Editing Chris Slade (section)

{{Short description|Welsh rock drummer}}
{{For|the American football player|Chris Slade (American football)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| birth_name      = Christopher Slade Rees
| image           = Chris Slade.JPG
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|10|30}}
| birth_place     = [[Pontypridd]], Wales
| origin          = [[Cardiff]], Wales
| caption         = Chris Slade in 2012
| genre           = [[Hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[blues rock]], [[progressive rock]], [[jazz fusion]]
| occupation      = Drummer
| years_active    = 1964–present
| associated_acts = [[Toomorrow (band)|Toomorrow]], [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]], [[Jimmy Page]], [[Paul Rodgers]], [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]], [[AC/DC]], [[Asia (band)|Asia]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Michael Schenker Group]], [[David Gilmour]], [[Gary Numan]], The Chris Slade Timeline, [[Gary Moore]]
| website         = {{URL|chrisslade.com}}
}}

'''Chris Slade''' (born '''Christopher Slade Rees'''; 30 October 1946) is a Welsh<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chrisslade.com/chris-slade-bio/|title=Bio|website=Chris Slade}}</ref> drummer, who is perhaps best known for playing for [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, and [[AC/DC]], for which he drummed from 1989 to 1994 and performed on the 1990 album ''[[The Razors Edge (AC/DC album)|The Razors Edge]]''. He returned to AC/DC in February 2015 to replace [[Phil Rudd]] for the "[[Rock or Bust World Tour]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/drummer-chris-slade-photographed-at-grammy-awards-ahead-of-acdcs-performance|title=Drummer Chris Slade Photographed at Grammy Awards Ahead of Ac/Dc's Performance - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=6 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/chris-slade-confirms-return-to-acdc-this-is-an-amazing-opportunity-for-me|title=Chris Slade Confirms Return To Ac/Dc: 'This Is An Amazing Opportunity For Me' - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=7 February 2015 }}</ref> Slade has also played with [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Toomorrow (soundtrack)|Toomorrow]], [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]], and [[Asia (band)|Asia]].<ref name="all">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p125896|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Chris Slade|last=Hill|first=Gary|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=3 May 2010}}</ref>