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Slade is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ten Years After, Tony Christie, Mud, Sonny Boy Williamson II and John Lee Hooker. Those roots explain a lot about how Slade arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sweet, Mud, Mott the Hoople, Gary Glitter and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spacehog, Phil Lynott, Quiet Riot, Kim Fowley and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Slade, reaching back through Ten Years After and forward to Spacehog. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1963. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits, including six number ones, on the UK Singles Chart, and three number ones on the UK Albums Charts. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles. They were the first act to have three singles enter the charts at number one; all six of the band's chart-toppers were written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. As of 2006, total UK sales stood at over 6,500,000. Their best-selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", has sold in excess of one million copies. According to the 1999 BBC documentary It's Slade, the band have sold more than 50 million records worldwide.
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Slade connections
Slade grew out of Ten Years After, Tony Christie, Mud and Sonny Boy Williamson II, shares an orbit with Sweet, Mud, Mott the Hoople and Gary Glitter, went on to shape Spacehog, Phil Lynott, Quiet Riot and Kim Fowley. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Slade
Sounds and acts that shaped Slade.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Slade.
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- UFOartist
- Kissartist
- Rainbowartist
- Freeartist
- Humble Pieartist
- Thin Lizzyartist
- Ace Frehleyartist
- Cliff Richardartist
- Facesartist
- Rod Stewartartist
Bands Slade shaped
Where the influence of Slade travelled next.
- Spacehogartist
- Phil Lynottartist
- Quiet Riotartist
- Kim Fowleyartist
- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birdsartist
- Cheap Trickartist
- Bob Rockartist
- Paul Cookartist
- The Replacementsartist
- Thin Lizzyartist
- The 4-Skinsartist
- Mondo Bizarroartist
- Strong Arm of the Lawartist
- Liarartist
- Who Built the Moon?artist
- Valeriy Syutkinartist
- Ozzy Osbourneartist
- The Missionartist
- Stereophonicsartist
- John Lydonartist
- Twisted Sisterartist
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