What is Slade?
{{More citations needed|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Slade | Img = Slade_-_TopPop_1973_19.png | Img_capt = Slade in 1973. Left to right: Jim Lea, Don Powell, Noddy Holder, Dave Hill | Img_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Walsall]] and [[Wolverhampton]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]], [[UK]] | Genre = [[Glam rock]], [[hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[punk rock]] | Years_active = 1966 – present | Label = [[Polydor Records]]<br>[[RCA]] | Associated_acts = | URL = [http://www.amazingslade.net/ Current] and [http://sladecove.weebly.com/ Classic line-up] | Current_members = [[Dave Hill]]<br>[[Don Powell]]<br>John Berry<br>Mal McNulty | Past_members = [[Noddy Holder]]<br>[[Jim Lea]]<br>Steve Whalley<br>Steve Makin<br>Craig Fenney<br>Dave Glover<br>Trevor Holliday }} '''Slade''' is an [[England|English]] [[Hard rock]]/[[punk rock]] [[band]]. The band started in 1966 and were [[Popularity|popular]] in the 1970s and 1980s. The band released fifteen studio albums and four live albums. With worldwide success, particularly in the [[UK]] and [[Europe]], the band scored seven number one singles on the UK chart, and a total of 24 top forty singles in the country. The original line-up split in 1992 which led guitarist Dave Hill and drummer Don Powell to form Slade II, with new members. The new line-up continues to tour today. In 1975, the band made a film titled ''[[Slade in Flame]]''. ==Members== * [[Noddy Holder]] - [[Singing|Vocals]] / [[guitar]]s / [[bass guitar]] * [[Dave Hill]] - Guitars / vocals / bass guitar * [[Jim Lea]] - Bass guitar / vocals / [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] / [[violin]] / guitars * [[Don Powell]] - [[Drum kit|Drum]]s / [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] ==Albums== * ''[[Beginnings]]'' (a