SLADE - Without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 50 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock'n'roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash hits...plus 6 smash albums, SLADE have become a firm favorite in the hearts of rock fans all over the world.

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SLADE'S chart career has spanned 6 decades and their enduring songs “Far Far Away”, "Cum on Feel The Noize" and "Coz I Luv You" are still featured today in TV commercials for some of the Worlds biggest companies.

SLADE first hit the road in 1966, touring throughout Great Britain and Europe and becoming a regular concert attraction. Joining forces with the former Animals bass guitarist and Jimi Hendrix Experience manager, Chas Chandler, SLADE achieved their first chart hit in May 1971 with the Bobby Marchan song "Get Down and Get With It" then, released in October of the same year "Coz I Luv You" was the bands first No-1 and a huge hit across Europe. Throughout the seventies, SLADE became one of Europe's biggest bands, touring and recording continually and making regular trips to America, Japan and other parts of the world.

SLADE's catalogue of hits are synonymous with the era:- "Take Me Bak 'Ome", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Cum On Feel The Noize", "Gudbye T' Jane", along with the many others provided a soundtrack to the Glam Generation and are still today, heavily featured on any retrospective of the time. At the beginning of the eighties, SLADE were invited to appear at the Reading Rock Festival, a massive annual event which attracted over 100,000 people. They literally stole the show, giving some of the worlds biggest rock bands a serious run for their money whilst kindling new interest from a whole new 1 audience.

As a result, the band signed a new record deal and unleashed the anthem "We'll Bring The House Down", which reached the Top-10 in the UK in January 1981. SLADE were back! Not content to rest on their Glam laurels, Slade began forging a new path through the hugely influential British heavy rock scene. A second successful appearance at Castle Donnington in 1981, before a crowd of over 60,000 people, consolidated the bands position and paved the way for the single "Lock Up Your Daughters", and the album "Til Deaf Do Us Part".

While SLADE were busy in the UK releasing the massive hit "My Oh My" to huge acclaim, LA metal band Quiet Riot were spreading the word Stateside with their version of "Cum On Feel The Noize", which proved so successful that they followed it up with "Mama Weer All Crazee Now". Throughout the start of the eighties Slade toured and recorded due to them once again being a major force in British pop'n'rock. The early nineties saw the bands "Radio Wall Of Sound" hit the UK Top-30 and thereby give SLADE a solid 30 year chart run! In 1991, due to the continual demand from around the world, founder SLADE member Dave Hill returned to touring by playing a few select dates in Europe prior to embarking on what turned out to be a very successful two month tour of Australia.

SLADE have continued to tour the world. They are firm favourites on the festival scene. They have a huge following of fans and regularly play concert dates in Germany, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, The Baltic states, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Spain & France. Having just returned from a festival in Tel Aviv & Gibraltar, next stop is Greenland and Faroe Islands. Led by founder member Dave Hill on Lead Guitar with John Berry who joined in 2003 on Lead Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar and Violin. John has also played Bass with Mud, The SWEET, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Tremeloes, Bay City Rollers & The Rubettes. Joining John on Lead Vocals and Keys is Russell Keefe, having played in many original bands in his early years, he has also recorded albums for Polygram & United Artists, Russell has toured with The Pretty Things and Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers, Alex Bines now joins on Drums, Alex has toured with Wilko Johnson, The Rubettes and is also a Drum teacher. 2 In 2023, they celebrated 50 years of “Cum on Feel the Noize” & “Merry Christmas Everybody” reaching No1 in 1973! SLADE today is still one of the most exciting bands on the road, and their stage performance is a dynamic, powerful and exhilarating roller-coaster ride of pure unadulterated rock'n'roll.

https://www.davehillslade.com/

Smokie (English Smoky, originally Smokey, consonant with the English word smoke — smoky, smoked, smoky) is a British rock group from Bradford, organised by the former school friends Chris Norman, Alan Silson and Ron Kelly in 1963.

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The group has become the most popular in the second half of the 70s and 80s in Europe. The band had 11 singles and 5 albums which have entered in the top 20 charts of the European countries in 1975-1979. The line-up of the band has changed several times and only Terry Uttley remained the unchanged participant in the artistic group. Unfortunately, he passed away 2 years ago, but the band still gives touring concerts all over the world.

These musicians made their professional debut in 1968 under the name Kindness, performing in various campgrounds and dance halls. Also during this period, the band accompanied to the former Herman's Hermits vocalist Peter Noone. However, the band's early singles, recorded at the various companies, did not become popular. Changing the band's name to Smokey in 1974 didn't help either. The turning point in the musicians' career used to be the meeting with the owner of RAK Records, Miki Most, who recommended the band to the popular composer's union of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, widely known under the name Chinnichep.

In 1975, Smokey's "If You Think You Know How To Love Me" and "Don't Play Your Rock'n'roll To Me" have entered into the British top charts. In the same year, the band was forced to change the spelling of its name to Smokie after a protest filed by singer Smokey Robinson. The greatest hit of the next year has become the song of Chinnichep called "Living Next Door To Alice", which was originally intended for the Australian band called the New World.

The year 1978 has brought the popular masterpiece "Stumblin' In", which Chris Norman has performed in the duet with Suzy Quatro, which was also associated with RAK Records. In the same year, the longplay "The Montreux Album" was released. Gradually, Norman’s and Spencer's compositions started to take the upper lines in the band's play list, but this did not protest from the falling of the popularity. In 1980, the new version of Bobby V's old piece "Take Good Care Of My Baby" hitted the charts and it turned out to be the band's last song.

https://smokie.co.uk/

An Iconic British rock band that started life in 1968, they were one of the most prominent bands of the Glam Rock genre.

Their first hit “Funny Funny” came in 1971 after teaming up with songwriters Chin & Chapman. During 1971 & 1972 their musical style followed a marked progression from the Chin & Chapman bubble-gum style to a hard rock band in the vein of “The Who” supplemented by high pitched backing vocals.

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Sweet has had a string of hits all over the world, They had 13 Top 20 hits in the 1970s alone. Their best known being: Block Buster, The Ballroom Blitz, Love is Like Oxygen and their last major hit Fox On The Run. They have sold in excess of 55 million records worldwide.

The thread that links the past through to the present is Andy Scott. His determination to maintain high standards with the band’s musical legacy and touring is legendary. The band today has an illustrious pedigree recreating “live” the high energy and soaring vocals associated with the Sweet sound that is the band’s trade mark. They continue to pack venues out all over the world and they have a steady tour diary.

https://www.thesweet.com/