Chris Slade

For the American football player, see Chris Slade (American football).

Chris Slade
Chris Slade, 2008.
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Rees
Born	(1946-10-30) 30 October 1946
Origin	Pontypridd, Glamorgan, South Wales
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, progressive rock
Occupations	Drummer
Years active	1964–present
Labels	Bronze, EMI, Albert Productions, InsideOut Music, Atlantic, Interscope
Associated acts	Toomorrow, Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Paul Rodgers, The Firm, AC/DC, Asia, Tom Jones, Michael Schenker Group
Website	www.chrisslade.net

Chris Slade (born Christopher Rees, 30 October 1946, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, South Wales) is a Welsh rock drummer.

Career

Slade has worked with Gary Numan, Tom Jones, Olivia Newton-John (as co-members of the band Toomorrow), and Uriah Heep. He was a member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 1972 to 1978. In the mid-1980s, Slade played with Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page in The Firm. He has played with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Gary Moore on his 1989 world tour.

Slade received his highest exposure in November 1989 when he was asked to join the Australian hard rock band AC/DC after their then-drummer Simon Wright had departed. AC/DC were signed to the same management company as Gary Moore who Slade had just finished touring with. The Young brothers (Angus and Malcolm) initially hired Slade only temporarily through management, then asked him during the recording of the only album he made with them, to join the band. Slade played on The Razors Edge album in 1990 and the accompanying world tour, and the "Big Gun" single released in 1993. The Young brothers, however, asked Slade to leave after nearly five years with the group and reinstated former drummer Phil Rudd, saying that Rudd had demonstrated a "groove" more fitting their style of rock.^{[citation needed]}

After his departure, Slade spent a few years living in the UK countryside before receiving a call from Geoff Downes from the British progressive rock group Asia. Slade was with Asia for six years before departing in September 2005.

Chris Slade now fronts an AC/DC tribute band called "Chris Slade Steel Circle" CS/SC.

Discography

With Tom Jones

• Along Came Jones (1965)
• A-Tom-ic Jones (1966)
• From The Heart (1966)
• Green, Green Grass of Home (1967)
• Live: at the Talk of the Town (1967)
• 13 Smash Hits (1967)
• Delilah (1968)

With Toomorrow

• Toomorrow (1970)

With Tom Paxton

• How Come The Sun (1971)

With Manfred Mann's Earth Band

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1972)
• Glorified Magnified (1972)
• Messin' (1973)
• Solar Fire (1973)
• The Good Earth (1974)
• Nightingales and Bombers (1975)
• The Roaring Silence (1976)
• Watch (1978)

With Terra Nova

• Terra Nova (1978)

With Kai Olsson

• Crazy Love (1979)

With Frankie Miller

• Falling In Love (1979)

With Uriah Heep

• Conquest (1980)

With Gary Numan

• I, Assassin (1982)

With Denny Laine

• Anyone Can Fly (1982)

With The Firm

• The Firm (1985)
• Mean Business (1986)

With AC/DC

• The Razors Edge (1990)
• Live At Donington (1991)
• Live (1992)
• "Big Gun" (1993)

With Asia

• Aura (2001)
• Silent Nation (2004)

With Bloodstock

• Creator of Worlds

With Damage Control

• Damage Control (2007)
• Raw (2008)

With MIWA

• My Wish Is Your Command (2011)

External links

• www.chrisslade.net - Official site
• www.BendingRealityTV.com - Chris Slade appears as a cast member on Bending Reality TV.
• www.damage-control.co.uk - Damage Control official site
• www.miwarocks.com - MIWA official site
• www.bloodstock.uk.com - Chris Slade facts on the Bloodstock Festival forum
• [http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-CHRIS-SLADE-TIMELINE/250282005103235?ref=hl

• [http://www.chrisslade.net/

{{The Chris Slade Timeline