Despite later expressing misgivings, Slade's "pile of shit" song wound up shooting to the top of the UK singles charts in ...

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WHEN Slade recorded Merry Xmas Everybody they were described as the biggest British band since The Beatles as they toured the United States. And while that, to quote the lads and their like for ...

Slade entered 1984 poised to enjoy their greatest Stateside success, after years of futilely trying to break into the U.S. It all started with Quiet Riot. At the start of the decade, few bands seemed ...

It’s Chrisssssstmassssssss. So this week’s Rock’s Backpages gives us the gift of the one and only Lester Bangs speaking to Slade – in particularly lewd form – for Let It Rock back in October 1973 I’ve ...