Glam Rock band which was particularly popular in the seventies, especially in England. The four band members had a long history of unsuccessful beat bands. After a brief existence as a skinhead band (Ambrose Slade) was the early seventies the path to success began with heavy riffs and uplifting easy to sing along choruses. Trump card was the wailing voice of frontman Noddy Holder, who had claims to
… be the loudest voice of his generation. Slade scored a huge string of hits in the UK equaled only by The Beatles. In the Netherlands, the group best known for the timeless Christmas hit Merry Christmas evrybody. The group had a great influence on artists like Kiss and Oasis.more