" more fitting their style of rock.

After his departure, Slade spent a few years living in the UK countryside before receiving a call from Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes

Geoffrey Downes is an England rock and roll musical keyboard player, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the keyboardist for the bands Asia , The Buggles, and also his stint with Yes in 1980....
 from the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 progressive rock
Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
 group Asia
Asia (band)

Asia is a Rock music group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes , King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep , UK , Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles....
. Slade was with Asia for six years before departing in September 2005.

Discography


With Tom Jones

  • Along Came Jones
    Along Came Jones

    Along Came Jones may refer to:*Along Came Jones a 1945 western comedy*Along Came Jones *Along Came Jones , the first Tom Jones album, released in 1965....
     (1965)
  • A-Tom-ic Jones (1966)
  • From The Heart
    From the Heart

    From the Heart was a greatest hits album by the British quartet Another Level released on 1 June 2002....
     (1966)
  • Green, Green Grass of Home (1967)
  • Live: at the Talk of the Town (1967)
  • 13 Smash Hits (1967)
  • Delilah
    Delilah

    Delilah appears only in the Hebrew Bible Book of Judges 16, where she is the "woman in the valley of Sorek" whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall....
     (1968)


With Toomorrow

  • Toomorrow
    Toomorrow

    Toomorrow is the soundtrack from Australian singer Olivia Newton-John's 1970 film Toomorrow , and also her first major release album. The film was a sci-fi musical mix directed by Val Guest and was Newton-John's second movie....
     (1970)


With Tom Paxton

  • How Come The Sun (1971)


With Manfred Mann's Earth Band

  • Manfred Mann's Earth Band
    Manfred Mann's Earth Band (album)

    Manfred Mann's Earth Band is the debut album released in 1972 in music by Manfred Mann's Earth Band....
     (1972)
  • Glorified Magnified
    Glorified Magnified

    Glorified Magnified is a rock album released in 1972 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.The album was produced by Manfred Mann and Dave Hadfield at Maximum Sound Studios, London in 1972....
     (1972)
  • Messin'
    Messin'

    Messin' is a rock album released in 1973 in music by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.Messin followed Glorified Magnified and preceded Solar Fire, and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers ....
     (1973)
  • Solar Fire
    Solar Fire

    Solar Fire is an album released in 1973 in music by Manfred Mann's Earth Band....
     (1973)
  • The Good Earth
    The Good Earth (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album)

    The Good Earth is an album released in 1974 in music by Manfred Mann's Earth Band....
     (1974)
  • Nightingales and Bombers
    Nightingales and Bombers

    Nightingales and Bombers is an album released in 1975 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band."The title of this album was inspired by a recording made in Surrey, England during the Second World War, by an ornithologist intending to record Nightingales....
     (1975)
  • The Roaring Silence (1976)
  • Watch
    Watch (album)

    Watch is an album released in 1978 in music by Manfred Mann's Earth Band....
     (1978)


With Terra Nova

  • Terra Nova
    Terra Nova

    Terra Nova or Terranova means "new land". It can refer to:In geography:* Newfoundland , the island portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...
     (1978)


With Kai Olsson

  • Crazy Love
    Crazy Love

    "Crazy Love" is a love song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album, Moondance. The song was released as a single in May 1970 with "Come Running" as the A side, and again in Holland with "Come Running" as the B side....
     (1979)


With Frankie Miller

  • Falling In Love
    Falling in love

    "Falling in love" is a mainly Western world term used to describe the process of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards someone to one of love....
     (1979)


With Uriah Heep

  • Conquest
    Conquest (album)

    Released in 1980, the band's 10th Anniversary year, Conquest is the 13th album by British rock band Uriah Heep .1980 was a period of change for Heep, with John Sloman taking over lead vocal duties, Lee Kerslake bowing out from behind the drumstool, and main songwriter Ken Hensley ultimately leaving the band....
     (1980)


With Gary Numan

  • I, Assassin
    I, Assassin

    I, Assassin is the sixth studio album by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan. Released in 1982, it reached no.8 on the UK Album Charts charts....
     (1982)


With Denny Laine

  • Anyone Can Fly
    Anyone Can Fly

    Anyone Can Fly is the title of the fourth solo album by Denny Laine. It is currently out of print....
     (1982)


With The Firm

  • The Firm
    The Firm (album)

    The Firm is a studio album by The Firm , released by Atlantic Records on 11 February, 1985. Tracks ranged from the epic "Midnight Moonlight" based on a previously unreleased song by Led Zeppelin called "Swan Song", first tinkered with during the Physical Graffiti sessions, to the commercially successful "Radioactive"....
     (1985)
  • Mean Business
    Mean Business

    Mean Business is a studio album by The Firm , released by Atlantic Records on 3 February, 1986. Repeating the same bluesy formula as the debut album, Mean Business did not achieve the same commercial success....
     (1986)


With AC/DC

  • The Razors Edge
    The Razors Edge (album)

    The Razors Edge is an album by AC/DC, released on September 21, 1990. The album was the only studio album to feature drummer Chris Slade, and includes such songs as "Thunderstruck " and "Moneytalks," which are among AC/DC's most well-known songs....
     (1990)
  • Live At Donington
    Live at Donington (AC/DC)

    Live At Donington is the DVD recording of the AC/DC show at Donington Park on 17 August 1991, and it was the band's third "Monsters Of Rock" festival....
     (1991)
  • Live
    Live (AC/DC album)

    Live is a 1992 album by Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. It was released both as a single album and as a double album . The album has been considered the closest thing to a greatest hits album in the AC/DC catalogue....
     (1992)
  • Big Gun
    Big Gun

    "Big Gun" is a song by AC/DC. This song is found on their single with the same name. It is also found on the soundtrack to the movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Last Action Hero....
     (single) (1993) "Last Action Hero" Soundtrack


With Asia

  • Aura
    Aura (Asia album)

    Aura is an album by the progressive rock band Asia , recorded in 2000 and first released in 2001. Roger Dean created the cover art for this album....
     (2001)
  • Silent Nation
    Silent Nation (album)

    Silent Nation is an album by the progressive rock band Asia . Two tracks on the album were co-written by former Yes member Billy Sherwood. It is the last with John Payne and Geoffrey Downes together....
     (2004)


With Bloodstock

  • Creator of Worlds


With Damage Control

  • Raw
    Raw

    Raw describes a material that is in its nature unprocessed form, or has not had the final stages of processing. For example, raw food refers to food that has not been cookinged, and raw silk is the term for unprocessed silk....
     (2006)


External links

  • - Official site
  • - Damage Control official site
  • - Miwarocks.com
  • - Chris Slade facts on the Bloodstock Festival forum