I was never a huge fan of loud Brit rockers Slade — I didn’t mind the loud, but it was really simple music, while I was getting into Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer and Genesis (to name but some).
Still, in those pre-metal days, there were times when you just needed to kick out and jump around, and few were better at kicking-out-and-jumping-around music than the Boys From The Black Country.
“What’s that, honky? How could they be White boys in Black Country?”
Shuddup and watch this (very) sympathetic treatment of Slade in their heyday, back when they were huge.
And yes, in retrospect, their songs were excellent.
Sadly, it seems as though Noddy has throat cancer, and hasn’t that long to go. Raw suckage, that is.
Please don’t ever tell Keef and his X-Pensive Winos that their bare-bones rock is really simple.
One could argue that Slade were a reaction to yes, ELP and prog rock in general. They started out as a skinhead band. You could question if it was a good thing, but they paved the way for the Sex Pistols, and the whole New Romantic movement.
Not many hard core rock bands using violins back then- see “cause I love you”.
I vividly remember when Slayed Alive was released.