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walsall, wolverhampton and bilston are all in the black country so what the hell are you on about?

This line in the introduction:

Due to a number of changes in music fashion and the advent of punk and New Wave music, Slade's success had faded somewhat by the late 1970s

contrasts with this at the end of the main history:

It is a myth that bands like Slade suffered because of punk. Punk never achieved great airplay, and during the mid-to-late 1970s mainstream acts such as ABBA and Blondie were most likely to be heard on mainstream radio. Punk was very rarely heard, and was very much suppressed by radio stations, apart from in specialist slots. Bands such as Slade had merely run their course.

My Dad reckons it's because they tried to break America, so the fucked off, failed and by the time they came back, no one cared here.--Crestville 15:16, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Crestville! (How come you didn't change Beatles to The Beatles?) As I remember it, Glam had had its day and Slade hadn't changed their sound so they suddenly became unfashionable. Seven or eight years later, with the same sound and stage show, they suddenly started selling records again.LessHeard vanU 22:31, 30 June 2006 (UTC) ps. I am as old as yer mam and da', so I know what I am writing about![reply]

I would like to see a little more background around their early years included in this article. For example, it is well known that Slade played a considerable amount of their early 'gigs' and practiced at The St Giles' Youth Club in Willenhall near Walsall. I feel that as the centre still exists as part of Walsall Metropolitan Council that there should be some sort of memorable plaque on the building indicating this fact.

In relation to Slade's fading popularity I would agree that by the mid 70s Slade's music was replaced by Soul, disco and the newly emerging new wave / punk sound. I think it had little to do with attempts to crack America. Other contemporaries of Slade such as T -Rex, Gary Glitter, etc all had declining success around the mid 70s. Slade's strength was always their songwriting abilities and their playing andlive shows. Their inclusion on rock festivals in the early 80s probably led to their resurgence around that time. However, their strength was aslo ther ability to wroite a crowd chanting chorous and melody, such as 'My oh my' etc. In any event I feel that it is time for a re evaluation of Slade, they were massive in the early 70s and were undoubtedly influential on other bands such as 'Kiss' etc.

~~This page needs to be updated : I saw Slade live a little more than a year ago, with Noddy.~~ Noddy Holder left the group (and the music business) 1993. The current singer of Slade is Mal McNulty.

Please note that Universe did not chart. The information that the single reached #38 is false --/MB 20:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rose West

I read in a newspaper a while ago, that a former member of Slade. Had been writing to serial killer Rose West! And that he was intending to marry her! Is this correct? Or was it a former member of another 70s band? loren3 17:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]