Editing Chris Slade (section)

==Early life and career==
[[File:Standard_compressed_uriahheep.jpg|alt=Standard_compressed_uriahheep|thumb|Slade (middle) with [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] in 1980.]]
Slade was born Christopher Rees in [[Pontypridd]], [[Glamorgan]], [[South Wales]]. He has worked with [[Gary Numan]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Olivia Newton-John]] (as co-members of the band [[Toomorrow (band)|Toomorrow]]), and [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]. Slade was an original founding member of [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]], playing on their eight studio albums released from 1972 to 1978.

In the mid-1980s Slade played with [[Paul Rodgers]] and [[Jimmy Page]] in [[The Firm (rock band)|The Firm]].<ref name="all"/> He has played with [[Pink Floyd]]'s [[David Gilmour]], and [[Gary Moore]] on his 1989 world tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chrisslade.com/chris-slade-bio|title=Bio – Chris Slade|website=chrisslade.com|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>

Slade received his highest exposure in November 1989 when he was asked to join [[AC/DC]] after drummer [[Simon Wright (musician)|Simon Wright]] had departed. AC/DC were signed to the same management company as Gary Moore, with whom Slade had just finished touring. The Young brothers ([[Angus Young|Angus]] and [[Malcolm Young|Malcolm]]) initially hired Slade only temporarily through management, then asked him–during the recording of the only album he made with them – to join the band. Slade played on ''[[The Razors Edge (AC/DC album)|The Razors Edge]]'' album in 1990 and the accompanying world tour, and the "[[Big Gun]]" single released in 1993. According to Slade, after working on demos for the following album, ''[[Ballbreaker]]'', [[Malcolm Young]] called Slade and told him they wanted to try a reunion with former drummer [[Phil Rudd]]. Slade replied, "That's me out then, I'm gone." Young said that he wanted to keep Slade on hand if Rudd's return did not work out, but Slade refused. However he made statements that he still got on well with AC/DC and "it was an honour and a privilege to play with those guys".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/chris-slade-on-ac-dc-tom-jones-jimmy-page-gary-numan-and-more-603830#null|title=Chris Slade on AC/DC, Tom Jones, Jimmy Page, Gary Numan, and more|date=21 July 2014|access-date=23 July 2014|publisher=Music Radar}}</ref>

After his departure Slade spent a few years living in the UK countryside, before receiving a call from [[Geoff Downes]] of the British [[progressive rock]] group [[Asia (band)|Asia]]. Slade played with Asia for six years, before departing in September 2005.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}

Slade has fronted an AC/DC tribute band, Chris Slade Steel Circle, and is currently{{when|date=September 2024}} touring the World with THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE  – a band formed to celebrate 50 years as a rock drummer. The band takes music from all aspects of his lengthy career and has appeared at major festivals including [[Hellfest (French music festival)|Hellfest]], [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], Harley Davidson Aquitaine, and Saint Tropez and is the only rock band to play the Moscow Olympic Stadium for the [[Kremlin Cup]] tennis tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chrisslade.net|title=The Official Chris Slade Website. Drum Icon Chris Slade invites all his fans to stop in and see whats new in Sladeyland|publisher=Chrisslade.net|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013144126/http://www.chrisslade.net/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chrisslade.com/the-chris-slade-timeline|title=The Chris Slade TimeLine|date=16 February 2015|access-date=25 April 2015|publisher=Chris Slade}}</ref>