Chris Slade

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Chris Slade
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Rees
Born	30 October 1946 (1946-10-30) (age 63)
Origin	Pontypridd, Glamorgan, South Wales
Genres	Hard rock Heavy metal Blues-rock Progressive rock Glam metal
Occupations	Drummer
Years active	1964-Present
Labels	Bronze Records EMI Records Albert Productions InsideOut Music Atlantic Records Interscope Records
Associated acts	Toomorrow Uriah Heep Manfred Mann's Earth Band Paul Rodgers The Firm AC/DC Asia Tom Jones
Website	[1] www.acdcrocks.com

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 early 1980s, Slade played with Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page in The Firm. He has played with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.

Slade probably received his highest exposure in 1989 when he was asked to join the Australian hard rock group AC/DC after their then-drummer Simon Wright had departed. The Young brothers (Angus and Malcolm) initially hired Slade only temporarily, then asked him during the recording of the only album he made with them, to join the band. Slade then played on the album The Razors Edge and tour. The Young brothers, however, asked Slade to leave after four 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.

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

• Raw (2006)

External links

• www.chrisslade.net - Official site
• www.damage-control.co.uk - Damage Control official site
• www.miwarocks.com - Miwarocks.com
• www.bloodstock.uk.com - Chris Slade facts on the Bloodstock Festival forum